We created a questionnaire in order to gain feedback from ten people to ensure we were on the right tracks to making a good opening two minutes. It included questions that would help us make our opening two minutes. The majority of people had the same opinion, therfore I have only seleceted a ferw peoples answers,so that you can see what they thought.
1) What do you think should be included in the first opening two minutes of a horror film?
- 'Normally, I would expect to see a death, or a cliff hanger. as it creates tension and engages the audience early on.'
- 'I love a good horror film and the main thing, I think that grabs the audiences attention most is a death scene at the beggining. Especially,if you don't know who the killer was!'
From this feedback jess and I can say that if people expect a death to be within the opening two minutes of a film,wes hould include one in ours.To grab the audiences attention,and to make them want to carry on watching it.
2) Do you think that their should be a certain type of music that is played during a horror film?
-'Yes I think that it should be eery, and create lots of tension as there is nothing better then sitting on the edge of your seat!'
-'I think that its important to make sure you dont play the same songs throughout the whole film, but during the first two minutes its shouldn't really chop and change as it will loose the effect that you are trying to create'
- 'I think that the music should be a certain type otherwise you do not get the feel that you should,and then the opening two minutes.'
From our feedback we need to make sure we have music that create tension and that will make people dit on the edge of their seat in order for people to be enaged in our opening two minutes.
3) How often do you see horror films? (select appropriate)
- Weekly
-Once a month
- More than once a month
-Every year
-Only when there is a new one out at the cinema that looks appealing to you.
Our feedback for this shows the following:
Once a month: 1/10
More than once a month 3/10
Every year 0/10
Only when their is one in the cinema 6/10
From this feedback it implies to us that people will only really see them when they are out in the cinema.
4) Would you like the opening two minutes of a film to give much away about the storyline/plot?
-yes
-no
-explain why
Our feedback shows the following:
yes 3/10
no 5/10
explain why
-'I think the opening two minutes needs to inlude little about the storyline/plot to leave more to our imaginaition, keeping us in suspence is a good thing!'
-'I like to know a little about the story line but no more than the characters know. I like to associate myself with one of the characers and follow the journey they are in the film.'
From this feedback it is better if we include a little, but not too much of the storyline. Although we want people to keep wondering whats going to happen next, in order for them to stay hooked we need to make sure it is a straight forward storyline, so that we risk confusing our audience.
5) Which horror do you find the most scariest?
-Thriller
-Gory
-Slasher
-Teen Horror
-Comedy Horror
-Zombie Horror
-Supernatural Horror
-Monster Horror
-Other
Our feedback shows the following:
Thriller 1/10
Supernatural 9/10
The rest of the possible answers were not selected. Therefore the one that came out as most scariest was the supernatural horror. Because of this reult jess and I are going to do a supernatural horrror as it will appeal most.
From our feedback its shows that supernatural was the most scariest horror films. Therfore we are going to use our feedback and aslo create the opening two minutes of a supernatural horror.
6) Do you think there should be a single antagonist or more than one?
-more than one
-not more than one
Feedback shows the following:
More than one 2/10
Not more than one 8/10.
From this quetionnaire we will take away all the valuable points which will help us create an opening two minutes that will hopefully have all the right things included.
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