My Questionnaire

Social Realism Questionnaire

Social Realism is a genre of film such as ‘This is England’ and ‘Kidulthood’

1)           What is your gender? (Please circle)

Male                                              Female

I want to know the gender of my audience so I will get more of an idea of who might watch my opening sequence. If they are mostly boys I'm not going to put pink flowers, for example, into it.

2)           How old are you? (Please circle)

                      less than 20

20-30


31-40

41+

The age range of my audience is very important. I already know roughly what age group my audience will be, but it's good to get a few people to answer the questionnaire who are either side of that age range. And this will help me try to widen my target audience as I might be able to include some things that people outside of my target age range would enjoy.

3)           Do you like Social Realism films? Please state why in the given area below...

Yes                                                 No

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I want to know why people like, or don't like, social realism films. If people don't like them, I can find out why they don't, then not include this feature in my opening sequence. Similarly, if someone likes this genre they will hopefully say why and I can include this feature.

4)           Have you seen any of the following Social Realism films? (Circle those that apply, maybe more than 1)

This is England                         Kidulthood                         Adulthood

                      Submarine                                 Other

                        4b.)               If ‘other’, please state what…

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I'd like to know what other social realism films people have seen, and this can help inspire my ideas.

5)                 Do you enjoy these films? Please state why…

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This links with question 4, it will give me an idea of why they enjoyed, or didn't enjoy, the film. And I can have these things in mind when thinking of idea's.

6)              What feature of the film would you prefer to be introduced in a Social Realism film first? (Please Circle)

Main Character                        Location                              Other Characters             Other

6b.)               If ‘other’ please state what...

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I want to know what to introduce first in my opening sequence... and knowing what my target audience would prefer, will help me choose the most appropriate thing.

7)              What location would you prefer a Social Realism film set in most of the time? (Please circle)

Pub                                Run-down flat                  Run-down house                          

In a field                      Around a town                  Other

7b.)               If ‘other’, please state what...

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It would be very helpful to know what my target audience would prefer a social realism film to be mostly set in. The location is a very important part of this genre of film, so I don't want to get it wrong. I've given my audience options to choose from so I can see, not just the most popular option, but how popular the other options are too. I might be able to include more than one location.

8)              What characteristics would you prefer a main character to have? (Please circle
              where applied)

Boy                                 10-15 years                                    Optimistic

Girl                                 16-20 years                                    Pessimistic

                                                                      

                                         21+ years                                           

Before I find actors for my opening sequence, I need to know what my audience would expect the main character to be like - gender, age.

9)             Do you prefer titles being… (Please circle)

      Overlayed                                                                                            Inter-titles

 

Titles are also very important in the opening sequences, so I want to know what people would prefer to see out of an overlayed title or an inter-title.

10)              What storyline would you most enjoy in a Social Realism film? (Please circle)

Drug abuse                 Gang culture                      Domestic violence                         Other

I would like to know what sort of storyline the audience would be expecting. This will help me think of a relevent story that they will enjoy.

11)              Would you like music to be played in the background of the opening sequences? (Please circle)

Yes                                 No

11b.)            If ‘yes’, please state what genre of music

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Music is something I definately need to find out about. I want to know wether I should actually play a backing track through the opening sequence, and if so, what genre?

12)              Would you like a fast paced introduction? (Please circle)

Yes                                 No

12b.)            If ‘no’, please state what speed you like the introduction

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Should I have a fast paced opening sequence? I want to know what my target audience would prefer and expect the pace to be like. Do they like slow paced films where not a lot happens? Or do they want to see a lot in the first few minutes?