Pre questionnaire graphs
- 2. WHAT DID WE DO? • We surveyed a total of 32 people all aged between our target audience which is 15-35. we asked them a range of questions relating to whether they would be interested in watching our romantic drama short film ‘What Lies Behind Closed Doors’. The following questions are based around our production. Before taking part in this pre questionnaire we made sure that our target audience read the synopsis of our film.
- 3. 1. WHAT IS YOUR GENDER? • Question 1- • We made sure to survey an equal amount of male and females. By surveying an equal amount of genders it helps have an accurate idea how best make our product suit our target audience. What Is Your Gender? Male Female Males – 16 Females- 14 Males- 53.3% Females- 46.6%
- 4. 2. WHAT AGE CATEGORY DO YOU FIT INTO? • Question 2- For our survey, we recruited more participants from the younger end of our target audience. This was expected as most if the people who participated were people we knew, thus there was more people from our own age group. 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 15-20 21-25 26-30 31-35 What age range do you fit into?
- 5. 3. AFTER READING THE SYNOPSIS, WHAT GENRE DO YOU THINK OUR FILM FITS INTO? • Question 3- • This was positive feed back from our audience as it meant that our film has signs of codes and conventions of the thriller genre, therefore our production fits into the genre we wanted it to. 0 5 10 15 20 25 Drama Action Romance Thriller Horror Other After reading the synopsis, what genre do you think our film fits into ?
- 6. 4. AFTER READING THE SCRIPT, IS THE NARRATIVE CLEAR? • Question 4- • The results for this was not what we expected however, this allowed my group and I to develop and make more adjustments in order for the audience to relate and connect with what's happening in the short film. Is the narrative clear? Yes No 20 of the people said yes whereas 10 of the people said no Yes- 66.6% No- 33.3%
- 7. 5. WOULD YOU WATCH OUR FILM BASED ON THE SYNOPSIS? • Question 5- • Three quarters of our sample would watch our film based on the synopsis which suggests that we have a strong narrative; this is because we have not released any material that bigger companies would usually use to promote their film e.g.: trailers, teasers etc. would you watch our film baased on the synopsis? yes No 25 of the people said yes, and 5 of the people said no Yes- 83.3% No- 16.6%
- 8. 6.DO YOU THINK OUR SHORT FILM APPEALS TO THOSE BETWEEN THE AGES 15-35? • This is strengthened by the fact that most of the people that completed the pre- questionnaire were between the ages of 15-35. no one over the age of 35 responded to our questionnaire. This information will help us with who to target our marketing to and use certain methods to attract these ages. For example social media. Is 15-35, the appropriate ages category for our film? Yes No 26 of the people said yes whereas 4 of the people said no Yes- 86.6% No- 13.3%
- 9. 7. DOES THE TITLE, ‘WHAT LIES BEHIND CLOSED DOORS’ RELATE TO THE SHORT FILM • Question 7- • The majority of out participants agreed that the title of our film firs our genre; therefore we knew that our narrative would match the title 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 Yes No Does the title match the short film?
- 10. 8. HOW OFTEN DO YOU WATCH THRILLERS A MONTH? • Question 8- • This reflects that our audience tend to watch thrillers more than other genres, this is good as our production is based around the thriller genre. 0 5 10 15 11+ 7 to 10 5 to 6 3 to 4 1 to 2 0
- 11. 9. WOULD YOU PREFER THE LEAD ROLE TO BE PLAYED BY A MALE OR FEMALE? • Question 9- • The majority of people said that they preferred the leading role to be female, the most common answer was because its new and unexpected and counter-typical This is beneficial as the lead role in our production is a female. Who would you prefer to be the lead role? Male Role Female Role 10 people said that they'd prefer a male and 20 preferred female Female Role – 66.6% Male Role- 33.3%
- 12. 10. BASED ON THE SYNOPSIS, HOW LIKELY IS IT THAT YOU WOULD RECOMMEND OUR FILM TO OTHERS? • Question 10- • The majority of people said that they'd recommend our film to others, the main reason we got was because they liked the enigmatic feel of the film and they'd like to watch the whole film. 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 Likely unlikely Highly likely Highly unlikely How likely are you to recommend this film to others? Likely Unlikely Highly likely Highly unlikey
- 13. 11. WHAT DO YOU THINK IS THE STRONGEST ASPECT OF OUR FILM? • Question 11- • For this question there was fairly mixed responses from the people, characters and plot received the highest from the people these could be seen as the most important factors of a films success. What is the strongest aspect of our film? Characters Plot Title Setting Characters- 12 Plot - 12 Title- 6 Setting- 4 % Characters- 40% Plot – 40% Title- 20% Setting- 13.3%
- 14. 12. WHAT DO YOU THINK IS THE WEAKEST ASPECT OF OUR FILM? • Question 12- • Although most of the people thought that the setting was the weakest factor of pour film we didn't’t believe that this would affect the entity of our production as we needed the film to be set in the house as it is based around this environment. What do you think is the weakest aspect of our film? Characters Plot Title Setting Characters- 2 Plot- 2 Title- 2 Setting- 24 % Characters- 6.6% Plot- 6.6% Title- 6.6% Setting-80%