16. Audience Research Explanation

The first pie chart that we see shows the age of the people answering out questionnaire, as we can see, everyone was between the ages of 16 and 24. This could work as a disadvantage because the answers could be seen as biased, however this age group are proven watch Thriller films the most so it wasn't all bad.

The next pie chart that we see tells us whether the interviewee was either Male or Female. It is important to have a mix of genders because stereotypically we view Males as being 'braver' and more likely to watch Thriller films, however the answers we received challenged this and shows the wide range of people that do enjoy watching Thriller films.

Furthermore, the next pie chart that we see answers the question 'What types of characters are expected in a Thriller film?'. We got a wide range of answers but can see that A Damsel in Distress was the most popular. This answer definitely adheres to stereotype because in contrast to Males, Females are seen to be the weaker sex. Other popular answers we received were 'Someone of Danger' and a 'Scary Male' who would be the antagonist.

The next pie chart shows what our interviewees thought of the Music in Thriller films. We can see that Eerie/creepy music was the most popular which is very conventional and is always expected in films like Thrillers and Horrors, however, because of this convention and again 'stereotype', we hope to challenge this is our Opening Sequence.

Finally, the last pie chart we see shows the opinions of the general things expected in an Opening Sequence for a Thriller film. These are the things that are present in the majority of Opening Sequences and our most popular answer was the main characters to be introduced, however the way in which we do this is planned to be unique and individual.