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The document discusses the results of a survey about horror movie preferences. It found that those who preferred suspense tended to favor paranormal presences, while those who preferred gore tended to favor human killers. Those who wanted high body counts also preferred human killers. Based on these results, the authors decided to combine suspense, a human killer, and a high body count in their horror movie trailer, but not include gore. They also learned that showing the protagonist's backstory and motivations was well-received by survey respondents.

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The fact that both answers 1 and 2 were tied interested me instantly. After looking deeper into the results, we found that those who favoured suspense, favoured a paranormal presence whereas those who favoured gore were strangely interested in a human killer. This was strange as a monster character is often associated with gore, as opposed to a human killer. Also, those who voted for a high body count also voted for a human killer. It was why we decided to combine a body count with suspense and a human killer and decided not to incorporate gore.
These conflicting results taught us how to handle certain elements within a trailer. Although many viewers 'expect' to see a body count in a horror movie, many also believed that a film can be a horror without one. What we learnt from this however is that those who voted for a 'paranormal' presence did not expect a high body count however some of those who voted for a human killer did expect a high body count which showed us that despite a body count not needed, this view was shared by those who watched paranormal horror movies.
Character development was extremely important for our horror trailer as it was to feature a teacher, we needed his motives explained and the questionnaire allowed us to see how we should handle it (In terms of if the audience liked it or not). The fact that those who answered the questionnaire liked the choice of seeing the 'Protagonist's' past and reason for his choices was important. This was important as we somewhat viewed the antagonist as a protagonist in our trailer and went along with it.

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  • 1. The fact that both answers 1 and 2 were tied interested me instantly. After looking deeper into the results, we found that those who favoured suspense, favoured a paranormal presence whereas those who favoured gore were strangely interested in a human killer. This was strange as a monster character is often associated with gore, as opposed to a human killer. Also, those who voted for a high body count also voted for a human killer. It was why we decided to combine a body count with suspense and a human killer and decided not to incorporate gore.
  • 2. These conflicting results taught us how to handle certain elements within a trailer. Although many viewers 'expect' to see a body count in a horror movie, many also believed that a film can be a horror without one. What we learnt from this however is that those who voted for a 'paranormal' presence did not expect a high body count however some of those who voted for a human killer did expect a high body count which showed us that despite a body count not needed, this view was shared by those who watched paranormal horror movies.
  • 3. Character development was extremely important for our horror trailer as it was to feature a teacher, we needed his motives explained and the questionnaire allowed us to see how we should handle it (In terms of if the audience liked it or not). The fact that those who answered the questionnaire liked the choice of seeing the 'Protagonist's' past and reason for his choices was important. This was important as we somewhat viewed the antagonist as a protagonist in our trailer and went along with it.