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Examples of questions asked in

our interviews and vox pops…By rachel, sophie, casey and aimee

+Do you have any tattoo’s and/or

piercings? If so, how many?

We asked this question as we wanted to gain the opinion of

both people with and without tattoo’s, so this was an essential

question in order for us to establish if there is a difference of

opinion between people with, and without tattoos and piercings.

This question was our most basic, as it is a closed question;

however we gained a beneficiary knowledge of the public’s

interest in tattoos/piercings.

+Do you think that body modifications

affect the chances of being

employed? We asked this question in order to establish the

public’s opinion of whether tattoo’s and piercing’s

should affect their chances of being employed.

This question made us consider whether body

modification should affect chances of employment

and raised the issue that people do get

discriminated against because of their body

modifications. We felt that this could strengthen

our documentary by enabling us to develop points

on both sides of the argument; whether tattoos’s

should, or shouldn’t affect job occupations.

+Have you ever been discriminated

against because of your

tattoos/piercings? We asked this question as we we were interested if the public

had experienced any form of discrimination; this is the main

topic of our documentary and so this question was essential in

establishing whether discrimination is evident within

tattooed/pierced peoples lives. We gained a variation of

answers which showed us that different people experience

different forms of discrimination, or none at all. This all gave us

a wider spectrum of feedback and research which improved the

content and quality of our documentary.

+Do you know if there is any laws against

discriminating people with tattoo’s and

piercings?

This question received

quite basic answers

however was important in

establishing whether the

public are aware of the

consequences of

discriminating against

people with tattoo’s and

piercings.

+Do you know where tattoo’s and/or

piercings originated from?

We asked this question in order to establish

whether the general public had any basic

knowledge of the history of their body

modifications. We received an indepth answer

from one of our expert interviews which we

were impressed with and felt will benefit our

documentary well. This also enabled us to find

out whether people think that body

modification originated from their own country

or whether they are aware that they originated

from different cultures to their own.

+Do you think that body modification

should affect the way that you

see/judge a person? We asked this question to

develop a basic knowledge of

whether the general public are

prejudice against people with

body modifications. We aimed

to receive opinions of the

general public. We aimed to

receive all sorts of feedback

that we could then integrate

into our documentary.

+What is your overall opinion on tattoo’s

and piercings?

We asked this question last. This is

because it was good to round off the

interview with an easy question where the

interviewee could give us their personal

opinion on body modification. This

question took a more broad approach

looking at the overall topic, trying to get

different peoples opinions on the matter.

We also asked this question to provoke

contrasting opinions and ideas, so that we

could represent each sides of the

argument effectively.