2. 1. AFTER WATCHING THE FIRST FIVE MINUTES OF
OUR DOCUMENTARY, WOULD YOU BE INTERESTED IN
WATCHING THE REST AND WHY?
Yes
No
Reasons that were given for this was because; ‘the reasons behind the colour
red is fascinating’; ‘it is a unique topic’; ‘interesting’; ‘interesting to see the into
the history of red’. These reasons gave us positive feedback to our
documentary and the fact that this was shown to a small focus group of 17-18
year olds – our target audience.
3. 2. DOES THE NARRATIVE MAKE SENSE AND LINK TO
THE TOPIC OF THE COLOUR RED?
Yes
No
Due to the fact that 100% of the people said that the narrative links to the topic
and makes sense means that the message we are conveying is coming across,
we have encoded the message into the documentary and the audience is able
to decode it.
4. 3. DO YOU THINK THAT THE TITLE SEQUENCE
ILLUSTRATES THE TOPIC OF THE DOCUMENTARY?
0
2
4
6
8
Yes No
Series 1
The diagram depicts that all of the audience thought that the title sequence
anchored what the documentary is about. The title sequence gives an
introduction to the documentary and the fact that it already demonstrates what
the documentary is about displays that we followed the codes and conventions
of a documentary.
5. 4. DO YOU THINK THE VOICEOVER REPRESENTS THE
DOCUMENTARY WELL, AND WHY?
Yes
No
From the diagram the majority said yes making it clear that the voiceover came
across correctly to introduce the documentary and make sure that it eases the
audiences into the documentary. The negative result was due to the length of
the voiceover perhaps that disengaged them for part of the voiceover.
Therefore, in the future we will re-record the voiceover and make it short and
engaging yet, containing an informing introduction to the documentary.
6. 5. DO OUR DOCUMENTARY INTERVIEWS FOLLOW THE
CODES AND CONVENTIONS, IF YES OR NO, WHY?
Yes
No
As you can see from the feedback 100% of the audience thought that we
followed the codes and conventions with the interviews which is positive
because it gives a professional standard to the documentary. Positive feedback
that we received was that we followed the rule and thirds and made sure that
the interviewee wasn’t looking straight at the camera.
7. 6. ARE ALL FOUR INTERVIEWS CLEAR AND LINK TO
THE DOCUMENTARY
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Yes No
Series 1
From the results you can see that all of the audience thought that the interviews
were clear and linked to the documentary. This will allow the audience to
understand the information that they are being giving which can keep them
engaged.
8. 7. ON A SCALE OF 1-5 (1 BEING THE LEAST AND 5
BEING THE MOST) PLEASE RATE THE FOLLOWING
ASPECTS OF OUR DOCUMENTARY:
0
1
2
3
4
5
Rated 3
Rated 4
Rated 5
The majority of the votes got a 4/5 which is very positive for the documentary.
For professionalism we got only rated 4 and 5 which meant that the audience
thought we represented the professional standard well. Regarding the rated 3
aspects of the documentary, I believe this could be partly to do with the
voiceover for the entertainment aspect as this was a long part of the
documentary that may have bored the audience. For the mise-en-scene this
was due to the artists interview because it was a grey background in the gallery
perhaps this therefore, didn’t convey the artistic side to red and to improve we
should have found a background with red art to anchor the information.
9. 8. WOULD YOU SAY THAT THE PRINT ADVERT
RELATES THE DOCUMENTARY?
Yes
No
100% of the audience said that the print advert relates to the documentary
which is positive feedback as the print advert is supposed to advertise the
documentary and give some indication of what it will be about.
10. 9. WHAT ARE THE STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES OF
THE PRINT ADVERT?
Strengths Weaknesses
Good main image that
represents the documentary
Simple/bland
Follows conventions
Bold – straight to the point
Relates to radio trailer
simplicity/, nice shades
Relates very well
As you can see the strengths outweigh the weaknesses which gives us the
indication that the print advert was well produced and edited to fit the genre
and topic of the documentary, whilst following the codes and conventions of a
print advert.
Although, ‘simple/bland’
was given as a negative
this could easily b a
positive as this was the
intended look we were
going for, the print
advert was straight to
the point so when the
audience see it for even
a brief second they
would know exactly
what it is about.
11. 10. ON A SCALE OF 1-5 (1 BEING THE LEAST AND 5
BEING THE MOST) PLEASE RATE THE FOLLOWING
ASPECTS OF OUR PRINT ADVERT:
0
1
2
3
4
5
Rated 3
Rated 4
Rated 5
As you can see the majority of the audience agreed that the professionalism
and editing was at a high standard, however, some people had a mixed feeling
for the eye-catching aspect which could be because we went for the simple,
straight to the point effect rather than to over complicate the image.
12. 11. WHAT RELATION CAN YOU SEE BETWEEN THE
RADIO TRAILER AND THE PRINT ADVERT?
The feedback that I received from this question were answers
such as:
• Both relate to the colour red clearly
• Surrounded around the colour red
• The theme of ‘red’ is cohesive in both
• Different shades for different meanings
• The title and the content are displayed in both
This gives us the indication that the target audience thought
that the print advert and the radio trailer both conveyed the
documentary as well as relating to each other, making it clear
that the products show continuity.
13. 12. DOES THE RADIO TRAILER PERSUADE YOU TO
WATCH THE DOCUMENTARY?
Yes
No
From the donut chart you can see that all of the audience would watch the
documentary after hearing the radio trailer. One of the individuals in the
audience even went on to say they would watch it because ‘the sound bites
from the documentary’ persuaded them. This displays that the radio trailer
advertised the documentary well and interested our target audience.
14. 13. DO YOU THINK THAT THE MUSIC BED RELATES TO
WHAT THE RADIO TRAILER IS TALKING ABOUT?
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2
4
6
8
Yes No
Series 1
From the chart you can see that all of the audience agreed that the music bed
related to the radio trailer making the radio trailer focused on the topic rather
than confusing the audience. However, one piece of criticism we received was
that it would have been ideal to use an instrumental rather than the song.
15. 14. WHAT ARE THE STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES OF
THE RADIO TRAILER?
Strengths Weaknesses
Flowed really well -
narrative structure
Music put them off the
content
Clearly links Some clips were quiet
Good voiceover Sound a bit muffled
Significant clips used
were good
Clips edited well together
Good content
From the table you can see that there are more strengths than weaknesses
which is positive for our radio trailer. This means that our radio trailer came
across well to the target audience advertising well for our documentary which is
its purpose.
Regarding the radio
trailer there was some
weaknesses; the music
was considered a bit
loud and put them off
the content and so this
can be easily fixed and
we would just need to
lower the volume levels
of the music bed. Again
with the clips they can
easily be changed to a
higher volume in editing.
16. 15. ON A SCALE OF 1-5 (1 BEING THE LEAST AND 5
BEING THE MOST) PLEASE RATE THE FOLLOWING
ASPECTS OF OUR RADIO TRAILER
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
Rated 3
Rated 4
Rated 5
From the bar chart most of the feedback was positive rated 4/5 the most. This
means that our radio trailer came across well to the audience advertising our
documentary well.
17. 16. OVERALL DO YOU THINK THAT ALL 3 OF OUR
PRODUCTS WORK WELL TOGETHER?
Yes
No
Overall, the audience thought that all 3 products worked well together each
having a strong link with great continuity. This is positive as this appeals to our
target audience, which is who we are airing our documentary to.
