audience re-search into romantic drama's

In this task i had to do an audience survey into romantic drama films. To do this i made a questionnaire that i will ask to my audience to find out what they like/ dislike about the genre. I would then analyse the answers and see how i can adapt my film so my target audience will enjoy it fully.

This is the questionnaire i will ask to my audience:

1)     A) What is your gender?

             Male__         Female__

    B) What is your age?

            Under 10__  

                  11-20__  

                  21-30__

                  31-40__  

                  41-50__  

               Over 50__

2)      What is your occupation?

       Student__

       Full time job__

       Part time job__

       Unemployed__

3)     A) Do you watch Romantic Dramas or Rom-Coms?

                Yes__     No__

B) If you answered yes, what makes Romantic Dramas or Rom-Coms interesting?

_________________________________________________________________

    

C) If you answered no, what do you think could be done to the films to make them interesting to you?

_________________________________________________________________

4)     If you watch romantic dramas or Rom-coms, where do you usually watch them?

         At home__

         At the cinema__

         Other (please specify)____________________

5)     How often do you watch romantic dramas or Rom-coms?

        Once day__

        Once week__

        Once month__

        Once year__

        Never__

6)     What passed storyline do you prefer?

       Fast pace__

       Medium pace__

       Slow pace__

Why?________________________________________________________

7)     What is your favourite Romantic Drama or Rom-Com and why?

Title_______________________________

Why do you like it? ________________________________________________________

the following questionnaire is a completed questionnaire to demonstrate how they were looking when filled in:

As i said i would analyse the answers to the questionnaires and this if what i found out:

1) a) What is your genre?
in total i asked 20 people and got 17 of my questionnaires back. using the only ones i got back i had almost a 50/50 split between males and females. this would give me a clear view over both genders in my target audience.

1) b) what is your age?
for this question i tried to ask people who will be in my target audience when i come to making my final film. as a result of this the replies to this question are more bias towards the 11-20 age group but this will give me a better amount of information on my target group.

2) what is your occupation?
i asked people this question to see what most people social-economic status was and this would allow me to have a good estimate of the disposable income they will have. as with the previous question their is a bias towards the student with part time jobs occupation as this will be around where my target audience will be.

3) a) do you watch romantic dramas or Rom-coms?
i asked this question to find out weather people watched the genre or not and if so what was their reasons for watching or not watching the genre. from this question i was surprised to see that more boys watched the genre than girls which is going against the theory that Rom-coms and dramas are a more girl bias genre.

3) b) if you answered yes, what makes Rom-coms or dramas interesting?
for this question almost everyone answered with the storyline or the actor playing the part, for which most people said the actor was Hugh grant. this shows me that the actor playing makes a huge difference to the popularity of the film and how well it sells. as well as this you need an interesting storyline to keep the audience interested.

3) c) if you answered no, what could be done to make the genre more interesting to you?
the 3 people who answered no in this question said they wanted the story lines to be boring and they wanted more going on in the scenes. to try and improve the my film to their liking i will make the time between cut shorted to allow a faster pace in to hope this will make it more interesting for these people.

4) if you watch romantic dramas or Rom-coms, where do you watch them?
for this question i though most people would watch them as home or in the cinema. so to get a clear idea as to where is more popular i made these the main 2 categories but i also but an other box for other venues but nobody said other.

5) how often do you watch the genre?
i asked this question to find out how films of this type fit into the every day life of people. as well as this it would show me how successful a DVD of this genre would be.

6) what paced storyline do you prefer and why?
i asked this question to find out what pace i should film my film to keep it attractive to the target audience. for this question i found out a medium pace is best to allow the audience to keep up with the action and make it easy to understand.

7) what is your favourite Rom-com or drama?
i asked this question just for an idea into which film are successful around the audience this is so i could then analyse them and find out specific things that make them good and successful.

from this task i have found out that that my target audience want a film at a medium pace to allow them to understand the story line. as well as this they want a interesting storyline that does not dwell on the meeting up of the two characters. also i have found out that having a big name actor, such as Hugh grant, in the film helps with the successfulness of the film. i will not try and apply these facts in the planning of my film.