Thriller Research Questionnaire

 QUESTIONNAIRE

I asked 12 people to answer my questionnaire as to use for research when planning my own thriller prequel and these are the results:

Are you male or female?

Male: III (3)

Female: IIIIIIIII (9)

How old are you?

10 – 16: IIIIIIII (8)

17 – 23: IIII (4)

24 – 30:

31+:

What main feature of a thriller would you find most interesting?

Murder: IIII (4)

Chase: IIIIII (6)

Supernatural: II (2)

Other (Please State):

What location would you most expect a thriller to be set?

Old manor house: IIII (4)

Woodlands: IIIII (5)

Fields:

Urban Setting (E.g. town): III (3)

What gender would you expect the main character to be in a thriller? (Based on your previous answer to the feature question)

Male: IIIIIIIIII (10)

Female: II (2)

What age would you expect the main character to be in a thriller? (Follow on from the last question)

Young child:

Teenager:  IIIIIII (7)

Young adult: IIIII (5)

Whilst there is a difference in the number of females over males their results were similar and although I only managed to question two age representations, these results will be adequate as my target audience is going to be teenagers and young adults.  

Due to the fact the idea of a ‘chase’ was the overall most popular I will plan my prequel around this. There was a range of opinions over which location would be better so I may try and incorporate more than one into my prequel so as to use the results beneficially.

The factor of a male being the most expected main character in the thriller had the largest majority as well as teenager being the most expected age range so I shall try and plan my prequel around those features.