Questionnaire Analysis

After completing a questionnaire to find out what people liked about horror films and finding out the results we have decided to analyse our results. The first question we asked was do people like horror films the majority of the results stated yes so this proves that horror films are a popular choice in todays modern society. This also proves that our target audience preferred horrot films. As a follow up question we asked did the last horror film you watched scare you we asked this question to find out whether horror films really do scare people. Following our results the majority of the people said yes so this proves that horror films do set out what they are supposed to do scare people, but this can also depend on factors like age group and gender for instance younger children will be scared if they watch horror films the same can be said about females if they witness a gruesome they will likely to be terrified that will cause them a reaction to scream.
The next question was another follow up question depending if the answer ws yes. What was the name of your favourite horror film we asked this question just to find out the range of different titles people preferred.
We wanted to find out whether people thought darkness was the correct stereotype ,so we asked the question do you think that the darkness within horror films is effective. Our results clearly show the evidence that people do believe that darkness in a horror film does create an impact.
We wanted to find out what were the favourite scenes in a horror film and which scenes people found interesting in a horror film so we asked the question do you prefer horror films with action or excitement or scenes which scare you. Based on our results we found out that people like a mixture of both . We wanted to find out how much interest people take in horror films so we asked the question do you often watch horror films , our feedback clearly shows that people do enjoy horror films and that they are certainly a popular choice.
From our next question we wanted to find out what impact the opening sequence had for the audience so we asked the question what should the opening sequence of a horror film do for you. This was a direct straightforward yes and no answer question we wanted to find out peoples opinions and we definitely indeed got a range of them .
The next question we asked was do you find horror films funny. From our results we found out that our audience does find horror films hillarious this proves that horror films do not create the purpose they are supposed to and that is to scare people.
We wanted to find out if certain scenes in a horror films gave them a frightening experience so we asked the question do certain scenes in horror films make you want to look away. Once again our results show that the people do find certain scenes in a horror film scary.
Our final question was does the music in a horror film scare you. Our results from the questionnaire show that people do find the music scary and that the intense music in a film does hook the audience into the films so they will continue to watch it.
We have found a range of different answers and opinions from our questionnaire , but as a group we are happy with them. We have got exactly what we wanted.

Aamir Shah