Documentary Questionnaire 
1. How old are you? 
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2. Do you like watching documentaries? 
Yes No 
3. Do you have a favourite documentary? 
(If not suggest the genre you most prefer OR skip question) 
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4. Do you have a least favourite documentary? 
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5. Which do you prefer? (tick the box) 
Observational reality documentaries (e.g. Made in Chelsea) 
or 
Factual voice over documentaries (e.g. Planet Earth) 
If you do not prefer either, give a different example and example why? 
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6. What do you like to see in a typical documentary of your preferred 
style? (e.g. close ups of the subject, voice overs) 
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7. Whilst watching a documentary do you prefer hearing background 
music or ambient sounds (such as rain/wind/birds) 
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8. If you were creating a documentary what would yours be about? 
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9. What do you not like to see in documentaries (that you have already 
seen and give the documentary example too) 
Documentary name _________________________________________ 
What is it you don’t like? Could you say why? 
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10. Are you aware of Observational and interactive 
documentaries? 
Yes No 
(If ‘Yes’, do you like or dislike this type) 
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Documentary questionnaire

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    Documentary Questionnaire 1.How old are you? _______________________ 2. Do you like watching documentaries? Yes No 3. Do you have a favourite documentary? (If not suggest the genre you most prefer OR skip question) ________________________________________________________________________ 4. Do you have a least favourite documentary? ________________________________________________________________________ 5. Which do you prefer? (tick the box) Observational reality documentaries (e.g. Made in Chelsea) or Factual voice over documentaries (e.g. Planet Earth) If you do not prefer either, give a different example and example why? ______________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ 6. What do you like to see in a typical documentary of your preferred style? (e.g. close ups of the subject, voice overs) ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 7. Whilst watching a documentary do you prefer hearing background music or ambient sounds (such as rain/wind/birds) ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________
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    8. If youwere creating a documentary what would yours be about? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 9. What do you not like to see in documentaries (that you have already seen and give the documentary example too) Documentary name _________________________________________ What is it you don’t like? Could you say why? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 10. Are you aware of Observational and interactive documentaries? Yes No (If ‘Yes’, do you like or dislike this type) ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________