Audience questionnaire

What is your favourite genre?

• Horror
• Thriller
• Comedy
• Romance
• Action
• Other

If other, What genre?


What is your favourite 3 films in that genre?

1.  
2.  
3.  

What sort of features do you expect a film opening of your chosen genre to have?




What age certificate do you usually expect a film of your chosen genre to have?

• U
• PG
• 12A
• 12
• 15
• 18
• X-rated

How old are the characters usually seen in your prefered genre of film?

• Under 12
• 12-17
• 18-25
• 26-39
• 40+

What generic conventions would you usually see within a drama film?




Can you name a drama film that includes the conventions that you have listed?




Have you seen more independent drama films or more mainstream drama films?

• Independent
• Mainstream

Who do you normally watch a drama film with?

Can you name a drama film that has not used the normal conventions properly?

If yes, has the film still been good?




Does the film opening of  a film determine whether you want to continue watching it or not?

This audience questionnaire will help us when making decisions about what genre we want our film to be. We can look at clips of the examples of films from the results and pick out the conventions used so that when we make our own film opening we can incorporate them.

Charlotte.