Research

Short Film Questionnaire

1. Are you male or female?

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10Female Male Female Male Male Female Male Female Female Male

2. How old are you?

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1017 19 49 47 18 85 82 24 19 27

3. Which three film genres most interest you?

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10Action Comedy Romance Action Rom Com Romance Documentary Comedy Romance Action

Comedy Horror Comedy Thriller Action Comedy Sci-Fi Romance Comedy ComedyRomance Action Action Horror Adventure Documentary Adventure Action Thriller Romance

These results above suggest that my short film should be aimed at mainly women but also men under the age of forty as these people show interest in the Rom Com genre.

4. Would you be interested in watching a romantic comedy?

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes

The answers to the question above confirm that men over the age of forty would not be interested in a Rom Com.

5. Do you enjoy watching film with teenagers as the main characters?

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10Yes Yes Yes Sometimes Sometimes No No Yes Yes Yes

From the question above I can confirm that anybody over the age of about 70 are not interested in watching films with teenagers as the protagonist so I can rule them out of my target audience. Also these results suggest that most other people like films with young people playing the lead roles other than the occasional male so this film could possibly be targeted more at females.

6. Do you like prefer films with twists at the end or a predictable ending?

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10Twist Twist Either Twist Twist Either Twists Twists Either Twists

For question six I have learnt that the majority of people like ending with a twist otherwise the ending is predictable and boring. Therefore I am going to try to include a twist in my film.

7. Do you like films to be entertaining/ informative/ educational or a mixture?

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10Entertaining Entertaining Entertaining Entertaining Entertaining Mixture Informative/

EducationalEntertaining Entertaining Entertaining

Again this question suggest people like to watch films which are entertaining rather than informative or educational so I am going to make my short film entertaining and the only people who prefer films to be educational or informative are both over 70 and are not going to be included in my target audience anyway as the style of film is not for them.

8. What is your favourite romantic comedy you have seen?

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10The

ProposalFun with Dick and

Jane.

Notting Hill

Notting Hill

Hitch The Notebook

My fair Lady

Music and Lyrics

The Bounty Hunter

50 First Dates

The question above suggests all people like Rom Com’s as they all have a favourite.

9. What’s your favourite film?

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10Transformers Blow Love

StoryThe

MatrixP.S I Love

YouTitanic Back to

the Future

Forest Gump

Sex and the City

Inception

The people who have chosen Rom Com’s as their favourite films are 3, 5. 6 has chosen a romance. 3 and 6 are women; hence the mainly female target audience. 5 is a young male which shows young men do like Rom Com just as much as women.

10. Do you like short films?

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No Yes Yes Yes

These results show that only men don’t like short films which suggests this short film again should be targeted more at women.

Overall this questionnaire has helped me a lot as it has made my target audience clear and has given me key things to incorporate into my film. I now know my target audience is females between the ages of 15 and 70 and also young men between the ages of 15 and 35. I have also learnt that the majority of people like an entertaining film with twists and turns within the plot. My film is going to be purely for entertainment and I want my short film to make people forget about their lives and feel happy watching this film. The audience should react to this film in a positive way and maybe even feel inspired by it.