The questionnaire asked 17 people about their demographics, viewing habits of documentaries, and preferences for a documentary on LGBT+ representation in media. Key findings were that most respondents were female, watched documentaries monthly or annually, and were interested in the proposed topic. Respondents preferred an on-screen presenter, a clear conclusion, and inclusion of expert and public opinions. Facts and statistics and vox pops were deemed most important aspects. The results provide guidance but may need to survey a more diverse group.

1. AUDIENCE RESEARCH – QUESTIONNAIRE
(Circle your answer)
1) Are you Male or Female?
Male Female
2) How old are you?
16-17 18-19 20-21 22+
3) What ethnicity are you?
White British Afro-Caribbean Asian Mixed Race
Other
4) (Only answer if comfortable) What is your sexual preference?
Gay Lesbian Bisexual Straight Other
Prefer not to say
5) How often do you watch documentaries?
Weekly Bimonthly Monthly Annually Never
6) What is your favourite genre of documentary and why?
_________________________________________________
_________________________________________________
______________
7) Would you be interested in watching a documentary based on
the representation of the LGBT+ community in the media?
Yes No
8) Would you prefer an on-screen presenter or an off-screen
narrator?
On-screen Off-screen

2. 9) Do you think a documentary should come to a clear conclusion
or leave the audience with questions?
Clear Conclusion Leave with questions
10) Would you prefer a documentary to be investigative,
entertaining, or a mix of both? Explain your answer
_________________________________________________
_________________________________________________
_____________
11) Would you like to see opinions of experts as well as the
general public?
Yes No
12) What aspects do you think are the most important in a
documentary? (Circle as many as you think necessary)
13)
Vox Pop Cinematography Facts and Statistics
Archival footage Background Music
14) Can you name any films/documentaries/TV Series that
have someone in the LGBT community presented as the main
character?
______________________________________________________
______________________________________________________
_______

3. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS
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Are you Male or Female?
Male Female
To get reliable results we needed to
distribute the questionnaires out to an
equal number of males and females. This
was almost achieved within our research
and will allow us to take into account how
their opinions relate and differ. To improve
the accuracy of this study, next time we
could makes sure the amounts are exactly
equal.
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16-17 18-19 20-21 22+
How old are you?
How old are you?
As this questionnaire was
conducted within college, the age
range was confined to 16-18 year
olds. Our documentary will not
just be aimed at the younger
demographic – therefore
meaning the results of this
questionnaire may not directly
correlate with the opinions of our
intended audience.
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What ethnicity are you?
White British Afro-Caribbean Asian Mixed Other
Our documentary applies to all groups as
being part of the LGBT+ community applies
to people within all of these ethnicities.
Although we could’ve asked a more diverse
range as the majority of the people asked
classified themselves as White British.

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What is your sexual preference?
Gay Lesbian Bisexual Straight Other Prefer not to say
Our documentary focuses on the
representation of the LGBT+ community in the
media so finding out opinions of those who
identify within this group is important to help
us get a better understanding of what they
think was important. For instance, everyone
who identified themselves as gay, lesbian or
bisexual said they would like to see a
documentary on our topic. Whereas, 3 of the
people from the straight category stated that
they didn’t – clearly emphasising the
difference of interest. However, the majority
of people we asked were straight so we may
need to ask a larger group next time so that
the answers collected are more relevant. We
also need to be careful when asking a question
such as this because some people may feel
uncomfortable to answer (1 person chose the
option of not wanting to answer).
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How often do you watch documentaries?
How often do you watch
documentaries?
This graph clearly demonstrates that
documentaries are relatively popular and
everyone who we asked watches them at
least once a year. This gives us confidence in
knowing our documentary is very likely to
bring in a good audience.

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Yes
No
Would you be interested in watching a
documentary based on the representation of the
LGBT+ community in the media?
Would you be interested in watching a documentary based on the representation of
the LGBT+ community in the media?
Only a minority of the people
we asked said that they
wouldn’t be interested in
watching our documentary. As
a result of this, our chosen topic
has proven to be popular –
meaning we will be able to
draw in a large audience.
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Would you prefer an on-screen
presenter or an off-screen narrator?
On-screen Off-screen
From this graph, we can conclude
that the audience would prefer our
documentary to have an on-screen
presenter in our documentary.
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Clear Conclusion Leave with questions
Do you think a documentary should come to a clear conclusion or leave the
audience with questions?
More than half of the people we
asked answered that they wanted
our documentary should end with a
clear conclusion. This means our
documentary should have no loose
ends and all questions should be
answered.

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Would you like to see the opinions of
experts as well as the general public?
Yes No
From this graph, we can conclude
that we need to include various
opinions within our documentary.
Everyone we asked said that they
would like to see expert opinions, as
well as those from the general public.
We will take this into consideration
when filming the documentary itself.
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Vox Pop Cinematography Facts and
Statistics
Archival Footage Background
Music
What aspects do you think are the most
importantin a documentary?
What aspects do you think are the most important in a documentary?
The most popular answer
for this question by 5 votes
was ‘Facts and Statistics” –
this demonstrates that the
audience would like our
documentary to be
informative, providing them
with information related to
the topic. Another
important feature is Vox
Pop, we will ensure that
these are included in our
documentary as the people
we asked stated that they
are the most important.