Task 6 AUDIENCE EXPECTATIONS

What do you expect?
Holly- jumpy scenes and scary music
Beth – to get an adrenalin rush
Lizzie- jumpiness
Shereen- scary thrills
Helen- to be hiding behind the sofa

Do you find them scary?
Holly- yeah my heart races
Beth – I prefer to find them tense
Lizzie- yeah
Shereen- yes I find them jumpy
Helen- yes but still love watching them

What sort of characters would you expect in a horror?
Holly- Innocent victim and a murderer
Beth – Normal characters with something that goes wrong, e.g.: Murderer targets them.
Lizzie- creepy men
Shereen- fast zoomed shots of characters
Helen- young female victim and creepy male villains

What age group is a horror normally targeted at?
Holly- teenagers
Beth – teenagers and young adults.
Lizzie- young adults and teenagers.
Shereen- 15+
Helen- teenagers 13+

What sort of story line do you expect?
Holly- everything is fine until something happens and everyone’s scared.
Beth – I love twists, especially when you really don’t expect them.
Lizzie- Realistic and then something going wrong and not very realistic
Shereen- mysterious but sympathy for the main character
Helen- lots of unexpected twists and mystery

What atmosphere?
Holly- tension
Beth – Tense, nervous, exciting etc.
Lizzie- tense
Shereen- dark, gloomy and intense
Helen- very tense, scary and uncanny