Target Audience Feedback- Storyboard

I asked ten different people to look at my storyboard and then answer the questions below, regarding what they thought of the storyboard.

Questionnaire

1. Is the storyboard typical of the thriller/horror genre?
    Yes          No

2. Would this film appeal to you?
    Yes          No

3. Do you think a rating of 15+ is suitable?
    Yes          No

4. What do you think the idea of flashbacks would work well with this genre?
    Yes          No

5. Do you think the storyboard is long enough?
    Yes          No


The Results: that we received were very informative and helpful in the development of our opening.
1. Is the storyboard typical of the thriller/horror genre?
    Yes = 9          No = 1

The results for question 1 indicates that 90% of the people questioned believe the storyboard has suitable shots such as CU's of dead bodies that make up a good opening of a horror/thriller film.

2. Would this film appeal to you?
    Yes = 7          No = 3

Again, these results show that most people (70%) would like to watch this type of film opening. Although 30% say they wouldn't watch our film, this is not a problem because it is only a minority who may not be fans of thriller/horror movies, which will not affect the grading of our work. I understand that some people may have different opinions on the opening and this may not suit their film taste personally.

3. Do you think a rating of 15+ is suitable?
    Yes = 5          No = 5

Exactly half of the people we surveyed believe that 15+ is a suitable age rating for this film while the other half did not. This means that as a group, we may have to think more about the age rating we choose so that the correct audience is targeted for our film opening.

4. What do you think the idea of flashbacks would work well with this genre?
    Yes = 7          No = 3

The majority of our audience (70%) believe that the flashbacks would work well in the storyboard. This means that to improve our initial storyboard, we will add extra shots to show flashbacks, possibly of people dying, before the bodies are revealed.

5. Do you think the storyboard is long enough?
    Yes = 2         No = 8

The results for the last question clearly shows that we need to include more shots in the storyboard to make in long and detailed enough. We found this difficult as a group because are film opening is simple and does not need a great amount of shots. However, to improve are group will have to come up with a developed idea for our opening which will allow us to add more in to the storyboard, which will be presented in the planning along with the animatic, this research has really helped us target the weak points of our opening.