Target Audience Research Questions

Question 1 and 2:  Evidently I created this question in order to have a clear understanding of the age group/range that would most likely be watching my short film and also to see if the age group/range would match target audience conventions of horror films (the target audience for horrors typically being young people from aged 15 - 30).  Furthermore, I wanted to see if it would also link with the target audience convention that most people who watch horror films are males, due to males stereo typically being more 'thrill/action seekers'. Seeing the results from this information would ultimately help me in not only deciding what rating my short film should be (whether it should be an 15 or 18) but also see if the previous research I did concerning the target audience actually applied to real life.

Question 3: I specifically put in question three for similar reasons as stated above, but this time linking up to the target audience conventions of short films. One major stereotype concerning the target audience of them is that the main people who watch are either those interested in joining the film industry or are already in the film industry. 

Question 4 and 5 : I generated question 3 so I could get an insight on what made people love and favor that particular short films and horror films. This would help me in finally in knowing what attracts my target audience to this particular genre, using their feedback and comments into my own piece of work. If a specific thing is mentioned within this question I will try put aspects of it into my own work.

Question 6: I created this question because I wanted to know if my audience preferred a short film which featured and demonstrated an entire narrative or refereed the more conventional short film which included a cliff hanger at the end (so not all but enough information is revealed). This would help me in deciding what type of story-line and what type of events would occur within my film.

Question 7: Now within this question I highlighted what I believe are the most important things to focus on within a film (any genre) and the 4 things which make a film what it is basically. Within this question, the people answering would rank what they believe is the most important out of each of these 4 individually. This would help me into deciding what I should focus and concentrate more within my opening (so if mise-en-scene was ranked number one I would focus most on mise-en-scene as my audience believes that is the most important) 

Question 8: This question would just give me a more deeper insight as to why my audience believe this is the most important feature within the opening sequence.