Questionnaire

1. How old are you? (circle one)
10-20   21-30   31-40   41-50   51-60   60+

2. What gender are you? (circle one)
Male   Female

3. On average how often do you watch films? (circle one)
Never   Rarely   Sometimes   Often   Daily

4. What is your favourite type of thriller sub-genre? (circle one)
Psychological   Action   Crime   Religious   Conspiracy
Disaster   Legal   Medical   Gangster   Mystery   Political
Romantic   Spy   Supernatural   Sci-Fi   Dystopian   Other

5. Why?

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6. From your answer to question 4, what is your favourite film of this sub-genre?

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7. From the following options, which do you think are the most important in a thriller opening? (Circle as many as necessary)
Little/no dialogue   Tense music   Dark lighting   Confusing plot  
One/two main characters   Narration   Establishing shots of Location

8. In a thriller film what gender do you expect the antagonist to be?

Male  Female   Doesn’t concern me

9. In a thriller film what gender do you expect the protagonist to be?

Male   Female  Doesn’t concern me

10. What props do you think would help create a tension in a thriller opening? (Cicle as many as necessary)

Knife   Gun   Police car   Victorian doll   Mask
Newspaper clipping   Blood   Holy text   Disturbing images
Axe   Alcohol   Drugs   Dead body   Body parts