Questionnaire Graphs

I gave out the questionnaires to my

media class as I felt that they

would have the knowledge to

answer the questions in the most

helpful way. Also they are our

target audience. Our class is

dominantly male but their feedback

was extremely helpful as my group

is all female and it gave us a male’s

perspective. Our film's genre is

usually aimed at a female audience,

however we feel that the characters

and themes in our film is suitable for both males and females.

Whilst our target market is 12-20 the main demographic is 15-17 and therefore

our film will have a 15 certification and content.

Geek Jock PopularGirl

ComputerWiz

Goth Teacher'spet

Bully

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

Important characters to Include

Amount of people who agreed

Gender

Male

Female

12-14 15-17 18-20 21-23 24-29 30+

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

Age

How many people

The characters that were most popular and the ones that we are going to include in our film are geek, jock, popular girl and bully. These are all stereotypes therefore allowing the audience to identify with the characters (uses and gratification theory). The contrasting characters allow the audience to get involved and chose a side to be on (binary oppositions). I will incorporate each of these characters into my work by having all of them working together and each bringing something different to the team.

This was an open question in which participants were asked what type of soundtrack they thought would fit best with the genre and story-line of our film. Pop was the most common style of music so I will keep this in mind when making my soundtrack. The pop genre is aimed at young adults and the simple, catchy tunes allow a teenage audience to sing along and feel involved, possibly using this as a form of escapism (uses and gratification). This style will fit in with the comedic chick-flick genre of our film as it connotes happiness and enthusiasm and emphasise our films light-hearted, feel good element.

Soundtrack

Pop

Rock

Teen

Reggae

Upbeat

Indie

This was a closed question which asked “what do you think would be important to include in terms of costume and props?”. We included this question as the costume and props are an important element in making the narrative as realistic as possible. Using both books and glasses will allow the teenage target audience to identify with the characters (uses and gratification).

In this question we asked people to tick the two most important settings in their opinion. We will apply this information to our work by having the different scenes within our opening sequence set in these locations. These settings will emphasise where

and what period our film is set in and highlight the teenage characters and target audience.

Costume

Uniform

Non- uniform

Props

Glasses

Books

Classroom

Library

Lockers

Canteen

Staffroom

0 2 4 6 8 10

Important Settings

Number of people whoticked

From this detailed information I can conclude that long shots are the most important. I will use long shots to show the characters in their normal friendship groups in which they will take up almost the full frame height to connote that they are most comfortable in those groups. I will use extreme close ups when introducing each of the main character's in the opening sequence. This will draw attention to the character's emotions, creating empathy and making them more identifiable (uses and gratification). Wide establishing shots will be used to display the characters in the school setting. The big school compared to the small students will connote the feeling of vulnerability and being overwhelmed and the teenage audience will be able to identify with these feelings (uses and gratification). Low angle shots will reinstate the idea of being weak and exposed to the pressures of growing up. This helps to develop the narrative as the character's have to battle between having a social life and getting good grades and it connotes that the protagonist's stress is the reason for her irrational, comedic behavior.

High angle Low angle Long Shot Extreme close up Wide shot

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

In order of 1-5 which camera shots and angles are most important

1

2

3

4

5

Having the titles fade in gradually creates pace and anticipation, keeping the audience interested and wondering what is going to happen next (enigma code). This fits in with the narrative as the protagonist is suspicious about her teacher and making the audience feel the same way as our protagonist allows them to identify with her (uses and gratification). Overlaying the visuals, rather than cutting between, makes the text the main focus of the shot as it is still whilst the background scene moves around it. This indicates chaos, connoting that the character's will cause a disequilibrium.

Although Mathew Vaugn wasn't voted the most popular director, I like the way that he used a mixture of cartoon and real life in his film Kick Ass. This reference to youth contrasts greatly with the violence and mature themes in the narrative of his film, almost creating comedy out of the disturbing scenes. This fits in with the narrative of my film as the protagonist's outrageously over-dramatic actions will entertain the target audience (uses and gratification) and using a cartoon

Titles

Gradually

All at once

Overlaying thevisuals

Cutting between

Favourite Director

Mathew Vaugn (Kiss Ass)

Todd Phillips ( TheHangover)

Mark Waters (MeanGirls)

Andy Fickman (She's theMan)

when referencing the horror element of my film will emphasize the comedy purpose. Other questions in our questionnaire included“would you like the character's to directly address the audience?”as a usual convention of this genre is voiceovers in which the protagonist invites the audience into the narrative and displays her genuine thoughts and feelings. A benefit of including direct address is that the audience feel involved in the narrative and therefore find it easier to identify with the protagonist (uses and gratification). A disadvantage to this technique is that it breaks the fourth wall, making the character seem less realistic and therefore the audience cannot make an emotional connection with the character. Majority wrote “Mean Girl's” in response to the question“What is your favourite Chick-flick?”. I feel that this film was such a successful answer based on the over exaggerated stereotypes used in the film and therefore I will ensure that the groups featured in the narrative of my film will be just as exaggerated. This allows the teenage target audience to identify with the different characters and there status on the social hierarchy (uses and gratification). This information helped me massively in the decision making process. The feedback from others allowed me to foresee what will work and what our target audience enjoys to watch.