Questionnaire

To gain some audience research, we had to do a questionnaire involving many questions to do with film viewing habits, preferred story line elements and what aspects of films they find the most important. The questionnaires were given to several people around our age so that the results would not be biased in any way. The questions that were asked are below and the most common answer(s) for each one is in bold.

1. How old are you?
10-12, 13-15, 17-19, 20-28, 28+

2. What is your favorite genre of film?
Social Realism, Thriller, Sci-Fi, Teen, Rom Com, Film Noir

3. What is your preferred way to watch your films?
Cinema, DVD (Home), TV, Drive-In, Internet

4. Who do you prefer to go with to the cinema?
Alone, Friends, Family, GF/BF/Spouse

5. How obvious do you like the plot to be?
Obvious/Spelled Out, Subtle Hints, Complete Twist,
Worked out with character throughout

6. What aspect of a film do you consider to be the most important?
Acting, Camera, SFX, Sound, Editing

7. How many social realism movies have you watched?
None, Under 5, 6-9, 10+

8. Would you say a social realist film generally targets a male audience?
Yes, No, Not Sure

Based on the most common answers, the majority of people do not think that social realism is mostly restricted to males, eventhough many films of the genre use men as a central character, which in turn has created the 'angry young men' stereotype, meaning typically northern men living in the 1960's coping with political and domestic issues.

In addition, many people find that acting is the most important aspect of a film which is very important in social realism because if the acting is not realistic it will defeat the purpose of the film. It will also look less impressive in general which is why in our opening we need a very good and convincing actor.