The document summarizes responses to a questionnaire about social realist films. It finds that most respondents only watch 1 hour or less of films per week, indicating an average level of film watching. Respondents represented different film genres. Views on what social realism focuses on were either the realistic portrayal of social issues and struggles, especially of the working class, or a realistic and natural representation of culture and characters. All respondents were born in the late 1990s and use online streaming exclusively to watch films. This provides insight into targeting young audiences for social realist productions online.

2.  The questionnaire was focussing on the type
of audiences for social realist productions,
and we used this information to form ideas
on how we can implement techniques into
our intros, to attract these audiences.
 Also we can see what people think are most
common to social realist texts, so that we can
implement ideas into our intros that either
challenge, use or develop these conventions.

3. On average how much time do you spend watching films in a given
week?
0-1 Hours 2 50%
2-3 Hours 1 25%
4-5 Hours 1 25%
6+ Hours 0 0%
Other 0 0%
This question was used to see how knowledgeable and experienced the
people answering the questionnaire are with films.
The fact that 50% of the people that answered this only watched 0-1
hours of film a week, we know that we are generating the perspective of
the average watcher. This will therefore improve the validity of our
questions about the overall knowledge, and understanding of social
realism.

4. What is your favorite genre of films? Action/adventure 1 25%
Comedy 0 0%
Drama 0 0%
Horror 1 25%
Social Realist 1 25%
Sci-fi 0 0%
Other 1 25%
The purpose of this question was to
see which type of audience is giving us
the information, so that we know what
appeals to which type and how we can
adjust our content to suit a variety of
standards.
The research showed that we had
an equal number of people from
separate genres of film. This limits
the reliability of this question
because we have no predominant
audience type. This means that we
can make no assumptions, that
people from a certain genre have
specific or different ideas and
knowledge of social realism then
others.

5.  What do you think social realism focusses on?
Here were the four answers that I was given to this question:
1) Typically outlining the social dilemmas realistically.
2) Social Issues
3) Telling life as it is
4) Predominantly the struggles of working class life
We can see that the
‘average viewers’ of films
and social realist texts,
have most one of two
opinions.
Some believe that it focusses on
struggles and issues, but in a
predominantly working class scene.
This can show that they have most
likely seen British indie social realist
texts, due to that being a very
common theme to said productions.
The other opinion on what social
realism focusses on is the way in which
the characters and events are
presented. This is said to give a realistic
and natural approach to the
representations of the culture and
characters within the texts. The people
who said this have clearly understood
the values and ethos of social realist
texts, and shows to us that they will
understand and be prepared for any key
narrative or theme associated with daily
life. Now we know this, we can try to
implement less common and
unexplored ideas to have a larger and
more enjoyable effect on the audience.

6. Which form of media do you use most
for watching films?
Television 0 0%
DVD/Blu-ray 0 0%
Cinemas 0 0%
Online Streaming 4 100%
Other 0 0%
What year were you born in? - Answers
•1990
•1996
•1998
•1998
We know from this question that
all of the people who answered the
questionnaire were relatively
young people, who have been
brought up with and taught how to
use technology.
This shows to us, that most young
people will be using online
streaming sites or applications to
watch films. Therefore they are
less likely to go to independent
film screenings, and to be
interested in a film that is not
available online.