Specfic Genre Questionnaire and Results Drawn

We created a Questionnaire based around our specific genres and asked for specific opinions and ideas. We posted the questionnaire to facebook and tried to get as many people as possible to fill it in for us. Our Questions consisted of:

MEDIA QUESTIONNAIRE
For our media coursework, we are doing a 2 minute opening to a film, in which a young girl is abducted from her farm. She is tortured and kept by her abductor before escaping.

Any title ideas?


Which genre would appeal more to you in this movie?
-psychological horror
-psychological thriller
-Gory horror

how long should the victim be kept and tortured?
-1 month
-1 year
-3 years
-5 years
-10 years
-other (please state)

What is a more interesting reason to kidnap a young girl?
-paedophilia
-blackmail
-bribery
-damaged adult (abductor mentally disturbed?)
-other (please state)

Which would be more effective? The victim wearing:
-a white dress
-a red dress

-should the audience empathise with:
-the victim
-the victim’s parents
-the abductor
-other (please state)

What time of day would you expect the victim to escape?
-dawn
-midday
-dusk
-night
-other (please state)

What appearance would you expect the abductor to have? Please comment on gender, age, costume and general appearance.

Which of these movies have you seen?
-Disturbia
-Madhouse
-the number 23
-saw 1-6
-se7en

What did you like most about these movies? (sound, atmosphere, mise en scene, editing, camera angles, storyline)

should this story be set in present day? or another time period?

Following this questionnaire we made some decisions by using the results. Psychological horror was the most popular genre we suggested, therefore implying that people would prefer the film to work on their fears and use tension to create a climax for which the audience would be scared of. We've decided that the girl should be kept for a year as it is not a time period that is too long but long enough for her to be worried about and have a big impact on her family and friends, this also means that she would not be too cut off from society and still have an idea of the world around her.

We decided the victim should be abducted only for the reason that the abductor is in some way mentally disabled, this would create a bigger storyline behind the villain so we could get to know him better, however we would still make sure that the victim is whom we empathize with. The victim will be young, dressed in white and look quite vulnerable, the villain will be quite old, dressed in black and dirty looking, this therefore sticking to the main stereotypes and codes and conventions as this is what is most popular in pscychological horror films. The victim is the obvious person to sympathize with and the most popular, therefore we are going to make her relatable and and vulnerable to make the audience fearful of her future and what happens to her. We've decided to make the victim escape at dawn as its light enough for her to be able to find her way out of where she is imprisoned but the abductor will still be asleep, it is also a time of morning at which nature is at its best therefore showing her vulnerability as she is so exposed to it. This time of day also symbolizes a new beginning therefore showing that this is a turning point in her life. We want to get people to relate to characters and question what they would do in this situation and make them contemplate on their own lives therefore it should be set in present day.