This is an example of the Questionnaire we used to survey our thriller movie audience. It also underlines the changes we made to the Questionnaire underneath as we discovered that it could be improved by our audience's reaction

1. Questionnaire on Thriller Movies
Please fill out this short questionnaire to help our Media Studies group to gain a better knowledge of
thriller movies and their audience.
1) Please tick your age range:
Under 16
16-24
25-30
31-40
41+
2) What gender are you? (Please circle)
Male Female
3) What types of thrillers do you like? (Please tick one)
Psychological thrillers – thrillers to do with people and their inner minds
Crime thrillers – thrillers involving crime
Action thrillers – thrillers involving action
Conspiracy thrillers –thrillers involving certain issues
4) When do you prefer the era to be set in? (Please tick one)
1800s
1900s
2000s

2. 5) Do you prefer watching thriller movies in Black and White or Colouror would you say it
depends?
……………………………………………………………….
6) How often do you watch thriller movies? (Please tick one)
Every day
3-6 times a week
Less than twice a week
Once a month
Once every two months
Other
7) If you have watched any of the following thriller movies, please tick the one you have watched
(if you have only watched one) or the one you prefer (if you have watched more than one):
Psycho
Gothika
Paranormal Activity
The Jacket
The Human Centipede
Saw

3. Changes:
Question3) some people had more than one favourite and despite it stating to only tick one,
some people ticked more than one. Therefore, the question was changed to allowing people to
tick more than one.
Question 7) many people found it difficult to understand the question and/or some people
ignored the instructions and ticked more than one box if they had watched the movie.
Therefore, we changed the question to asking the audience whether they had watched any of
the following. We were particularly interested in finding out whether people had watched
‘Gothika’ as it is similar to ‘Mind Games’.