Audience Research Questions (Nhung Pham)

For our audience research, I thought of different types of horror questions to have as many different responses as possible on the aspect of horror. Our trailer will be classifed as age 15 which we are aiming at teenagers therefore we will be using different ways to illustrate our results which could be from blackberry messaging coversations and videos.

1. Tell us about yourself, how old are you and what do you enjoy doing during your free time?
2. What are your fears and phobias and why?
3. What do you think about horror movies? Do they scare you or is it too predictable?
4. Is the storyline important or just the moments that would make you jump?
5. Are you in favour of horror movies being realistic or not?
6. What do you expect to see in a horror movie?
7. What is your favourite horror movie?
8. What did you like about it and your favourite scene?
9. What is your least favorite horror movie and why?
10. Who in your opinion is the most influential horror director of all time?
11. What horror genre intrigues you and why? (E.g. Slasher, J-horror, Psychological)
12. What cliché would you not like to see in a horror trailer?
13. How do you expect the antagonist to look and wear?
14. Who is your favourite icon/antagonist and what makes them so dominant?
15. What is your favourite aspect of a horror film? (E.g. the chase, the thrill/rush, the resolution)
16. What would put you off in a horror movie? (E.g. Bad acting, too predictable)
17. How important is music in a horror movie? (E.g non diagetic, diagetic)
18. What familiar creepy music when it is played scares you?
19. What type of weapon used in horror do you think puts the fear in you most?
20. How do you expect the victims to be/act like?
21. In terms of location, where would you feel most frightened? (E.g. alleyway, neglected building, farm)

Night Vision and Camera Recording effect - Shaquile

This is the effect that my group are going for. We intent to create the effect of a handheld camera which will be held by the horror group in my trailer, whilst filming their horror project. The usual conventions, as seen above consists of the on-screen recording features on the bottom left of the camera. In addition, the night vision effect consists of a bright green filter behind the horror clip. In order to achieve this effect i will fluctuate the opacity of the clip and this should blend the clip and the green background which will act as a filter.

Inspiration: Grave Encounter (2011) Shaquile

(See Shaquiles' Horror Trailer analysis)