Media Thriller Questionnaire - Results

I asked 26 male and female students to answer my questionnaire. In brackets you can see how many people choose which option.

1. What is your opinion on Thriller movies? (One option to tick):

-hate them (3)

-dislike them (1)

-like them (10)

-love them (7)

-don't mind (5)

2. Do you watch a lot of thrillers?

-yes (16)

-no (1o)

3. Do you know the real definition of a thriller?

-yes (11)

-no (15)

4.Which is your favourite sub-genre of a thriller? (Free to tick any option)

-action (15)

-horror (13)

-crime (12)

-drama (9)

-medical (4)

-psychological (9)

-supernatural (4)

-political (3)

-techno (3)

-spy (7)

5. Which one of those is your favourite male actor? (Don’t tick more than two options)

-Matt Damon (11)

-Samuel L. Jackson (5)

-Bruce Willis (7)

-Brad Pitt (15)

-Nicolas Cage (14)

6. Which one of those is your favourite female actor? (Don’t tick more than two options)

-Angelina Jolie (15)

-Jennifer Connelly (9)

-Scarlett Johansson (13)

-Charlize Therom (7)

-Sarah Paulson (8)

7. Who is your favourite thriller director? (Don’t tick more than two options)

-Steven Spielberg (12)

-Christopher Nolan (7)

-Quinten Tarantino (5)

-David Fincher (9)

-Martin Scorsese (5)

-Alfred Hitchcock (14)

8. How important are, costumes, props and make-up in thriller movies for you? (One option to tick)

-very important (12)

-important (10)

-fairly important (3)

-unimportant (1)

9. What needs to be perfect in a thriller? (One option to tick)

-effects (8)

-plot (13)

-costume (2)

-setting (3)

10. How schould a thriller in your point of view start? (Don't tick more than two options)

-flash-forward (11)

-flash-back (16)

-present time (8)

-everyday life (6)

-chase scene (11)

11. What do you  NOT like in a thriller? (One option to tick)

-unimaginative plot (6)

-implausible plot twist (1)

-weakly portrayed female characters (6)

-uninteresting (4)

-bad acting (9)

12. Where do you prefer watching thriller movies?

-home (14)

-cinema (12)

13. Do you prefer classical or modern day thrillers?

-classical (5)

-modern day (21)

14. Do you like a cliff-hanger even if there isn't a second film?

-yes (17)

-no (9)

15. Which sound do you prefer for an opening scene?

-digetic sound (8)

-non digetic sound (18)

16. Do you remember the latest thriller you have watched?

-Prisoners (2)

-Black Swan 

-Hunger games: Catching Fire (3)

-Woman in Black

-the Devil's Double

-Skyfall (5)

-Gravity

-the Impossible (2)

- How you see me

-the Call

-the fourth kind (1)

-Captain Phillips

-Beyond: Two Souls

My conclusion is that the majority of my participant like thriller movies and especially action thrillers. Also most of them prefer to watch them at home and if possible a modern day thriller. Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are the favourites actors followed by Scarlett Johansson and Nicolas Cage. More than half of the people I asked watch thrillers and if they start with a flash-back they like it even more but if the actors act bad the thriller is not that good.

At the end they gave me a lot of different thriller they watched and I was surprised that they knew that were thriller movies because a lot of them didn't know the real definition of a thriller is.