11/9/14 | RESEARCH
| BFI EXIT POLLS
I wanted to find
out about how exit polls give information about gender and age of audiences so
I went to the BFI website. The BFI says that they carry out exit poll surveys
for all the films they support using their distribution fund. It does this by asking
cinemagoers about themselves and their interests so that distribution companies
can market their films more effectively. This is the website I went to: http://www.bfi.org.uk.
I wanted to find
out about the audiences who are likely to see a film like mine (with psychological
thriller aspects). I looked at five case studies on the BFI website:
A Dangerous Method (Dir. David Cronenberg, 2011)
I also conducted some
qualitative research into audiences on IMDB and Rotten Tomatoes. This is a
review on A Dangerous Method copied
from the website. I got this from http://www.rottentomatoes.com:
“Cronenberg doesn't go in
for any exploding heads this time, but the surging emotions and heady ideas on
display in his adaptation of Christopher Hampton's play The Talking Cure are
equally combustible”
The
Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Dir. David Fincher, 2011)
Is Anybody There? (Dir. John Crowley, 2009)
Qualitative research,
http://www.imdb.com
“What I admired about
this film that it doesn't paint the elderly as something to be pitied or
feared. The film is rounded out by a cast of mostly unknown British actors (at
least by me, anyway, but it didn't diminish the film one bit). A screenplay
that equally mixes humour, drama & pathos makes for a sparkling cocktail of
a film that will have the viewer exiting the cinema feeling good”
Them (Ils) (Dir. Xavier Palud, David Moreau, 2006)
Qualitative
research, http://www.rottentomatoes.com:
Fifty Dead Men Walking
Qualitative
research, http://www.rottentomatoes.com:
“What makes Fifty Dead Men work is the story's sheer
moral complexity, which dares viewers to sympathize with anyone onscreen for
more than a few minutes at a time”.
From my research of case studies on
BFI Exit Polls I conclude that psychological thrillers are watched by both
males and females of all ages. It is a very broad audience to appeal to.
