I handed out the questionnaire and had 18 participants.
One would expect results like this. 14 out of 18 chose Vue, Odeon or Hollywood as they are considered more mainstream which would apply for most of the market today. The differing results between those cinemas I would think are mostly of geographical reasons. For most people, when they go to the city centre, Vue would be the one which is closest.
Again, this was expected. Angels and Demons is a more known mainstream thriller and one have to take into consideration that not everyone has seen all of the films selected. Angels and Demons were probably the film most people had seen. Shutter Island could also had been the choice for more people, but since it’s just recently released, one can’t expect many to have watched it yet. London to Brighton were the “most indie” of the films and may not appeal to most, and there is a high chance that not everyone have seen solely because it’s an indie film.
I would think the results here comes from the fact that many people like action-thrillers, or atleast the people I asked. Bruce Willis is an actor many would connect to that genre and I think for most people seems like a natural choice. Brad Pitt and Clint Eastwood I think most people would think of I had focused on crime- or drama-thrillers while Tom Hanks most people wouldn’t think of as a “typical” actor for thrillers.
For this question the answers were varied and all of the characters could be expected to be seen in a thriller. Though, a priest wasn’t expected by anyone as a main character, I think that only is because it hasn’t been done by many well known mainstream films yet. One could also think that a priest could be expected in a “less-important” role in a film and as a side-character. A politician could also be expected by many as character in pure drama film rather than a thriller.
I think that New York for many represents what a thriller location should be like; a hectic, fast, and never-sleeping city. East End London could be what most people would expect where a thriller in England would be set. A psychiatric institution however would create a totally different setting with a different atmosphere. This question however I think is all down to personal preference more than the others and this could also ber affected by which films a person has seen.
Here there was no single clear candidate, but A, C and F were the ones which most people chose.I think many chose A because of the glasses. The glass is shaded which creates a bit of mystery and hides a bit of the person’s identity. It also has more to it than just the eyes and glasses themselves, with the reflection on them. You can clearly see a white-and-red checkered tablecloth, which at least I would connote to Italian mob/mafia.C creates a tension of someone being watched, which would leave a big impact on the audience. F however has more “natural” color and more simple than the others, but still it leaves quite a big impact. It is seen from the front and is more zoomed in than the others. However, it may be seen as a bit creepy though it is a very simple image. The pupil seems dilated, one can clearly see the veins on the glossy eye, which is looking directly at the viewer.
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