Hey guys!!! I am doing a report on SAW for my English class and I was hoping to get some responses on here!! It's pretty simple, I'm just trying to get to know the types the viewers and that sort of thing for an ethnography report. I'll post it below. Email me your response @ slanter42@aol.com with SAW SURVEY in the subject line or just repost below. Thanks!


Saw Questionnaire

1) What is your gender?
___M
___F

2) What is your age?
___

3) Are you a student? (full-time, part-time, no)
___Full-time
___Part-time
___No

4) Do you have any internships? If so, what are they?
___

5) Any jobs? If so, what are they?
___

6) Are you in a relationship?
___Yes
___”Talking” with someone
___Have an interest
___No

7) About how much television do you watch in a week?
___0-2 hours a week
___2-5 hours a week
___5-10 hours a week
___10-up hours a week

8) About how many movies do you watch in a week?
___0-1 movies a week
___2-4 movies a week
___5-8 movies a week
___8-up movies a week

9) About how many hours per week do you watch television?
___0-2 hours a week
___2-5 hours a week
___5-10 hours a week
___10-up hours a week



10) About how many hours per week do you watch movies?
___0-2 hours a week
___2-5 hours a week
___5-10 hours a week
___10-up hours a week

11) At about what age did you start watching movies regularly?
___1-3
___3-6
___6-9
___9-12
___12-16
___16-up
___Never got into them

12) How do you obtain most of your movies?
___Internet (Netflix, Amazon, Itunes, etc.)
___Rental (Blockbuster, Redbox, etc.)
___Purchase

13) How often do you purchase movies?
___0 times a month
___1-2 times a month
___3-5 times a month
___5-up times a month

14) Which of the following types of movies do you view often? (top 3)
___Horror
___Thriller/Suspense
___Romance
___Comedy
___Action/Adventure
___Children / Family
___Drama
___Documentaries
___Musicals
___Sci-Fi / Fantasy









15) Which of the following types of movies do you never watch? (bottom 3)
___Horror
___Thriller/Suspense
___Romance
___Comedy
___Action/Adventure
___Children / Family
___Drama
___Documentaries
___Musicals
___Sci-Fi / Fantasy

16) About how old were you when you first saw the Saw movies?
___

17) Did you like them?
___Absolutely
___For the most part
___Not really
___Hated them

18) What motivated you to go watch the film(s)?
___Wanted to see what happened next
___My friends were going
___It seemed interesting
___I wanted a good time
___Random choice

19) How many (of the entire series) have you seen?
___

20) Do you have a favorite? Why?
___

21) Did you view them chronologically or out-of-order?
___Chronologically
___Out-of order

22) Have you re-watched any of the series? If so, how many times?
___Saw 1
___Saw 2
___Saw 3
___Saw 4
___Saw 5
___Saw 6
___Saw 3D (7)

23) Do you have a favorite? Why?
_______________

24) How closely do you think the events in the movies resemble that of real life?
___Pretty accurately
___Somewhat accurately
___Not that accurately
___Not anywhere close

25) After you have finished watching the movie, what do you most often do?
___Contemplate the movie
___Go about your daily business
___Discuss with others

26) How closely do you think Jigsaw’s reactions and feeling resemble your own? How closely amongst the victims? (1-close , 10-not close)
___Jigsaw
___Victims

27) Do you agree with Jigsaw’s philosophy that torture will create an appreciation for life?
___Yes
___No
___Not to the extent he takes it
___I don’t know

28) Are you a religious person?
___Yes
___Somewhat
___No
___More spiritual rather than religious

29) Do you think the Saw movies have influenced other serial killers?
___Yes
___Possibly
___No
___I don’t know

30) Do you think that the Saw movies would have been better off not being made?
___Yes
___Possibly
___No
___I don’t know


31)What is the common way in which you view the Saw movies?
___Internet (Netflix, Amazon, Itunes, etc.)
___Rental (Blockbuster, Redbox, etc.)
___Purchase

32) How do you prefer to watch the Saw movies?
___Alone
___In a group

33) Do you leave the lights on when you watch the Saw movies?
___Yes
___Dimmed
___No
___Doesn’t apply

34) Where would you prefer to see the Saw movies?
___Theater
___Home

35) Which character do you most relate to in the series? Why?
_______________

36) How well do you relate to Jigsaw (the killer)?
___Completely
___A great deal
___Somewhat
___Not really
___Not at all

37) How much do you enjoy the violence and gore of Saw? (scale of 1-10)
___

38) How much do you enjoy the psychology / mind games of Saw? (1-10)
___

39) How much do you enjoy the plot?
___

40) How well do you agree with how Jigsaw goes about showing people the appreciation of life? (the motive behind his torture)
___Everyone should do it
___He has good intentions
___Indifferent
___It isn’t his place to judge
___Absolutely horrific

Do you think the victims were deserving of “Jigsaw’s treatment”?
___Yes
___Yes, but not to that extent
___Somewhat
___No
___Absolutely not

42) Have you seen the Boondock Saints?
___Yes
___No

43a) The inherent message of the Boondock Saints and the Saw movies are the same. Does one sway you to agree with its message more over the other?
___Boondock Saints
___Saw movies
___Neither

43b) Why?
___________________

44) Do you agree with the higher meaning of the film?
___Yes
___No
___Yes, but not in this context
___I don’t know

45) Do you believe in the eye for an eye concept?
___Yes
___No
___Depends on the situation

46) Do you believe Jigsaw had the right to act as he did?
___Yes
___Somewhat
___No
___I don’t know

47) How much did the storyline intrigue you?
___Completely engrossed
___Pretty decent
___Poor
___Waste of my time




48) What about the movies was most attractive to you? (Rate 1-5)
___Violence / Gore
___Characters
___Storyline / Plot
___Torture Devices and scenarios
___Mind games

49) What element of torture was the hardest to bear?
___Physical
___Mental
___Emotional