Survey

When asked about what thriller films the participants have watched, my group and I selected 13 different thrillers which were deemed as popular on IMDb but all presented different thriller conventions. After analysing the results it appears that the films with the most advertisement/publicity were viewed by the most participants; for example, 17/19 participants (89.47%) had claimed to have seen 'Taken' which is a well known thriller (also familiar to those who have not watched it) compared to 'Before I Go To Sleep' which has recently been released but has not had the same quality of advertising as 'Taken'.

However, the results to this question do not provide my group with the information we need to take into consideration within the opening of our own thriller as we are unaware as to why some films have much higher participant viewings than others; we must take into consideration that 'Before I Go To Sleep' has lower viewings simply because of the recent release date. My group and I decided that we could add in a question such as "How many of these thrillers have you heard about/recognise?" or "How many of these recently released thrillers would you be interested in going to see?" We could then analyse how advertising affects/contributes to the overall viewings of a film within the participants.