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0 20

Are the

interview

s and vox

pops well

framed?

No = 1

Yes = 17

Q3: What have you learned from your audience feedback?

During the research and planning process for our documentary, we used questionnaires

to gather more information about our target audience and what ideas they had that

could help make a successful television documentary. Through this method we found

out what channel would be best to broadcast our documentary and what elements we

should include within our project. After finishing the documentary and the other two

ancillary tasks, we decided to make a second questionnaire in order to gain feedback on

our documentary, radio trail and magazine article.

Documentary

We asked a sample of eighteen students on whether the sound levels were clear,

consistent and if it fitted in well with the documentary. We got mixed results as some

people thought that they were good, while others felt that improvements could have

been made. We also asked that if there were any problems, what they were and

students responded saying that the backing music was too loud and that the voice over

could have been made clearer. If we were to improve on our documentary then this is

something that we can definitely work upon.

When we asked on whether the documentary used all the normal conventions of a

standard professional documentary, all of the eighteen students answered with yes.

Again everyone also said yes when asked if they thought that the shots were well

processed between each cut. Both of these

questions showed that our sample thought that the

documentary was put together really well and that

as a group; we produced a professional looking

documentary. However when we asked if the

interviews and vox pops were well framed, only

one person responded with no meaning that there

is some room for improvement.

Were the volumes

consistent?

Yes = 14

No = 4

Are the voice overs

clear and concise?

Yes = 16

No = 2

Does the music work

well with the

documentary?

Yes = 16

No = 2

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Does this magazine

feature the normal

conventions of a

television magazine?

Yes = 18

No = 0

We wanted to know if there were any improvements that our sample could suggest that

would make our documentary better. The following responses were:

I. Turn the backing music down.II. Remove the found footage of David Cameron.

III. Make it more interesting and upbeat.These suggestions can all be taking in to consideration if we were to improve on our

documentary, especially the found footage as it was blurry in the final product.

Double Page Spread

We also wanted to know if we could make any

improvements to our ancillary tasks and when we asked

Does this magazine feature the normal conventions of a

television magazine? our entire sample responded withyes. This shows that we created a professional looking

double page spread and we are very pleased with this

result.

In our next questions we asked whether the double page spread looked appealing and if

the double page conveyed enough information. It was shown that improvements could

be made to our magazine by trying to make it more appealing as only one person

responded with no. Meanwhile the entire sample agreed that enough information was

provided, which we found to be a pleasing result, giving us confidence that we created a

good quality double page spread.

We also asked the sample what they liked the most about the double page spread with

the responses being:

I. The colours that were used.II. The layout of the double page spread.

III. It looked professional.IV. Followed the conventions.

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Does the double page convey enough

information?

Yes = 18 No = 0

Does the double page look appealing?

Yes = 17 No = 1No

Yes

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Yes = 13

No = 5

0

1

2

3

4

5

Does the

trailer make

you want to

watch the

documentary?

Yes = 13

No = 5

0

5

10

15

20

Are the sound levels

consistent throughout

the trail?

Yes = 14 No = 4

Does the music work

with the voice over in

the radio trail?

Yes = 18 No = 0

Yes

No

The most popular answer here was the colours and overall we felt very pleased with

our work as everyone gave positive feedback, meaning that we accomplished in what

we set out to do. We also asked if there were any suggestions that could be made to

improve the double page spread, the answers are as followed:

I. Change the yellow masthead.II. Change the colours.

This showed that not everyone liked the vivid colours that we used but we used the

same colour scheme as that of Whats on TV magazine, which we would use in order to

publish our product. I personally think that our magazine article is up to a good

standard and changes could be made easily if we were to improve on the double page

spread.

Radio Trail

For our radio trail we asked our sample

Does the radio trail make you want to

watch the documentary? most people

said that they would be interested in

watching the documentary after

hearing the radio advertisement.

However four people disagreed,

meaning that we should try to find out

why these people felt that way andimprovements we could try to make in

order for them to be more interested.We aslo asked Are the sound

levels consistent throughout

the trail? and Does the music

work with the voice over in

the radio trail?. The results

show that more work would

be required in order to

improve the sound levels, as

four people thought that they

were not consistent. The

entire sample found no

problem with the music in the

radio trail, showing that compared to the music in the documentary, the music was of

much better standards as we used synths to make the music in the radio trail more

modern.

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Another question that we asked was Do you find the extracts gave enough

information? The results for this was very pleasing as it showed that everyone found

that enough information was given out. Along with all the other positive feedback from

the other questions we feel that we have made a decent radio trail, however it is clear

that improvements can be made to make it even better/ professional.

We also wanted to find out if any of our sample disliked anything about our radio trail in

order to find what improvements and changes that can be made. The results were as

followed:

I. Voice over is too fast paced.II. The bell at the start.

III. Music is too loud.If we were to do the task of making a radio trail again, then these are definitely areas

that we could improve on. The music volume tends to be a common problem in both the

documentary and the radio trail and these results provide us with a good reason to

check the final sound levels to make sure they are as good as they can be in future

projects.

0 5 10 15 20

Do you findthe extracts to give enough

information?

No = 0

Yes = 18