The document summarizes the results of a questionnaire about audience preferences for an unsigned music documentary. Key findings include: - Respondents were interested in unsigned music and enjoyed previous music documentaries. - They had a greater interest in the musical elements but also wanted personal perspectives from bands. - Medium shots and location interviews were preferred over close-ups or studio backgrounds. - Short cuts and a mix of crowd and band footage was preferred over long shots for performance segments.

1. Results of final questionnaire
Olivia Jake and Gainluca

3.  Q1- Are you interested in new unsigned music and unknown acts?
Yes
No
 This question enabled us to identify if the person in question had an interest in our
genre and would therefore offer useful information. Consequently all 50 people who
filled in the survey answered positively to the this question. Otherwise through the
online questionnaire they were not allowed to move forward to other questions or
we politely told them they were not needed.
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Yes No

4. Q2- Do you have a greater interest in the music (with regards to a band) or behind the scenes
more personal action ?
 Musical
 Personal
The results of this question enabled us to tailor the information received to suit the target audience.
It is important that within our music documentary we provide the audience members with content
which will interest them and will make the documentary successful.
The results show that people have a greater interest in the musical element of a documentary
however it is also important to create variety and show personal viewpoints and perspectives within
our documentary. We will be looking to cross between the two within our documentary. There were 7
points between the two therefore this would imply that the target audience wouldn’t be put off by a
mix of the two filmed elements together which is what we had hoped for the production.
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Musical Personal

5. 3.Have you watched music documentaries previously?
Yes
No
This question enabled us to establish how familiar our audience are with music documentary's. The
results of this question have the potential to make us reconsider the target audience. It was
important within this question that we gained posative feedback to ensure the viability of the music
documentury.
The results of the questionnaire show that the majority of our audience do have an interest in music
documentary's which is positive feedback for our production, therefore no changes will need to be
made to the target audience. Although we would expect that are audience would be within a low
income bracket, we would expect that they are educated within this particular genre of unknown
music. Which stereotypically attracts audience members who have a particularly strong interest in
our genre.
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6. Q4- If yes, have you enjoyed music documentaries?
Yes
No
The results of this question is also positive as it shows that our audience, who stereotypically a have
a more sophisticated focus on the music a band makes. Also enjoy music documentary's. This is
positive and will mean no changed need to be made to the audience or type of documentary.
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Yes NO

7. 5. What form of narrative presentation most appeals to you?
 Voice over narration
 Text-based narration
 No narration
Within this question we wanted to identify what the audience members preferences where, with
regards to the way in which added information is provided throughout the documentary. As Narration
is conventional for documentary's, whilst doing genre and form research this became obvious to our
team.
The results provided a more varied response, therefore within our production we will have to look
into a variety of different methods and further research into narrative types in documentaries.
However the results do show that the audience would like some form of narration throughout the
documentary.
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Vocie Over Text None

8. 6. Within the poster, which will be used to advertise the documentary, which colour scheme
most appeals?
 Black and white
 Feminine colors (Pinks)
 Masculine colors (darker shades)
Within this question we were looking to find information which could be applied to the ancillary
products. The results of this question will provide us with information regarding the favored color
scheme of our target audience. The results show that our audience favored masculine colors or
Black and white. Consequently we will not be including stereotypically female colors within the
ancillary products and production. This was expected however the color scheme we will look to
keep in keeping with the male dominated genre. Throughout the genre and form research it was
difficult to establish a pattern with one particular color, therefore we be looking to use one of the
above associated colors.
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B&W Feminine Masculine

9. 7. Would you prefer this poster to be iconography or imagery associated with the bands?
 Images
 Iconography
Within the research we noticed a trend for the use of iconography within film posters. However
commonly images are used. Images within the questionnaire were Cleary more popular therefore
we will conform to this stereotypical use of images. Within the ancillary we will be looking to use
images to front the film poster and add additional images to our written piece.
Within our piece we will be looking to mix iconography with imagery, to provide a unique look and to
connate the concept that is the artists are unsigned.
Iconography
Images

10. 8. In an article discussing the production, would you rather it be focused around
text or pictures?
 Text-based
 Picture-based
This question looked to provide us with information regarding what people want the
focus to be within a production. The results show that our audience have a greater
interest in images within the production, this will be reflected within the ancillary
products.
Within our ancillary text is important as the article will be within an educational
magazine, therefore we will look to change the presentation and mix it with images.
Text
Images

11. 9. Would you rather the article act as an extension of the production (more
information regarding the bands) or review of a music set?
 Extend
 Review
Within our production we will be looking to concentrate more on the review element of
the bands. This was expected as it provides audience members with additional
information regarding a band and how there performance was.
Extension
Reviews

12. 10. With regards to Mis-en-scene, which location would you prefer for
the backdrop of the interviews with the band and artists ?
- Plain white background photo studio
- -Location shoot (backstage at a gig)
Within this question we looked to gain information regarding the location of
our interviews. The results show that the audience wanted to have the
interviews on location. Consequently we will look to film bands and artists on
location potentially on stage or backstage.
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Studio Locatiom

13. 11. During the interview which shot type would you prefer ?
 - Long shot ( Full Bodies)
 -Medium shot ( Head and shoulders)
 - Close up (Band/Artist faces)
The results of the questionnaire show that we will be using medium shots
within the interviews. This is positive feedback as it is conventional for
interviews to be taken at a medium shot. Furthermore it enables us to get the
scenery in and the atmosphere of the location.
Long shot
Medium shot
Close up

14. 12. During the performance footage which would you prefer to see ?
 - Crowd and performance
 - Band/Artist only
 - Footage from within the crowd
This question gained a more varied response, therefore we will look to vary
the footage throughout the documentary. Using crowd footage and then the
band and artist as a focus.
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Crowd/
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15. 13. During the performance which pace of cuts would you prefer ?
 - Long shots (40sec+)
 - Several short cuts (5-20 sec)
 - Medium cuts (15-40)
The audience response showed that the audience favoured a quicker pase to
the documentary. Therefore we will look to include short cuts and medium
shots. This is more conventional for music videos however we will look to
apply it to our documentary as our younger audience are fox thinkers
therefore will require variety within the documentary.
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Long shot short cuts Medium shots

16. 14. Which type of house style would you prefer for the
educational/informative magazine?
 - Formal, sophisticated
 -Informal, use of abbreviations
Within our target audience there is potential for a large difference in
educations because of the indie music genre. Therefore we would
look to diversify the house style of music magazine and ensure that it
appeals to the range within the target audience.
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Formal Informal

17. 15. When reading a music review on a double page spread, how many
columns of text would appeal to you ?
 - 4/4 per page
 -2/2 per page
 -6/6 per page
The question gained a varied response, however it appeared that 4 was the
favoured amount of columns within a magazine. Therefore we will be Appling
this to the ancillary tasks and using 4 collums within the magazine.
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18. 16. What sort of lighting would appeal to you within the
image on the poster?
 - High key
 -low key
Within the magazine we will be looking to use low key lighting as this
is more associated with the non mainstream gritty genre of music.
The results indicated that this was the better choice to appeal to the
target audience. Therefore we will be looking to apply low key lighting
to the images within the ancillary's.
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High Key Low Key

19.  17. How many pull quotes would appeal to you within
an article per page ?
 -2
 -3
 -5
The results of the questionnaire show that 3 pull quotes should
appear within the DPS per page. We will look to apply this to the DPS
ancillary task, pull quotes are important for gaining the audiences
attention when they open the article.
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20. 18. How many soundtracks would you like to feature
throughout the documentary ( for which the basis is
music)
- 4
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Within our production we will look to use between 10-6 different
soundtracks as the focus will be music therefore there needs to be
diversity within the music. We will look to showcase as much music
as possible throughout the documentury
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21. 19. How many tag lines would you expect from a music
documentary film poster
 - 1
 -2
 -3
The research showed that 1 was the amount of tag lines the
audience wanted within the music poster. Therefore we will be using 1
tag line on the poster as is conventional for all posters.
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1 2 3

22. 20. Would you want to see reviews of the film on poster ?
 - Yes
 - No
We will look to use film reviews on the poster, as this has the potential
to be a main selling point of the documentary. Furthermore our target
audience are more sophisticated and will therefore be attracted to
professional opinions.
Yes
No