Vox Pox on Thriller films

There are many different ways to find out audience opinion such as:

Poll votes

Verbal feedback

Interviews

Reviews

Questionnaires

Forums

Ratings

Vox Pop or in Latin Vox Populi also means "the voice of the people" or "man on the street."

What makes an effective Vox Pop?

. Ask the same people more than one question, go back to them more than once in an interview. 

. Short  responses from the interviewee.

. Each short is short and move on quickly. 

. Interviewed in the streets/public

.Person is on the right hand side of the shot, their gaze is to the left. 

. It is edited so that different people answer the same question, then move on to the next question etc.

. Interviewer does not talk throughout the interview, the questions come up on the screen. 

. Question is at the start of every interview.

.The name, age and occupation of the person always comes up when they answer the first question. 

Key Words  

. Position

.Left

.Right - gaze naturally to the right

. Eye level - to make sure not to belittle the interviewee

. Duration

.Off screen

 In this vox pop we asked two different questions to find out what people's opinion on thrillers are. These questions were "what makes a thriller thrilling" and "what is your favourite thriller genre."

1. What makes a Thriller Thrilling?

From the response from the first question, people said that music can make a thriller thrilling as it creates suspense and tension. Also atmosphere and suspense are important as they make the thriller. The story line line also helps to make a thriller thrilling by having "twist and turns" and unexpected part of the story happen to create suspense and keep the audience hooked.

2. What is your favourite Thriller Genre?

 For the second question, people said their favourite genre of thriller was psychological as it is like a "mind game for the audience." Action was also said because it is exciting, as was sci-fi as they are also exciting and interesting.

3. Overall

 As a group we will be taking this information we have learnt and using it on our own thrillers. We will be make sure we use music as it is key to create suspense and tension, which is a main convention of thrillers, and also make sure it has a good story line to keep the audience hooked and interested.