The survey we made was completed by a total of ... People some friends and family, and others who simply stumbled across it. This provided us with key information we needed to gather in order to gain a further understanding of what people like in horror films and therefore we could either use the data so that we appeal to a wide range of people or appeal to a more niche audience.
100% of people are comfortable with seeing someone getting killed. This is promising as when filming a horror having someone being killed can really help to build tension. So therefore when making the story board for our opening we will definitely have someone killed off at the start.
However when it came to gore 70% of people said "Yes they are comfortable with gore", whereas 30% said no or maybe. This could influence how we choose to film scene which may feature gore, however, providing that our survey has been taken by a wide range of people and the overall vote is higher inclines that maybe a little is good after all a horror is meant to put you out of your comfort zone!
When asked about the gender of the main characters the majority said male, but about 44% said female or both and so a male main character is preferred but by having a group in which our opening is based around it allows the audience to pick their favourite rather than being forced to watch it with the main character being a female.
When asked about whether they were comfortable with jump scares there was mixed results with a lot of people saying Yes but also a lot saying No or Maybe. So to work with these results we might allow for jump scares at typical points in the opening rather than literally out of no where.
The choice between slasher and supernatural had a very strong win with supernatural at 80%. This will most likely influence our decisions as we will no definitely include supernatural aspects to our film opening
When asked about props, knives and children's toys came up a lot inclining that everyday objects are liked rather than a rather obvious and unrealistic weapon of say a incinerator-ray gun. So the classic use of a kitchen knife you can't really go wrong, and yet the creepiness of a children's toy being a prop instantly sends chills down peoples spines.
The setting questions had extremely mixed results with all of them being voted for almost the same amount, giving us no real conclusion. This tells us that there is a real mix and people can see many environments to be scary and a good location.
PEOPLE WANT FIRST PERSON HORROR FILMS. I think we will be implementing this feature into the opening sequence, as i think it really adds a lot to the film and builds more tension than if it were in the third person view. The use of the FP view from villains perspective makes the viewer uncomfortable and scared themselves which enhances the killers power if they appear not to be scared.
The preferred killer had an easy win with insane being the most common choice allowing for us to use inventive and abnormal ways of presenting him or even hiding him through the use of camerawork and mise-en-scene.
Someone being killed at the start
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