2. Question 1
• Of those who answered my questioner, a 75%
majority was male, although I did my best
efforts to balance out in terms of who I gave the
questioner link to, leading me to believe that the
target audience for a conspiracy short film is
predominantly male.
3. Question 2
My research showed most of
my target audience is aged 15-
17, with a few individuals on
either side of that age
boundary. I should target my
film towards this sort of age
range.
4. Q3: Please rank the following film genres in the order of which
you like the most, 1 being your favourite/ most likely to see and 6
being your least favourite/ least likely to see.
Half chose comedy
as #1 choice.. Il
investigate this
further
Thriller got the
most #2 votes, This
supports my idea of
making a film of
this genre
Horror was the
most unpopular
genre, Il ignore
making a horror
project then.
5. Q4: Do you think a shot film needs a good story to be
successful/ enjoyable?
Two thirds of my inquired
individuals told me they want
a short film to have a good
story, if I am to follow with the
thriller idea, I’l need to make
double check the story is
good.
6. Q5:What do you think makes a short
film good?
One that doesn't have too much happening for the audience to understand and it shouldn't have too many
characters.
I believe that short films generally tend to have some emotion in them without having a large amount of
exposition or diolouge. For example pixars animated shorts.
Getting the storyline a cross instantly, with impacting scenes/facts
Having a good story line. Something that is interesting and makes you want to continue watching.
Dont know buddy
Has to be funny
It needs to be funny and have lots of jokes
Good camera shots , audio and angles
Good direction, setting, editing
That it will be fabulous :3
Good editing and acting
Straightforward.
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7. Question 6:
It seems the general overview
is divided into three camps on
this topic. Those that find
conspiracies serious, those that
find them comedic and those
that associate it with a genre
other than thriller or comedy.
I think that from this, my
choice of genre will have to be
comedy or thriller, I'll most
likely choose a thriller but
perhaps include an element or
two of comedy to appeal to
the other third.
8. Q7
This result clearly shows my target audience’s
demand for comedic elements. While my plan is
to make the film a thriller, I might consider
appealing to these people by including one
comedic moment.
9. Q8
Here we can see that the illuminati
is the most convincing conspiracy
theory in the minds of the public.
Second place was the ‘Other’ tab,
which consisted of multiple
answers, two of them including
the illuminati plus an addition that
wasn’t on the list.
What I can take away from this is
that I should have hints or
evidence of a new world order in
my film, perhaps this would be the
looming , evil force that controlled
everything that happened in the
story.
10. Q9: Are there any other ideas or comments you
wish to make about short films?
No
n/a
No
Naaaaaaaah mate
I think you should make a comedy
No thanks
illuminati would rule the world
it cant be too short or too long, in my opinion it should be between 5-10
minutes
You easily over-do the comedic in short student-made films. Try to not
make it 100% unserious.
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