2. 1) Gender?
“What gender are you?”
I chose to ask the
audience for their male
gender so that I could
ensure a fair result.
I predicted that music female
taste may vary between
both genders. 0 2 4 6 8 10 12
3. 2) Age?
“How old are you?”
Getting the audience to
give me their age meant
that I could understand
the changes in music 15-18
19-24
taste. I broke into 25-29
groupings of 6 to make 30-35
collating the data much 36-40
simpler. I achieved at 40+
least one person in
every category.
4. 3) How often?
“How often do you watch thriller films?”
By asking this question, it
allowed me to know
whether my audience
12
10
were likely to be able to 8
identify conventions of 6
thriller films. My data 4
indicated that the 2
majority of people do 0
watch thriller films. Never A few times
a year
Once a
month
Weekly Everyday
5. 4) Thriller preference?
“Which do you prefer?”
This question gave me an
idea of what people may
expect to see from their Action Thriller
favourite genre. Giving the Pyschological Thriller
audience 3 choices and
Horror Thriller
Other
the option of adding an
‘other’, furthered my
research.
6. 5) Violence?
“Do you expect to see violence in a thriller film?”
This question gives an
in-sight into what the 18
16
audience would expect 14
12
and by expecting 10
8
something, this also 6
4
infers what they 2
would prefer.
0
Yes No
7. 6) Props?
“Are there any particular props you expect to see in
a thriller film?”
This question also infers Bomb
a preference but will Rope
allow me to identify Dark clothing
what props people Balaclavas
associate thrillers Knife
including. Gun
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8. 7) Enigmatic themes?
“Which of the following themes do you find most
enigmatic?”
This question was 5
important because it 4.5
allowed me to consider 4
3.5
perhaps incorporating 3
multiple themes in our 2.5
2
thriller. I could also 1.5
identify which of these 1
0.5
had the best effect of 0
building suspense. Stalking Murder Paranoia Gangs Revenge Terrorism