(Research) Assign 17: Audience research video interviews

Audience research video interviews (due Monday) (due Feb 6 - edit on Thur/Friday)

Instructions:

•  Each member of the group interview 1 person and ask questions below (film on phone or camera)
•  Try to have some range in age/gender/class/interests etc but don’t film young children (below 14) as they are not permitted to watch horror films, nor will they reflect effective audience research
• Keep it brief – try to encourage the person you are interviewing to get straight to the point.
• Also, practice the interview before filming to prevent errors
• Set up library (group __ assign 22), event (interview footage), project in final cut (group __ assign 22)
•  Import footage into event
•  In project, create a title ‘Group __: Assign 22 Audience Research’  and put your names  (just on black screen)
• Type the questions in black (all 5 of them)
•  Import answers to question 1, then question 2………so it goes question 1, answer, answer, answer, answer, question 2, answer, answer…..etc etc
•  Complete editing and check volume control
•  Export as quicktime
• Upload to youtube (unlisted)
• Embed on blog

Questions: 

1. What’s your favourite and least favourite horror film and why?

2. What’s your favourite and least favourite horror subgenre and why?  (if they dont know subgenre tell them: for example.......killer, monster, zombie, creepy kid etc) 

3. What attracts you to horror films?

4. What makes a good horror film?

5. What makes a bad horror film?