Audience Interviews.
We interviewed some of our target audience using the questions from the previous post (Interview Questions) to find out what they expected and would like to see from the genre we are looking at.
What we took from our audience interviews:
What do you expect from a thriller?
What our audience generally expected from a thriller is action and suspense although for the last interview we decided to narrow it a little bit and ask what they expected from a psychological thriller as we decided that we think that we would get more answers to give us wider answers to look at and analyse and they expected confusion and psychological issue/people.
More inclined to go for a 15 or 18?
Two of our interviewees said they would prefer an 18 because they had more depth or 'umph' however one said they would prefer a 15 because it would be more tame so we would have to get the right balance between the story having the right depth and suspense but not getting to gory or horror like to put people off.
Gore factor the same as a horror?
The main point we got from this question was that rather than it being about the blood and gore, it's more to do with messing with people's mind and having the storyline stand out more than just the gore factor.
Realism or Fantasy?
We had the majority say more realism rather than fantasy so I can only assume that is to do with the other answers for example the story messing with people's heads and it being more suspense and psychological.
Younger characters?
We had one interviewee say they would say more middle aged for a thriller, maybe because this is something they find it more scary with older characters. However the other interviewee said that they felt that they could relate more to the younger characters and they were more "suitable" for his age.
Areas a thriller to be filmed in?
The area ideas that got suggested were urban city areas but then going into a secluded place such as an island or the woods or a singular house. So this links back to the realism idea and them being placed in familiar surroundings so it relates back to them more.
Sounds for a thriller film?
They sounds that were suggested at were all quite eerie such as mood/suspense music and footsteps and screams so some aspects of a horror film e.g. the horror and screams but then the music is more towards the thriller side because it creates a more suspense vibe.
What do you expect from a thriller?
What our audience generally expected from a thriller is action and suspense although for the last interview we decided to narrow it a little bit and ask what they expected from a psychological thriller as we decided that we think that we would get more answers to give us wider answers to look at and analyse and they expected confusion and psychological issue/people.
More inclined to go for a 15 or 18?
Two of our interviewees said they would prefer an 18 because they had more depth or 'umph' however one said they would prefer a 15 because it would be more tame so we would have to get the right balance between the story having the right depth and suspense but not getting to gory or horror like to put people off.
Gore factor the same as a horror?
The main point we got from this question was that rather than it being about the blood and gore, it's more to do with messing with people's mind and having the storyline stand out more than just the gore factor.
Realism or Fantasy?
We had the majority say more realism rather than fantasy so I can only assume that is to do with the other answers for example the story messing with people's heads and it being more suspense and psychological.
Younger characters?
We had one interviewee say they would say more middle aged for a thriller, maybe because this is something they find it more scary with older characters. However the other interviewee said that they felt that they could relate more to the younger characters and they were more "suitable" for his age.
Areas a thriller to be filmed in?
The area ideas that got suggested were urban city areas but then going into a secluded place such as an island or the woods or a singular house. So this links back to the realism idea and them being placed in familiar surroundings so it relates back to them more.
Sounds for a thriller film?
They sounds that were suggested at were all quite eerie such as mood/suspense music and footsteps and screams so some aspects of a horror film e.g. the horror and screams but then the music is more towards the thriller side because it creates a more suspense vibe.
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