Results of pilot questionnaire

1. PILOT
QUESTIONNAIRE

2. Have you watched any other creative documentaries?
yes no

3. Would you prefer the documentary to be: cinematic, interview or both?
cinematic interview mix
Every person that we
asked said that they
would prefer to see a
mixture of both the
interview and cinematic
shots. This makes sense
as the cinematic shots
will help to illustrate
what the interviewee is
saying.

4. Would you prefer: voice over, text, both or no narration?
voice over text both no narration
Majority of the people
asked said that they would
like a voice over to
accompany the
documentary, therefore in
the final questionnaire I
will ask what kind of voice
over they would like and
whether gender would
make a difference to them.

5. Should the ending be conclusive or open?
open conoclusive
The majority felt that
the ending of the
documentary should be
open. Whilst this is a
good option for most
documentaries , I
believe that a
conclusive ending
would fit ours better.
This is because we
want to leave our
viewers feeling that all
the hard work to get
into the industry is
worth it. An open
ending would leave
them feeling unsure
about it.

6. Who would you prefer to be interviewed, professionals, people training to be in the industry or
a mixture of both?
professional in training both
Everyone we questioned
said they would like a mix
of both professionals and
students. This can make
our documentary more
relatable for our primary
audience as some of the
people being interviewed
will be a similar aged.
Including the professionals
will also allow them to see a
different view of the
industry from someone
that already ‘made it’.

7. Which camera shot would you prefer to be used in the interview?
LS MLS MS MCU CU
Majority of the people
asked choose an MCU
as there preferred shot
type , with a MS as the
second option. This
was expected as an
MCU is commonly
used in interviews.

8. What type of lighting would you prefer to documentary to use?
High Key Low Key Ambient
There wasn’t a clear
choice in the question ,
so it is something we
have to ask to a larger
sample frame to get a
more conclusive result.

9. POSTER
QUESTIONNAIRE

10. Should the poster include the critical success of the film?
yes no
This is a result we
expected as posters
conventionally have
critical success on
them.

11. Would you prefer the design of the poster to be cinematic or minimalistic?
cinematic minamilist
This is the right choice for
our product as a cinematic
poster will represent that
drama of the theatre industry
better than an minimalist
poster would.

12. Should the image on the poster be a photo or cartoon/art?
photo cartoon/art
Again a photo would
be a better choice for
our product as it will
have a more
theatrical feel.

13. Would you prefer the image used to be taken from the film?
yes no
The audience felt that
the poster would be
better with an image
from the film being
used. However this is
a view we will
probably go against as
we feel a unique photo
for the poster would
be better , as we can
have a greater amount
of control on what
the picture looks like.
Rather then a still
from the
documentary.

14. What type of shot would you like to see used on the poster?
LS MLS MS MCU CS
The result of this question
was inconclusive , so is
something we will have to ask
to a larger sample frame.

15. What type of lighting would you like to see in the image?
High Key Low Key ambient
Although high key has
majority of the votes , we will
ask this question to a larger
amount of people aswell , in
order to get a more
conclusive answer.

16. Would you like to see a tag line on the poster?
yes no
We agree with this answer as a
tag line will help people
remember the film as well as
know more about it.

17. RADIO
QUESTIONNAIRE

18. Do you think the radio advert should include music?
yes no
This is an answer we
expected as radio
adverts conventionally
have music in the
background. In the next
questionnaire I will ask
about what type of
music they would like to
her in the radio advert.

19. Would you prefer to hear a quotes taken from the film?
yes no
All the people asked decided
that they would like to hear
quotes taken from the film,
we believe this is so they get
more context as to what the
film is about.

20. Would you prefer to hear a voice over?
yes no
Again this was an expected
answer, in the next
questionnaire I will ask more
questions about what kind of
voiceover they would prefer
to hear.

21. When do you listen to the radio?
morning afternoon evening
Majority of people listen
to the radio in the
morning , this insight will
help us to decide when
we want our advert to be
played.

22. How long should the advert be?
10-20 seconds 20-30 seconds
All of our younger
audience choose the
shorter time frame so as
they are our primary
audience this is the time
we will probably go
with.

23. Should the tagline of the film be used in the poster?
yes no
Most of the audience
said yes to the tagline
being used in the radio
advert , this makes
sense as it will help
them remember the
film and they can link it
with the poster.

24. Overall a lot of the results were conclusive which
will help us a lot when making decisions in the
planning stage, however they are some which will
need a larger amount of people to be asked in order
to get a conclusive answer.