A2 Media Studies Evaluation

Question 3

What have you learned from your audience feedback?

For my main task, I uploaded my documentary on YouTube in order to gather audience feedback so I could analyse if I met the aims I was working towards i.e. making sure it is professional. Out of the comments, I captured these 4 people on what they have said and will analyse each one.

The first comment I received about my documentary shows that I have created a professional factual documentary as they said I used accurate information along with portraying the main topic which is views on Islamic State. This therefore shows I have met the aim of keeping my documentary professional as I have used facts that are 100% real which Channel 4 documentaries abide to. Also, the main topic is always presented clearly in which the audience can understand what the documentary is about and this person has definitely got the whole gist of what was going on throughout the video I created. Furthermore, this also shows that I have created a similar documentary with the correct conventions used and this therefore would keep an audience interested so she has stated that she enjoyed the video due to this.

The second comment I have received about my documentary again shows I have met the aim of creating a professional documentary as they have outlined that I have used factual knowledge. This plays a key part in many Channel 4 documentaries as they are giving clear information out to the audience who is watching their programme. This therefore allows the audience to learn true facts purely on how I presented it within my documentary. Furthermore, some Channel 4 documentaries contain a variety of opinions in which this user has addressed that I have opinions from widespread sample. This indicates I have met another convention of a documentary and this will outline that I have created a professional documentary.

Audience Feedback for Ancillary Texts

For both my ancillary tasks I decided to ask people for feedback using a questionnaire to find out what the thoughts are and if I have created professional ones. Out of the responses, I decided to show one person and will analyse it further. Furthermore, in my questionnaire, I have asked the audience on what they like and dislike about both the TV listings article and the newspaper advert.

In this response, the person has clearly stated that my article looks like the ones that are published within existing TV listings magazines. This therefore shows that I have clearly followed the layout and conventions of a article to ensure that I meet the aim of being professional throughout the main task and the ancillary tasks as well. They have also stated that the image I used was excellent quality and that they liked everything on the article including text being accurate. This implies that I have provided the audience with a fair amount of information on the documentary without giving too much away and therefore again maintains professionalism. Furthermore, this therefore shows that I have created an article to the best of my ability to ensure it looks like an article from Radio Times for example.

In this response, another person has stated that there is a similarity between a typical Channel 4 advert and my newspaper advert which therefore shows I have followed the same style thoroughly. This means I have followed the same conventions and tried to make it look as professional as possible. They also feel that the image was very powering which is good as this therefore creates a suspense for the audience and this means the audience would tune in to watch the documentary to find out more due to the image being like this. The text has also been rated as accurate and this shows that I have made it look professional by using the right information to therefore show the audience when it will be aired on TV. They also gave some points to improve on which are minor and does not affect the professionalism of the advert.