1. Audience research and analysis
We did a film questionnaire on 20 people aged
16-18, 6 of them were female and 14 of them
were male.
2. WHAT GENRE OF MOVIE DO YOU LIKE?
Action
25%
Horror/Th
riller
30%
Docu-drama
5%
Comedy
25%
Chick
Filck
5%
Romance
10%
This tells us that docudrama films are not the most popular however
horror/thriller and action are very popular. So we will incorporate
elements of thriller and action into our short film.
3. HOW OFTEN DO YOU WATCH FILMS?
Almost
every day
10%
3 times a
week
30%
Once every
2 weeks
15%
Once a
week
35%
Almost
never
10%
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This shows that people do watch films regularly.
4. DO YOU ENJOY DRAMAS?
Yes
40%
No
60%
This shows that just under half that were questioned do like dramas
which suggests that this is a good genre for us to do.
5. WHAT DO YOU LIKE ABOUT DRAMAS?
EG. REALISM
'Realism'
25%
'Everything'
5%
'The story
lines'
'I don't' 10%
15%
Left blank
45%
This shows that realism is very important, but also shows that just under half of
the people questioned do not really have an opinion. This means we need to
include a lot of realism but also we have freedom to include other elements.
6. DO YOU LIKE NON-DIGETIC MUSIC IN
DRAMAS?
Yes
65%
No
35%
Non-diegetic sound is relatively new in dramas, as real life does
not have a sound track. However, our audience is young and they
clearly like non-diegetic sound. We will therefore include it.
7. DO YOU LIKE FANCY EDITING? OR
SIMPLE?
Fancy
90%
Simple
10%
Traditionally editing is simple in dramas, but our audience like
‘fancy’ editing so again we shall include it.
8. DO YOU WATCH SHORT FILMS?
Yes
0%
No
100%
This shows that people do not really watch short films, so we
need to produce something that will interest them although our
film is going 5 minutes long.
9. DO YOU LIKE STORIES WITH A
MORALISTIC ENDING?
Yes
84%
No
16%
People do like moralistic endings, so our short films will have a
moralistic ending. Also, we will make sure that audience
explicitly understands our message that we are trying to convey.
10. DO YOU LIKE STORIES WITH A TWIST
AT THE END?
Yes
95%
No
5%
Although people do like a twist at the end, we have
decided to have a moralistic ending instead of a twist.
