Audience research.

When creating any type of media production, it is always best to start with carrying out audience research because you can get to know you target audience. It also helps because you know what to include in your film, that will get your target audiences attention.

In order to create a thriller film, which attracts a vast amount of people, I need to create and carry out research that will tell me exactly what audiences expect of a thriller film and what preferences in relation to a thriller film they have. I am going to ask around fifteen people who are all of the same age, a questionnaire, in order to have fair and equal results.


What I want to find out about audiences.
In the task of carrying out my audience research in order to find out what people like and what are peoples preferences in thriller films, I want to achieve the following;

Find out preferred locations
Find out at what pace people like to thriller to be
Find out what soundtrack people like
Find out what is the audiences favourite sub-genres of thriller
Find out what costumes the audience prefer to see characters in thrillers wear.
Find out what aspects do the audience consider to be of most importance.

How I am going to find out the required information

I am going to conduct a questionnaire; Iam going to ask around fifteen people who are all of the same age. I am going to ask them all the same seven questions, in order for the research to be fair and reliable.

What I expect to find out from my research

I expect to find out in my research the following;
That the audience’s preferred location is recognisable to them.
That instrumental music is the audiences favourite.
That psychological- thriller will be the audiences favourite sub-genre.
That the 1960s-1990s will be the audiences preferred time period for a thriller to be set in.
That the characters are the thought of by the audience as the most important aspect of a thriller.
That the audience expect to see a basic introduction of the storyline within the first two minutes of a thriller film.
The audience would like the characters to wear costumes which compliment their personality in the film, for example; wear black if they are the criminal and a pale colour if they are the victim in the film.