Questions in the Vox Pops
1. Do you enjoy watching Gothic Horror?
2. What do you think of The Woman in Black?
3. What do you think of our film idea?
4. Do you think the killing of the woman will be too soon?
5. Would you change our film idea?
6. What's your favourite part of our idea?
7. What's the worst part of our idea?
8. Do you like the storyline so far?
9. Do you think the setting matches the genre?
10. Out of 10, what would you rate our idea?
11. Would you watch our film opening when finished?
After we received the answers for our questionnaire, we found that they were mostly positive with only a few things they thought that needed to be changed throughout the whole thing.
In the first question, when asked if they liked watching Gothic Horror, most people said that they did like watching that type of genre because of the 'gripping storylines' and 'strong plotlines' that are within the films. This was quite positive for us as a group because it made us think more that Gothic Horror was more popular with people around the age of 16 - which is the target audience that we have gone for.
In the second question, when asked if they liked the film 'Woman in Black', the people we interviewed said they were first of all surprised at the age certificate that it was rated at but also did really like the film because of the fact that it was based on the book and also because it was quite different to other Gothic Horror films they had seen beforehand. However, there was a little controversy within this question as one person thought it was a film that started to 'show cracks' as you watch it more than once. This was also quite good for us because it gave us an insight into what people actually thought of Gothic Horror stories that are originally based on books, whether it was positive or negative.
In the third question, when they were all asked what they thought of our film idea, they told us that they thought it was a good idea because 'everyone loves a bit of revenge' and another said they would like to see how it would unfold, others seemed to think it sounded pretty cool and 'badass'. These responses are quite good for us because it shows that people think we have developed a good idea and would in the future, want to see how it unfolds.
In fourth question, we asked them if they thought the killing of the woman at the beginning of the film was too soon, some said that it's never too soon in a horror film to kill someone, as it could still be a good film and drag you in to then watch more of it, however, one person told us that it was too soon to kill someone at the beginning because "you need build up" and "to establish a proper plot before you go in with the gore". Despite the different opinions, this was a good response for us because the majority of people thought it was fine to kill someone within the first scene as it could still create tension for the rest of the film and also make it a little creepy.
In the fifth question, we asked them if they would change our film in any way, positively, they all said they would not change it as it sounds like a 'pretty solid idea' but some people said they would like to know all the detail first before they could make a decision about whether they would change anything at all. This response was good for us because it made us a little more confident about our idea and it also should that people liked the idea we had thought of and didn't really want to change much about it.
In the sixth question, we asked these people what their favourite part of our idea was and they all said that the revenge was a good part of the film as it runs all the way through the film and is quite significant throughout. Another two said that the plot twist at the beginning was good as it shaped the whole piece. The fact that they thought that their favourite parts of the film were mostly the tension and revenge as that was one of the main things we wanted to focus on throughout.
In our seventh question, we asked what the worse part of our idea was, for some, the music as it wasn't quite eerie enough and it didn't quite set the scene for them as much as it could. After we had the feedback from them, we did go and see what kind of music we could use to make it more eerie.
For our eighth question, we asked them if they liked our storyline so far and they said it was very gripping because it makes you want to find out what's going to happen and it is also developing to be a good story . This is good for us because they made us feel positive about what they said about our film piece.
When they were asked if they thought the setting matched the film genre, they said that it depended on what the actors, directors and producers made use of what was around them and another told us we needed to use more of the forests that were around us to make it more creepy.
We also asked them what they would rate our film out of ten, the most common answer was 7 and that it could potentially change if they saw the film once it was completely finished. Getting this number was good for us because they had given us a high rating before we had even finished the whole thing and that they could potentially give us a higher rating if they saw it again.
And finally, we asked them if they would consider watching our film, and thankfully, they all said they definitely would, which is very good for us as we already have people who want to see if even though they have just heard snippets from the film idea.
