Questionnaire for thriller film.

Questionnaire

Are you male or female?           Male        Female

How old are you?                         0-10    11-15      16-21       22-40       41+         

Do you watch thriller films?     Yes          No

How often do you watch thriller films?           

   Less than once a month              Once/twice a month                             

   Once a week              More than once a week

What do you expect to see in the title sequence of a thriller?

……………………………………………………………………………………………………

What kind of setting do you think a thriller should be set in?

……………………………………………………………………………………………………

What sort of characters should be in a thriller film?

………………………………………………………………………………………

What sounds/music would you expect to hear?

……………………………………………………………………………

What information do you think should be revealed in the opening sequence? ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

How do you expect to feel when watching a thriller?

……………………………………………………………………………………



This is the questionnaire that my group used to get information from people about their opinions of thriller films. We collected this information as it then gave us ideas about what to do within our thriller film.

Plot Synopsis

Plot synopsis

Tommy is a 10 year old boy who likes to play out with his friends and ride his bike in the local park which is just down the road from his house. However, one night whilst he was at the park, he went missing...

Once it had got past Tommy's time to be in, his mum Claire had realised he was missing and then sent out people to search for him. After many days of searching for him, the finally find Tommy unconscious by the side of a river, close to death. They immediately phone the ambulance and he was rushed off to hospital.

 The police had said that their only hope of finding the suspect was if they spoke to Tommy and got some information from him. However, unfortunately Tommy is in a comatose state which means he will not be giving them any information any time soon. The police have said that there may not be much time before the suspect strikes again. 

Furthermore, the police had revisited the place where they found Tommy and found a crucial bit of information which could be the answer to all questions. By finding this bit of information, it means that there is a high hope for them to find the suspect as quickly as possible.

After a few days of the police searching for the suspect, Tommy regains consciousness. The police then visit him and he tells them everything that he can remember. The police then track the suspect down and arrest him. As the police caught him, he was currently in the process of taking another child. The police immediately took the suspect to the local police station and as they were putting him in his cell, he said 'there is more than just me...’.

Location for thriller film.

Locations for a thriller film. 

This could be a successful location to set a thriller film in as it looks very dark and abandoned. From this location being dark, this could create an eerie atmosphere making the audience further anticipate events that may occur. By using low key lighting it makes the location seem dangerous and shady. This makes the audience uncomfortable as they expect something bad to happen.  

I have chosen this location as it is unpopulated and deserted. This shows the setting is isolated. This would be an ideal location for a thriller based film because of the low key lighting used creates a tense atmosphere.

Voxpops for questionnaire

These are the voxpops that me and my group made to give us an idea of what the audience would expect within a thriller film and whether they enjoyed it. By doing this it then gave us an ideas as to what we incorporate into our film.

Titles

Titles

As you are watching a film, you will notice that there is a certain order in the way that the titles are presented to the audience. 

- The first title that will appear on screen is the 'distributor logo'. The distributor logo is the company that promote the film to be out in the cinema or on DVD.

Example of distributor logos..

  

Some films may also use a production logo, this is to brand the film.

- The second title that would normally appear on the screen is the main character. Followed by this, it would then present the second main character within the film.

 This is the main character from the film called 'Vertigo'.

     This is the second  main character of the film 'Vertigo'.
This is the main character in the film called 'The girl with the dragon tattoo'

 This is the second main character in the film 'The girl with the dragon tattoo'.

 This is the main character from the film 'The sixth sense'.

This is the second main character in the film called 'The sixth sense'

The next title that would appear on the screen is the director of the film.

Conventions of a thriller.

Vertigo analysis

Vertigo from zoelovell