Documentary audience feedback

When we showcased our documentary to the rest of our media class we asked them to fill out a questionnaire to gain feedback on whether our documentary was effective or not. We asked a series of mostly closed questions with sometimes a extension of their response. As our classmates are in the margin of our target audience their responses were valid.

Understanding

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Documentary Audience Feedback

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Was You Able To Understand The Topic We Chose?

We asked if the class was able to understand the topic in which we chose which was academia Vs Creativity and 20/20 students said they understood which shows that the purpose of our documentary was clear. This was very positive feedback.

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Would You Consider Watching Our Docu-mentary Outside Of College?

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We asked if they would consider watching our documentary outside of college and 90% which is a majority of the class said they would which was a good sign however 2 members of the class said they would not have considered watching it. This shows our topic doesent interest everyone and this could be due to them not being interested in higher education.

yes65%

no35%

Does Our Documentary Relate To You?

yesno

We also asked if our documentary related to them and 65% said it did which we expected as a media is a creative subject many of the students in our class would consider themselves as creative however the other students may not really find the perception of creative and academia as current issue but definitely understood the meaning of our documentary.

yes100%

Does The Combination Of Audio + Visuals Work Together Ef-fectiviely?

yesno

We asked if the combination of audio and visuals worked together effectively 100% of the class said yes and this was definitely a strong point in our documentary as we ensured the background music went with our theme and suited the mood with whatever is on screen.

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Does Our Documentary Inform You?

Does It Inform You

We also asked if the documentary was informative 12 students said it did inform them of something new which included the statistics and views of the students however 8 said it did not inform them so I personally think this may have been an area where we could improve on this could have been by putting statistics up on screen so maybe the audience could’ve absorbed the information a little more.

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20Radio Trailer Audience Feedback

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We also asked our class for feedback on the two ancillary tasks. Here is a chart on the feedback we gained from the radio Trailer.

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Does Our Radio Trailer Have Typical characteristics of a Real Radio Trailer?

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We asked if our Radio Trailer had the typical characterstics found in a real radio trailer. 90% said yes and 2 students said no. overall this is good feedback as a majority found that it did have typical charactersitics such as the timing.

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Does our Radio Trailer Grab Your attention

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We also asked if our radio trailer was attention grabbing and 95% said yes and 1 student disagreed. In my opinion this small percentafe that dissagreed was due to preference but as a large amount of the class found it attention grabbing there was very little more we could do to improve as I tried to make it to the best of my ability.

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Are the Sound Levels Consistent?

We asked if they sound levels were consistant. 3 students said no however 17 said yes therefore a majority found that the sound levels were consistent. This was quite a hard job and there is always room for improvement as all the clips used were recorded in different environments and some had hiss whereas others had very little or none at all. Also the sound of the radio trailer may have sounded different in speakers compared to the sound of it in headphones. But with the sound levels I think we did a good job.

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Are the Effects Used Appropriate For The Radio?

We used one effect on the voice at the end of the radio trailer which was called radio effect as we wanted it to portray the sounds of the radio and an effect at the start which was the start of a radio channel. 85% liked the effect and thought it was appropriate some found it to abrupt. In the future we could have turned it down or reduced the pass filter on the radio effect.

Professionalism

Encouragement

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Double Page Spread Audience Feedback

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We also asked for feedback on our double page article.

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Does it look Professional?

Professionalism

We asked if the double page spread looked professional 5% disagreed however 19/20 student said it does look professional. We looked at professional articles of this genre and found a similar layout with a plain white background so it didn’t look to amateur but looked very realistic and clean.

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Is The Style Of The Double Page Spread Appropriate To It's Genre?

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95% of students in our class thought the double page spread was appropriate to its genre. This was because we looked at professional double page articles in the tv times and radio times magazines therefore we was able to make our documentary similar and realistic.

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Would Seeing/Reading this Encourage You To Watch The Documentary?

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80% said reading our Double page spread would give them a sense of encouragement towards watching our documentary. However 20% said it wouldn’t we could have improved this by maybe making the pictures brighter and more eye-catching or use of a brighter colour scheme.