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QUESTIONNAIRE RESULTS :

Lauren Fitzsimons

GENERAL INFORMATION General information : people asked = 40 Age range of people : 16/17 = 40 people Gender : male – 17 female – 23 Occupation : students = 40

WHICH IS YOUR FAVOURITE GENRE OF FILM ? Chick flick : 3 Thriller : 7 Horror : 27 Rom com : 2 Fantasy :1

WHAT IS YOUR IDEAL LENGTH OF TRAILER ? 1 minutes – 2 people 1.30 minutes – 1 people 2 minutes - 17 people 2.30 minutes 3.00 minutes – 20 people 3.30 minutes 4.00 minutes 4.30 + minutes

DO YOU PREFER IF A TRAILER TELLS YOU EVERYTHING OR JUST LITTLE BITS ?

Certain bits – 21 All of it - 19

WHICH FILM POSTERS DO YOU PREFER ?

18 people12 people

3 people

7 people

DO YOU LIKE A LOT OF DIALOGUE OR WOULD YOU PERFER MORE MUSIC AND VISUAL IMAGES ?

Music and visual – 36 More dialogue - 4

WHAT’S YOUR FAVOURITE FILMS? Ranges included : The breakfast club 500 days of summer A knights tale Legally blonde Minority report Dirty dancing The proposal Stand by me Evil dead Karate kid

DO YOU BUY FILM MAGAZINES ? Yes – 11 No - 29

HOW OFTEN DO YOU GO TO THE CINEMA ? Once a week - 4 Twice a week - 5 Monthly - 23 Yearly - 7 Never - 1

WHAT DO YOU THINK MAKES AN EFFECTIVE TRAILER? Dramatic music especially horrors

makes a impact A trailer that doesn’t give the whole film

away but that advertises and interests the viewer.

The trailer should engage with the target audience.

A trailer should be memorable so the more unique the better.

It should introduce some not all of the main characters as more can be over whelming.

WHERE DO YOU NORMALLY SEE NEW FILMS ADVERTISED EG, CINEMA , TV, MAGAZINE OR POSTERS ?

Magazines – 6 people Posters (film)- 4 people Trailers – 19 people Cinema – 11 people

DO YOU THINK TRAILERS ARE EFFECTIVE IN INFLUENCING YOU TO WATCH THE FILM ?

Yes – 34 No – 6

DO YOU THINK A TRAILER RUINS THE FILM VIEWING ? Yes – 21 No - 14 Sometimes - 5