My sample for this questionnaire was split 50/50 in between males and females.
One question I could not put into a pie chart was Which is the most recent thriller you've seen?
All the thriller fans gave the name of a recent or classic thriller. Those who didn't select thriller as their favourite film genre didn't see a thriller recently, or couldn't think of one, or didn't even know how to recognise a thriller.
The preferred viewing method for a film is the cinema. Most people mentioned DVDs as a 2nd choice due to its convenience. A couple claimed that they only used on demand when they had nothing to watch.
50% of the people interviewed thought that getting information on the narrative whilst watching a trailer was the most important.
90% believed that the soundtrack is important in a thriller. A couple of thriller fans even stated they found it was the most important aspect of the genre. The one person who thought it isn't is a fan of comedy films, so therefore may not have enough experience to realise the importance of soundtrack in a thriller.
A large majority of people interviewed, 80%, preferred to watch a film based on a true story. All 3 thriller fans preferred true story based films.
60% of the questionnaires came back with a preference for stories set in the past. 40% preferred films set in the present. None of the people interviewed preferred films set in the future over the other 2 time periods. Once again, thriller fans are also fans of thrillers set in the past.
60% of people expect trailers to last from 30 seconds to a minute. the other 40% are equally divided between 1 minute to 90 seconds, and over 2 minutes.
Based on these answers, I can see that my thriller trailer should be set in the past, based on a true story, featuring mainly information on the narrative, a prominent soundtrack, and should be between 30 seconds and 1 minute long. Well luckily, I had something like that in mind.
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