Questionnaire Results for ‘Let It Roll’ Documentary

By Gabrielle Walsh, Eleanor Raftery and Steven Crane

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1) What did you like about the documentary?

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What did you like about the Documentary?

The first question we decided to ask our seven respondents is what they liked about our documentary as this would determine what aspects of our documentary our target audience

would probably find the most appealing. Out of our seven responses, we received six different answers. It is clear in the graph that two people out of the seven found our

documentary interesting and that is why they liked it. Meanwhile, the other five respondents each said something different. This is a positive thing as this shows that our target audience

would want to watch our documentary as it appears to be interesting and not boring.

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What do you think could be improved in the documentary?

Let it run more smoothly More music Nothing Cutaways

For our second question, we decided to ask the respondents if there could be anything to improve on for our documentary. This would help me and my group identify what we could improve on for next

time. Out of the seven answers, there were four different responses in which multiple people had the same answer for such as: letting the documentary run smoothly, to add more cutaways and nothing

that they would change. However, only one person said that we should add more music to the documentary. If we could go back and improve our documentary, we would definitely take into

account all of the following responses.

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Would you watch the whole hour of the documentary?

Yes

The next question we decided to ask the class was whether or not they would watch the whole hour of our documentary. We thought this would be a good question to ask as we hope to impress the

audience with the first five minutes and that would determine they think the documentary would be interesting enough to watch it for a full 60 minutes. Thankfully, all seven respondents said that they would all watch the documentary for a full hour. This is a positive sign, as this shows the audience

finds the documentary interesting.

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Do you think the documentary extract appeals to the target audience of 16-25 year olds?

Yes

We then decided to ask the respondents whether they thought the extract appeals to our target audience of 16-25 year olds. We thought this would be a good question to ask as otherwise our documentary wouldn’t be following codes and conventions if it wasn’t aimed to a specific target audience. Luckily, each of the respondents said that our documentary does appeal to our target

audience so this is not issue.

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What do you think of the title for our documentary? Is it relevant to the topic?

Excellent Good Effective Playful Colourful

In relation to the title of our documentary, we decided to ask the respondents whether they thought our title was relevant to the topic which is bowling, and what they thought of our title visually. Out of the seven responses, we received all positive opinions. The most popular response was that our documentary was good. We also received answers such as effective, playful and colourful which is great as this shows the title matched the topic perfectly as well as looking attractive.

Very fun andupbeat

Fitting to the topic Links well with thedocumentary

Happy and relevant Relevant to targetaudience

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What did you think of the music for our documentary?

In terms of the music, we asked the respondents what they thought of the music for our documentary. We got five responses all together in which some gave the same answer. The two

most popular responses were that it suited to the topic of bowling well and that it was relevant to our target audience which was 16-25 year olds. We also received other comments such as it being

very fun and upbeat as well as being linked well with documentary. We are happy with these results as it shows that we made the right choice when it came to choosing the music.

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Do you think the documentary had a good variety of interviews?

Yes

Next, we asked the question of whether or not our documentary had a good variety of interviews. This would tell us that if we needed to improve, we would include more

interviews. Fortunately, all of the respondents said that we had a good variety of interviews so this something we would not change.

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Do you think documentary suited the channel it was airing on?

We also wanted to ask the respondents whether they thought our documentary suited the channel it would be airing on which is channel 4. Luckily, all the respondents said that our

documentary does suit it. This shows we made the right decision picking channel 4 to be our airing channel.

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Do you think the voice over sounded suitable for our documentary?

We also asked the respondents whether or not they thought the voiceover we used for our documentary was suitable. Out of the seven respondents, five of them thought that it was suitable, however, the other two respondents disagreed and said that it wasn’t. We would

take these results into account if we had to go back and improve.

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What did you think of the colours we used for our title? Did it look effective?

Good colours

Another question we asked our respondents was whether they thought of the colours of our title and whether they thought it was effective. Thankfully, everybody stated that they did find the title effective and all of them said that we used good colours. This is a positive thing as this can

draw attention to our target audience and make them want to watch the documentary.

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Would you recommend our documentary to others?

Yes

Finally, we asked the respondents whether they would recommend our documentary to others. Luckily, each respondent said that they would so

therefore this isn’t an issue.

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What did you like about our radio advert?

The first question we decided to ask the respondents is what they liked about our radio advert. Out of the seven people we asked, each came back with four responses in which a

cluster of people said the same answer. The most popular aspect from the radio advert which they liked the best was the voiceover and the second was the music. This brilliant feedback as

this information will make our target audience want to watch our documentary.

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What do you dislike about radio advert?Music Nothing

The second question we asked our respondents was what they disliked about our radio advert. We thought we would ask this as we wanted mixed feedback. Luckily, four people

said they disliked nothing, however, the other three respondents said they disliked the music as it was to calm and that it needed to be more upbeat. If we could go back and improve we would probably take this opinion into account when choosing the music.

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What would you suggest to improve our radio advert?

Nothing Music

We also asked the respondents whether they thought there was anything to improve on for our radio advert. The responses to this question interlink with the previous question and the same people said they would improve nothing, meanwhile, the same people said they would

improve the music as they believed it needed to be more upbeat.

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Good Suits well To mellow Not upbeat

What do you think of our choice of music for our radio advert?

Another question we asked the seven respondents was what they thought of our choice of music for our radio advert. We got a range of mixed responses and the most popular

opinion we got back was that it was good. However, on the other hand, the second most popular answer stated that it was not upbeat enough. Again, if we had a chance to

improve, we would possibly reconsider the music choice.

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Does it make you want to watch our documentary 'Let it Roll'?

Additionally, we asked the respondents if the radio trailer made them want to watch the documentary. This is a great response as all of the respondents said that it made them want to watch it. This is a bonus, as this gives us an idea what our target audience will

think and whether it will make them want to watch it too.

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Is it clear what the documentary is about?

Furthermore, we asked the respondents whether they thought our documentary is clear on what its about. This important as we hope that our documentary is clear that

it is about the topic of bowling and all the fun facts about it. Thankfully, all seven respondents stated that yes it was clear that the documentary was about bowling.

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Do you think the choice of voiceover artist is right for this advert?

Yes Male voiceover

We also asked the respondents whether or not they thought of voiceover was right for the advert. Our voiceover was a lady as we thought a female voice would suit better than a males voice. However, although six respondents thought the female voiceover was right, one person

stated it would have been better with a male voiceover instead.

Poster

Fading of image Effects Creative logo Slogan

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What do you like about our poster?

Firstly, we asked the respondents what they liked about our poster. There was four different answers which we received back and the most popular were the fading of the

image, the effects and the slogan. Only one respondent said they liked the logo. This feedback shows the our respondents liked a variety of aspects about our poster which

makes us not want to make any improvements.

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Nothing Include twitter logo More colours Graphics could be better Slogan

What do you dislike about our poster?

The second question we asked the respondents was what did they dislike about our poster. A total of three respondents said that they disliked nothing about our poster while the four

other respondents said that we should of included a twitter link, added more colours, a better slogan and that the graphics could have been better. If we could re-evaluate our

documentary, then we would focus on this particular feedback.

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Is it clear what our poster is advertising?

We then decided to ask the respondents whether or not they thought our poster is clear on what it is advertising. Luckily, all seven respondents said yes it is clear that our poster is advertising our bowling documentary. So this is not an issue in relation to the feedback.

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Do you think our poster follows the convention of an original Channel 4 documentary posters?

Moreover, we asked the respondents whether our poster follows the codes and conventions of an original channel 4 documentary advertisement. Thankfully, all the respondents said

that our poster does follow codes and conventions, so again, this is not an issue.

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Do you think our poster would appeal to young adult/teenage audience?

We also asked the respondents whether they thought our poster would appeal to a young adult/teenage audience. Again, all seven respondents stated that our poster does appeal to a younger audience so therefore there are no issues regarding this question.

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Do you think our slogan is suitable for our poster?

Next, we asked our respondents whether they think our slogan is suitable for our poster. Luckily, all respondents stated that our poster is suitable so again, there are no issues

raised for this particular question.

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Do you think the editing techniques used on our poster make it more appealing?

In relation to the editing techniques, we asked the respondents whether they thought it made our poster more appealing. Five out of the seven responses said yes that it does

look appealing, meanwhile, the other two responses stated that it doesn’t look appealing. If we could go back and improve, we would focus on the editing techniques

and make sure they are perfect.

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Different slogan

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Are there any improvements or anything different you would do to our poster?

Finally, in relation to the improvements, we asked the respondents if they could improve anything to do with out poster. Six out of the seven respondents stated that they would

change nothing, however, the final respondent stated that a different slogan should have been used. If we had a chance to re-evaluate the slogan we would probably look

into this opinion a little bit more.