The questionnaire for my film trailer

1. FILMTRAILER
INITIAL IDEAS
QUESTIONNAIRE

2. Questionnaire Participants
■ There were 6 participants in the questionnaire. All of the participants were girls which I
thought was appropriate due to Ella and I’s film trailer target audience being skewed
towards women.All of the participants were aged 16-18 which is slightly younger than
our target audience but they still constitute as a large portion of our audience. Our
target audience is 18-25 as we believed this age group would be more interested in the
topics our film trailer explores as opposed to younger age groups.

3. Q1.Which genre are you most likely to
watch?
Horror Chick Flick Social Realist Drama
There was an equal amount of
people that were interested in each
genre, 2 people voted for each
genre.This statistic wasn’t
surprising because Social Realism
Drama isn’t exactly a widely heard
of or popular genre of film.

4. Q2.Which is your favourite idea?
Horror Chick Flick Social Realism Drama
I showed each person the plotline
of each of Ella and I’s ideas where
they then judged which their
favourite was.The Chick Flick
genre was the least popular and
the Horror the most popular with a
young female demographic which
didn’t conform to stereotype of
women.

5. Q3.What do you like about your
favourite?
Horror
It has an unexpected plot twist which is a great feature to have in horror movies.
The plotline has hints of drama and it keeps you guessing.
It’s my favourite because from a filming perspective, I think it would be the easiest to do well.
The feedback the Horror genre received was unsurprising as the
plotline does include quite an interesting plot twist which would be
very interesting to watch as a young female audience. It’s a horror
that, removes itself from the typical supernatural Horror of the 21st
Century and emerges itself in themes of revenge and sheer fear.

6. Q3.
Chick Flick
It sounds like a true chick flick and feel good film.
There wasn’t much feedback for the Chick Flick genre purely
because it was the least popular genre. However, the
feedback that was received showed that it wasn’t a favourite
because it was a thought-provoking film but because it would
simply make you ‘feel good’.

7. Q3.
Social Realism Drama
It sounds like a really interesting dynamic that I haven’t seen explored in a film yet.
It leaves you guessing as to what happens, does love beat adversity?
It was a shame that the Social Realism Drama plotline wasn’t
my participants favourite genre. However, in reference to the
type of participants involved, it is not crucial that it isn’t their
favourite because they were not the specific target audience.

8. Q4.What could we alter about the plotline of
the Social Realism Drama for you to watch it
if you weren’t thinking about watching it
previously?
1. If the characters were our age (16-18), I’d find it more relatable. I like to be able to relate with the
characters in a film.
2. If there was a more profound plot twist, like a death for example, then I’d find it more intriguing to
watch.
3. If there was another proper plot twist, apart from of the girls having a boyfriend. I think another
plot twist like the Horror idea would make me want to watch it more.

9. Q4. My Responses to Potential Plotline
Alterations
1. Ella and I were already planning on having the characters within the 16-18 age bracket,
especially seeing as the actors we’d be using would be this age too. I failed to mention this
in the plotline for our Social Realism Drama and so the questionnaire participants were
unaware.
2 & 3. Before the Social Realism Drama idea evolved into what it is now, I originally
suggested a death take place in the film, suggesting either the central protagonist’s
mother/best friend or love interest. However, that idea, along with many, faded into the
background of a culmination of ideas. After much discussion, we eventually decided that
the central protagonists love interest having a boyfriend would act as the minor plot twist
and the subject of adversity the central protagonist must face.