Thriller Questionaire

Please circle your answers

1)      What elements of a thriller do yout think builds the most suspense?

Music                    Camera Angles                  Dialogue              Other

2)      Does the music used in your option, make a thriller more intense?

Yes                         No

3)      What type of characters would you associate with a good thriller?

Male                      Female                 Non-human                       Other

4)      Do you prefer supernatural aspects to a thriller or more real situations? And why?

Supernatural                      Real situations

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5)      What hero do you like to see? Ordinary person turned into the hero (heroic romance) or sterotypical strong male? And why?

Ordinary person               Sterotypical

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6)      Do you like an opening to give brief but clear clues into what the thriller is about? Or do you like puzzles? Why?

Clues                                     Puzzles

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7)      What camera angles are most effective in thriller films?

Low angled                  High angled                Tracking shot              Pans

8)    In a thriller, do you prefer the narrative to be fast or slow paced?

Fast                      Slow

9)    Do you prefer the editing to be fast or slow paced?

Fast                        Slow

10)  What scares you the most?

Clowns                 Blood           Not knowing information             

11)  What plots do you think are most effective in thriller films?

Murder                 Paedophilia                        Mental illness                         Stalker

12)  What type of lighting works best? Why?

Bright                            Dim

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13)  What sounds associate with a thriller?

Heartbeat        Ticking           Gunshots         Footsteps         Breathing        Other

14)   Where’s the best place to set a thriller?

Alleyway         House             Local area       Park                Woods             Other

15)  Do you want vocals in the non-diegectic music?

 Yes                 No

16)  Do you like it when the murder is the person you least expect?

 Yes                  No

17)  What your favourite colour?

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18)  What your favourite thriller?

Disturbia           Seven              De ja vu           Jaws                Other

19)  What’s your least favourite thriller?

Disturbia           Seven              De ja vu           Jaws                Other

20)   Do you prefer simple typography or fancy font?

Simple              Fancy

21)   Age:                        16-19                     20-25                     30-40                     40 and over

22)   Gender:                 Male                      Female