1. Questionnaire Results
From this questionnaire i get a general understanding for the publics perception of
documentaries. From this i can now make a specific questionnaire for my target
audience. I will hand this out to the people who answered the general
questionnaire to a standard where i think they are suitable and interested in
documentaries.
Are you male or female?
From the 30 people I asked, 53% were female and
47% Male
47 % were male.
53% Female
What is your postcode?
3%
13%
B33
B27
34% B38
17% B13 From the people I asked there was a wide variety
B11
B36 of different postcodes from where people lived.
7%
B26
B24 However as you can see a vast number of people
3%
3%
3% B28
live in the B27 area and B11 area.
17%

2. Questionnaire Results
Do you like documentaries?
As you can see the majority of the people I
asked said Yes. However there were 8
No 8
people who said no, the reasons people
said they didn’t watch documentaries was
Answer
Series1
because they didn’t find them relevant or
Yes 22 interesting so I need to think about this
when I’m creating my documentary to try
0 5 10 15 20 25
and encourage more people to watch them.
People
How old are you?
12
I didn’t want to ask anyone under the age of
10
10
12 years old to fill in this questionnaire due
Number Of People
8
6
to the fact I don’t think they’d be able to
6 5 5 Series1 understand local issues to a full extent and I
4
2 doubt they would be interested in
2 1 1
0
documentaries. The majority of people I
12-15 16-20 21-25 26-30 30-35 36-40 40+ asked were in the age group of around 16-
Age
30 years old.

3. Questionnaire Results
What is your favourite documentry?
7% Big Fat Gypsey Wedding
7%
24% Katie: Science of seeing again
Hillsbrough: search for truth
There a range of documentaries people have watched and
10% Human Body like, it seems to be documentaries to do with exposing
Panorama
Big Brother
things and educating people that seem to be the favourite.
3% 3%
Dispatches
3% 3% Great Wall Of China
3% Supersize Me
7%
The Elephant Man
13% Katie and Friends
17% Reggie Yates: Teen Gnags
How many documentries in a month do you watch?
10% 0%
27%
It seems from the people I asked the majority watch 1-2
0
1-2
documentaries per month.
30% 3-4
5-6
7+
33%

4. Questionnaire Results
Why is this documentry your favourite?
Most of the people I asked said they
enjoy things being exposed and it
3%
17% 23% interests them to learn and see
Makes me Laugh
Educates Me
something different. They like to be
10%
Relates to my age
Influences me
educated but a sense of humour in the
I like seeing things exposed.
Inspires me
documentaries help keep them keen.
13%
34%
Are there any social issues in your area you would want to see
exposed?
80% of the people I spoke to said they
20%
would want an social issue in their area
exposed.
Yes
No
80%

5. Questionnaire Results
What social issures in your area would you want to see exposed?
Crime
Majority of the people I asked said they
would like animal cruelty exposed and
Robberies
robberies and gang related crimes come in
Issues
Series1
Animal Cruelty
joint second. I will think about this when
planning on making my documentary.
Gang Related
0 5 10 15 20 25 30
Number of people
What is your favourite channel to watch documentries?
7%
13%
10% There are a range of channels that people
Channel 5 watch documentaries on, however channel
Channel 4
BBC3
4 and BBC3 seem to be the most popular
17%
ITV
Channel 1
with the people I asked.
33%
ITV2
20%