Results from my survey

The survey: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/ZLRD2GN

The results: https://www.surveymonkey.com/analyze/8QmXJ7cyANYKxoE35_2BfJ_2FugdujPRS03wEkEam39GH5I_3D

Using the results collected from this survey, we can gain further understanding into how to make the film opening appeal to the target audience and be successful.
For instance, the results show 71% of participants to be female. This could mean that our opening sequence, although aimed at both genders, could include more aspects that appeal to females as this is the majority of the audience. However it could be argues that this is biased as the survey sample is small and in reality there would usually be more males. 

Additionally, the survey's results show that some people had most recently watched the film Se7en, and had enjoyed the mystery aspect and how it used lots of tension. This is some aspects that we could integrate into our opening along with possibly making it similar to Se7en. 

The results also show that slightly more than half of the participants would prefer a female protagonist, this may be because it is something more unusual and not what is usually seen. Another piece of data discovered is that people believe they are most likely to enjoy psychological thrillers the most. We could therefore have our thriller under the psychological sub-genre or include aspects of this sub-genre in order to appeal to the target audience. Also, most people do not want a circular narrative and suggest a setting of either an isolated environment, or a city

Furthermore, the findings reveal that the majority of people are comfortable with deaths/murders being shown. Some prefer them to not be too graphic and gory and prefer them to be sad and therefore be more effective. This ideas can also be integrated into our opening and we can be reassured that most people are comfortable with this subject.