Focus Group

This focus group helped the group understand what an audience wants from a thriller. Their opinions on why not, or why they like thriller films. The males enjoyed a thriller with explosions, fast pace music and car chases. The girls rarely watch thriller films. They were more interested in social realism. There were no microphones available, as students were using them, therefore there is a buzzing sound in the background, but you can clearly hear their responses to the questions. From this focus group we learnt that thriller films are more popular to males than females. The SFX attracts males to the genre. They especially like conspiracy films - The Manchurian candidate. The girls also like conspiracy films, Aicha really likes Alfred Hitchcock films. Also learnt that some people may find the thriller genre confusing, Jaye was not sure if the last film she watched was a thriller. This has showed that we need to include most thriller conventions, so it is obvious to the audience that my film is a thriller film.