Audience research results

Interview responses
What do you expect from a thriller?
Participant 1- I expect suspense and excitement.
Participant 2- I expect tension building, suspense, a good story and interesting characters.
Participant 3- I expect action, excitement and good actors.
Participant 4- I expect a good plot, tension and to be asking myself questions throughout.

What kind of music do you expect from a thriller?
Participant 1- Fast paced exciting music.
Participant 2- Fast pace or spooky depending on the movie.
Participant 3- Quick, jumpy, exciting.
Participant 4- Whatever matched the actions taking place.

Whats your all time favorite thriller? What made this stand out for you?
Participant 1- Dark Knight- It has interesting characters and the film stayed interesting and fast faced throughout.
Participant 2- Shutter Island- The film is really interesting, it kept me asking questions throughout and had exciting twists as well as a fear factor.
Participant 3- Dark Knight- Its exciting and fast paced and has a lot of really good actors.
Participant 4- The Departed- I like it because it has a very clever story, good actors and it built suspense which kept me on edge.

What style of thrillers do you enjoy the most?
Participant 1- Action.
Participant 2- Psychological.
Participant 3- Action.
Participant 4- Crime/Action.

In your opinion are thrillers improving or getting worst? (Old or new thrillers best?)
Participant 1- I think that thrillers are getting better because they now have better technology like cg.
Participant 2- I do like old thrillers but i do think that they are getting better.
Participant 3- I prefer new thrillers because the old ones didn't have the right technology to pull of action scenes and make it feel more realistic.
Participant 4- I don't feel there getting better or worst, there are good older thrillers like Goodfellas and pulp fiction as well as new ones like inception.

In your opinion what makes a good film opening?
Participant 1- A good opening has to be exciting and make me want to watch the rest of the film.
Participant 2- A good opening build tension and gives the story and characters an introduction.
Participant 3- A good opening starts to build suspense and has a exciting event that starts off the movie.
Participant 4- A good opening will build tension and suspense. It should also introduce the characters and a bit on there background.