Questionnaire

  Please put a tick next to your preference:

Are you male or female?

• Female

• Male

1. What do you think contributes to the scary feeling of horror films the most?

• Jump scares
• Long stretched out scenes with dark lighting and eerie music (Tension)
• Chase scenes
• Psychological stories that have no direct threat
• Other (please specify) ______________________________________
  

2. How do you prefer the story structure?

• A mysterious story that leaves the audience asking questions throughout
• A mixture of action and horror (hybrid)
• A slow and suspenseful horror  
• A psychological horror
• Other (please specify) ______________________________________

3. What type of protagonist do you prefer in a horror movie?

• A weak and helpless female that is also attractive to the audience
• A weak and helpless male that is also attractive to the audience
• Strong male that attempts to confront the antagonist
• Strong female that attempts to confront the antagonist

4. What type of location do you prefer?

• A spooky/dark forest
• A dark abandoned building
• A dark abandoned house
• Streets at night time
• Other (please specify) ______________________________________

5. What type of antagonist do you prefer?

• A supernatural entity (poltergeist, demon, zombie, etc)
• A murdering psychopath
• A vulnerable confused entity (ghost that hasn’t passed onto the afterlife)
• Alien(s)
• Other (please specify)______________________________________

6)  What kind of outfit do you prefer?

• A red dress
• A suit and tie
• Leather jacket and jeans
• Casual clothes
• Other (please specify)______________________________________

7) What hybrid/sub genre do you prefer?

• Sci-Fi - Action
• Action-Horror
• Slasher
• Psychological horror
• Other (please specify)______________________________________

8) What features should be included in the film?

• Weapons (guns, swords, knives etc)
• Blood and gore
• Scary buildups/jumpscares
• Other (please specify)______________________________________

9) How old are you?

• 15 or under
• 16
• 17 or older