Questionnaire Results

I have received many replies to the questionnaires I sent out to various people in my contact list. Here are the results;

1. Name Three Thrillers?

- The God Father
- Psycho
- The Silence of the Lambs
- Seven
- Jaws

2. During the opening of a thriller what may you as the viewer expect to see happen?

- During the opening I would expect to see the goody and the bady established
- During the opening I would expect to be able to follow the storyline without any dramatic action

3. Name as many thriller directors as you know?

- Alfred Hitchcock
- Steven Spielberg
- Jonathon Demme
- Neill Blomkemp

4. Is there any thriller sun genres you know?

- Psychological thriller
- Drama thriller
- horror thriller

5. Name a thriller film and director and say why you liked it?

- I like the opening of the thriller Jaws directed by Steven Speilberg, the reason why I like the opening of the film is because the opening part is all very quiet and then as the film continues the action picks up.
- I like the opening of the thriller/horror the Silence of the Lambs, the reason why I like this film is because the you do not expect the opening scene eventually lead on the prison scenes, although you can see the scenes are linked because it is all part of the training.

6. Do you as the viewer think that the opening of the film reveals the plot or keep the viewer in suspense?

- I think the film should reveal the plot otherwise some viewers such as myself will not get into the action and will start to get board very early on.
- I do not think the film should reveal the plot in the opening because you feel as you have already watched a whole film in the first few minuets.

7. Which aspect of the technical codes (editing, camerawork, and sound) of a thriller film has the greatest effect on the viewer?

- I think the camerawork has the greatest effect because if the camerawork is very smooth and not jumpy you do not expect anything sudden to happen and the chances are that it wont.
- I think that the sound is the greatest effect because if the sound is happy you get the feel that the film is a romance film the same way that if the sound is heavy and sudden you get the idea that the film will be a horror/thriller.

8. In a thriller film, what do you expect the villain to be like?

- The villain should not go round killing everybody body he sees otherwise it would be a horror film, he should not have any happy scenes in the film though.
- the villain in he film should be sly about all their actions.

9. Name a thriller that you have scene and explain the opening?

- The Silence of the Lambs. The effect this film had on me was that it changed from a sportiness atmosphere to a more serious atmosphere, the two combined make a good thriller film.
- Jaws. The effect that this film had on me was that it starts of happily by the beach, then it turns very serious.

10. What do you think makes thriller films successful?

- To make a thriller film successful there needs to be an equal match between happiness and violent clips, this is shown clearly in Face/off.
- To make successful a thriller film. The actors must keep the viewers in suspense, they must not give the whole story away at the start of the film.