Audience Research
For our horror we have decided to use the paranormal genre for our horror trailer. We have decided to use this genre of horror mainly because of the effect it has had on the film critics. We have also been inspired by some of the past A-level projects that we as a group have witnessed. They have been popular with past examiners, so it is our top priority that the examiner is familiar with the genre and it is one of their favourite genres to watch.
We have done some research as a group to see if it was true that, paranormal films are so popular, not just in the ‘Horror’ section, but with all films together. As you can see from the print screen below, you can clearly see that the film ‘Paranormal Activity 2’ was the most popular film out around the time. The film has clearly out shone the most popular and successful films such as The Socail Network’ which was supposed to be the biggest block buster at the time. From this research we can see that ‘paranormal’ films are so popular, that money like $40,000,00 are spent on them by the public. This is just some of the reasons why we have chosen to pick this genre, to get the best grade possible.
We have done some research as a group to see if it was true that, paranormal films are so popular, not just in the ‘Horror’ section, but with all films together. As you can see from the print screen below, you can clearly see that the film ‘Paranormal Activity 2’ was the most popular film out around the time. The film has clearly out shone the most popular and successful films such as The Socail Network’ which was supposed to be the biggest block buster at the time. From this research we can see that ‘paranormal’ films are so popular, that money like $40,000,00 are spent on them by the public. This is just some of the reasons why we have chosen to pick this genre, to get the best grade possible.
Angus Biggar
Feedback
I went out on the streets of Churchdown and asked a few people about our pitch and this is a sum of 5 to 10 people in each category.
40 -60 said that they like the idea but wont watch the final piece as they don’t like scary movies. But they said the idea is good as recently a lot of people have been talking about horrors coming up and also a lot of rentals have shot through the roof as people 40 – 60 have been renting them out.
25-40 – said they like the paranormal Idea as they have seen them before and like to find out what is happening and also people like to watch true stories and this is basically gossip, so many men and women like to know about gossip of if it is a real or not and discuss with other friends which have recently watch them.
16 – 25 love horror as they like to be on the edge of there seats I asked a few people of what they thought about our idea they said that it would a great movie to watch if it was finished and also the effect of the 4 students which has been in there school also knowing them is why they would like to see what they created.
40 -60 said that they like the idea but wont watch the final piece as they don’t like scary movies. But they said the idea is good as recently a lot of people have been talking about horrors coming up and also a lot of rentals have shot through the roof as people 40 – 60 have been renting them out.
25-40 – said they like the paranormal Idea as they have seen them before and like to find out what is happening and also people like to watch true stories and this is basically gossip, so many men and women like to know about gossip of if it is a real or not and discuss with other friends which have recently watch them.
16 – 25 love horror as they like to be on the edge of there seats I asked a few people of what they thought about our idea they said that it would a great movie to watch if it was finished and also the effect of the 4 students which has been in there school also knowing them is why they would like to see what they created.
QUESTIONNAIRE
We created a questionnaire to see what our audience would like to see in an trailer, we asked a few people aged from 15-50 to fill out the questionnaire and these are the results.
CONCLUSION
From our questionnaire results it is apparent that the paranormal genre is currently very popular. For this reason, we will probably create an opening title sequence in this genre.
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