Questionnaire to Audience and Evaulation

Questionnaire
Gender: Age:

1. How many films do you watch a week?
0-1
2-3
4 or more

2. How many of these films are seen at the cinema?
0-1
2-3
4 or more

3. Who would you usually go with?
Friend
Parents
Boyfriend/girlfriend
Children
Family
4. What is your favourite film genre?
ComedyCrime and Gangster
Action
Romance
Other
5. What is your favourite film, and why?

6. What do you expect to see in an opening sequence?

7. What makes you want to go and watch a film?

8. If you had the choice out of watching a British film or an American film what would you chose, and why?
9. Can you think of a British gangster/crime film you have recently watched, what was it and what did you like about it?

10. Please read the following opening sequence, would you watch the rest of this film?
A young drug addict owes a group of ruthless youth’s money. The group of five youths find the drug addict and torture, and eventually murder him. The youths flee the abandoned house and leave the drug addict dead. However it is not apparent who murdered him to begin with although one of the youths leaves behind his phone leading them to be caught quickly. A gripping film, in which the concepts of friendship and betrayal are pushed to the limit.

We asked 10 people to take part in a questionnaire about films. The majority of people who took part said they watch 2-3 films a week. Those people usually go with a boyfriend/girlfriend. Only one of the films is seen at the cinema (in an average week). The average age of the participants was between 16 and 18.5 out of the 10 people who did the questionnaire said their favourite film genre was Crime and Gangster. 4 of these people were males.

Following that question we asked what their favourite film was and why. 3 out of the 5 people who chose Crime and Gangster said Green Street, because of the violence. Other favourite films included, Harry Brown, The Godfather and American Gangster.

We also asked them ‘what do you expect to see in an opening sequence?’ the majority said they would like to see, fighting, tension and an introduction of all characters. 8 out of the 10 people asked said that if the trailer looks good it will encourage them to go and see the film at a cinema.

We asked them if they had a choice of watching a British film or an American one, 7 of the 10 people replied that they would rather see a British film. The participants were asked to think of a British Crime and Gangster film they had recently watched, and what they liked about it, one 17year old boy answered ‘I saw Harry Brown when it came out in the cinema, I liked the storyline and the redemption and revenge at the end of the film’.

Lastly, we put our summary of the opening sequence onto the questionnaire, and asked the people to read it and if they would watch the rest of the film. 9 out of the 10 people who took part answered yes.