Research questionnaire

1. What genre of film do you usually watch or enjoy?
• Thriller
• Comedy
• Romance
• Horror

2. If a new exciting thriller was just released, would you take the time to see it in the cinema or would you wait until the DVD release?
• Cinema
• DVD

3. Which of the following sub-genres or hybrids would you enjoy watching?
• Psychological thriller
• Horror thriller
• Action thriller
• Crime thriller
• Drama thriller

4. What aspects do you expect when watching a thriller film?
• Jumpy scenes
• Car chases
• Murders
• Fast paced action
• Gore


5. When watching a thriller film, how does it make you feel?
• Anxious
• Jumpy
• Scared
• Excited
• ‘On the edge of your seat’
• Heart racing

6. When it comes to the end of the film, which ending do you prefer?
• Cliff-hanger
• Happy ending
• It was all a dream
• The main character dies

7. What conventions do you expect from a typical thriller movie?
• Eerie dark scenes
• Creepy music
• Scary plots
• Police chases
• Loud jumpy diegetic sounds
8. Which particular settings do you expect a thriller to take place?
• A city
• The countryside
• Suburbs
• Warehouses
• Woods
• Deserted houses

9. Characters in a thriller include…
• Detectives
• Police
• The murderer
• The murdered
• Criminals
• Stalkers

10. What is your favourite thriller film?


We will distribute the questionnaire to classmates, friends and family members. This will give us a vast age range, therefore a different range of answers.

By Roberta Leary