QUESTIONNAIRE

ANALYSISRuth Brady

Question 1

We asked a higher percentage of males for the

questionnaire. This means the answers are from a male

point of view. Even though, there is a higher percentage

of males we still had a high percentage of females that

had an input into what they would like us to create.

Male60%

Female40%

Question 1: Gender

Question 2

• Ages of people who answered the questionnaire;

17 10

18 4

21 1

22 1

23 1

30 1

55 1

90 1

Question 3:

The people answering the questionnaire mostly don’t like

short films. We need to find a way to encourage people to

like short films. One of the reasons they could dislike short

films is because they don’t really watch them.

Yes 40%

no60%

Question 3: Do you like short films?

Comments

• Yes: because I do

• Yes: keep you interested

• Yes

• Yes: because it gets to the storyline quickly

• Yes: simple & easy to follow

• Yes

• Yes: ideas are utilized but don’t over stay their welcome

• Yes

• No: don’t find them interesting

• No: boring

• No: boring, no point

• No

• No

• No: boring

• No: I like film that are long

• No: because I don’t

• No: I like full length films

• No: life is better

• No

• No

Question 4

From the questionnaire, we now know that the audience

prefers and likes comedy. As well as this, they are

interested in drama. Slice of life however is not one of the

preferred genres. So what we need to do is focus on the

conventions of drama.

Slice of life4%

Drama21%

Docudrama4%

comedy30%alien

adventure7%

romance15%

horror/thiller19%

Question 4: Favourite Genre

Question 6:

The questionnaire asked whether people like our

production name “RAM”. It came with mixed reviews but as

a group we have decided to keep our production name as it

is.

like50%dislike

50%

Question 6: Do you like the name RAM?

Comments

• Like: different

• Like

• Like: stands out

• Like: simple

• Like: it has different meanings

• like

• Like: short/memorable

• Like

• Like: it can have more than one meaning

• Dislike: sounds sexual

• Dislike: sounds violent

• Dislike

• Dislike: sounds childish

• Dislike: I don’t like computers

• Dislike: its bad

• Dislike

• Dislike: its bad

• Dislike: sounds like a computer term

• Dislike: sounds sexual

Question 7

The question has a positive outcome for our short film. This

is good for us when editing and planning our short film

because we can do an extra bit of editing without having

the public disagree with us and the choices we make. This

is not about including subtitles.

yes65%

no35%

Question 7: Do you like quotes on screen?

Comments

• Yes: I do

• Yes: give a deeper meaning

• Yes: in a silent film

• Yes: add meaning

• Yes

• Yes: starts the story off

• Yes: good editing technique

• Yes: interesting

• Yes: it can end the film on a

high

• Yes: good

• No: rather watch what’s

happening

• No

• No

• No: distracts me

• No: boring

• No: like visual images

• No

• No

• No

Question 8

The question has a positive outcome for our short film. This is good for us when editing and planning our short film because we can do an extra bit of editing without having the public disagree with us and the choices we make. We are not sure at present whether to include a voice over but from the response of the questionnaire, it has a high possibility of being included.

yes55%

no45%

Question 8: Do you like voice overs?

Comments• Yes: carry’s the story

• Yes: makes a film epic/relaxing

• Yes

• Yes: help fill the silence

• Yes: simple

• Yes: make a film easier to understand

• Yes: if the voice is appealing

• Yes: takes less time to explain

• No: prefer characters to

speak

• No: characters are better

• No: not interesting

• No: characters should say it

• No: its annoying

• No: rather watch what happens

• No: distracting

• No: story should carry itself

• No

Question 9

This has come out how we expected it to. When doing early

research we found a nice video that included this technique.

This type of editing would not fit into the story we are trying

to make. From the response of the questionnaire, this is one

of the editing techniques we will not use.

yes40%

no60%

Question 9: Do you like photos as part of editing?

Question 10

We asked the public what type of ending they would like to see. There are many different types of ending we could have for our short film. The most popular endings are surprise, twist and happy. We should try to incorporate one or more of these. We should stay away from angry and ad as these were the lest popular.

twist20%

sad7%

happy22%

angry5%

moral 13%

cliff hanger11%

surprise22%

Question 10: What type of ending do you like?

Question 11

This is a contrast to the answers to question 4 because

slice of life was the lest popular on that question. This

question has proved that people like slice of life films but it

may not be their favourite genre.

yes55%

no45%

Question 11: Do you like slice of life films?

Comments

• Yes: more emotion than

other films

• Yes

• Yes: help teach lessons

• Yes: interesting

• Yes: insight in peoples lives

• Yes: its good

• Yes: realistic

• Yes

• Yes

• Yes

• No: prefer non reality

• No

• No: boring

• No:

• No: don’t know what they

are

• No: too many of them

• No: boring

• No: sometimes like them

• No: I don’t like real life

Question 13:

The most common time period was present. We did not specify what years would make the past, present and future. We believe the audience though the past was 100 years or more. We believe the past would still be a good idea to be used but make it as close to being present day as we can, so more of the audience would enjoy our films.

past 32%

present40%

future28%

Question 13: What time period do you prefer?

Question 14

From the questionnaire, we should keep to one storyline, to

keep the audience interested. More of the audience we

asked for our questionnaire like one storyline. We have to

incorporate this into our film.

one60%

many40%

Question 14: Do you prefer one or many storylines?

Comments

• One: many can become

confusing

• One: becomes too

complicated

• One: many can become

confusing

• One: easy to follow

• One: prefer it

• One: many can be

confusing

• One: easy to follow

• Many

• Many: like to be confused

• Many: like loads of

characters

• Many

• Many

• Many

• Many: can be disappointing

if done badly

• many

• many

Question 16

For the most part, our audience like non-diegetic sound in

films. For our film non-diegetic sound is important to create

mood. But as a lot of the audience do not like it, we will use

it sparingly.

yes60%

no40%

Question 16: Do you like non-diegetic sound in films?

Question 17

For the most part, our audience like non-diegetic sound in

dramas. For our film non-diegetic sound is important to

create mood. But as a lot of the audience do not like it, we

will use it sparingly.

yes55%

no45%

Question 17: Do you like non-diegetic sound in dramas?

Question 18

For the most part, our audience like editing to be simple.

Although, a lot of people also like it to be more complex.

Generally we would keep it simple but we can use some

complex editing.

yes55%

no45%

Question 18: Do you like simple editing in dramas?