QUESTIONNAIRERESULTS ANDANALYSISBy Emma and Felan

Question 1:

Do you enjoy watching

documentaries?

Do you enjoy watching docu-mentaries?

Yes No

85% of people that we asked said that they did enjoy watching documentaries.The other 15% percent said that they didn’t enjoy watching documentaries and would most likely enjoy watching something else.This feedback helped us decide that we need to make our documentary as interesting as possible from the outset.

Question 2:

What genre of documentary do you

prefer?

Human behaviourNature/Wildlife

MedicalCrime

Reality TVOther

Human Behaviour

Nature/Wildlife

Medical Crime Reality TV Other0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

Out of the 100 people that we asked; – 15 people said they preferred Human behaviour documentaries.– 3 people said they preferred Nature/Wildlife documentaries.– 27 people said they preferred Medical documentaries.– 30 people said they preferred Crime documentaries.– 22 people said they preferred Reality TV documentaries.– 3 people said they preferred Other documentaries.

This feedback helped us to conclude that the best liked genre is crime, this has helped us to pick crime as our genre, we were torn between crime and human behaviour this helped us to choose.

Question 3:How long is the ideal

documentary duration for you?30 – 40 minutes 45 – 50 minutes

1 hour – 1 hour 101 hour 15 – 1 hour 25

1 hour 30 1 hour 35 +

Ideal Documentary Duration

30 - 40 Minutes 45 - 50 Minutes 1 Hour - 1 Hour 101 Hour 15 - 1 Hour 25 1 Hour 30 1 Hour 35 +

Out of the 100 people we asked - 11 people said that their ideal documentary running time was 30 - 40 Minutes- 9 people said that their ideal documentary running time was 45 - 50 Minutes- 23 people said that their ideal documentary running time was 1 Hour - 1 Hour 10- 17 people said that their ideal documentary running time was 1 Hour 15 - 1 Hour 25- 28 people said that their ideal documentary running time was 1 Hour 30

- 12 people said that their ideal documentary running time was 1 Hour 35 +

This feedback helped us decide roughly how long we should be making our documentary. We used this questionnaire feedback to help us decide what was too long and what would be dragging it out, making it boring.

Question 4:

Do you prefer informative or action-based documentarie

s?

Do you prefer informativ or action-based docu-

mentaries?

InformativeAction Based

Out of the 100 people we asked 37% of people said that they preferred informative/factual documentaries.Whereas 63% of people said that they prefer action based documentaries – these documentaries are the kind that may include facts and be informative but there primary aim is to show action.

Using this feedback has shown us that our documentary needs to be exciting. One way we have considered adding action into our documentary is by using re-enactments. However looking at this data we have decided that we can still be informative without being boring.

Question 5: What institution's

documentaries do you watch most regularly?

(Ranking Order)

BBCChannel 4

ITVSkyMTV

Other

BBC Channel 4

ITV Sky MTV Other0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

Out of the 100 people we asked 30 people said that they preferred BBC documentaries.27 people said that they preferred Channel 4 documentaries16 people said that they preferred ITV documentaries5 people said that they preferred Sky documentaries14 people said that they preferred MTV documentaries8 people said that they prefer Other documentaries.

Question 6:Do you find that documentaries with a narrator are easier to

watch than one without?

If so why?

• 84% of people we asked said that having a narrator made it easier for them to follow the documentary.

• The main feedback that we received from this question was that a narrator was very effective and helps the understanding of what is being said become more clearer for the audience – especially in such shows as

• -Educating Yorkshire, viewers said that sometimes it is hard to understand the accents and so a narrator really helps.

• -Another comment was that for shows like Big Fat Gypsy weddings it is a lot easier to follow as you are told what you need to know about the upcoming scene, it was said that with a documentary show like this a narrator is imperative because there are different groups of people that are being documented and it is very easy to loose track of who you are looking at.

• 16% of people said that they would prefer to not have a narrator.

• -One piece of feedback that we got was that having a narrator can sometimes distract from the documentary itself.

• -Another comment that we got was that if there is a presenter then the narration can become pointless and a waste.

Question 7:

Do you like to see

recreations in documentaries of past events?

Yes or No?

Do you like to see recreations in documentaries of past events?

Yes No80% of people said that they did like to see recreations in the documentaries that they watched.However 20% of people said that they did not like them.We had planned on using recreations as we felt that it was an effective convention to use. Looking at this research we decided that to use recreations of past events would work really well and interest our audience.

Question 8:Which media device do you like to see in the documentaries

you watch?

Voice OverCross Cutting

Hand-held cameraSubtitles

Inserts of interviewsSoundtrack

Reconstructions

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• Out of the 100 people we asked

• 25 people said they liked to see Voice Over’s in documentaries

• 7 people said they liked to see Cross Cutting in documentaries

• 19 people said they liked to see Hand-held camera’s in documentaries

• 14 people said they liked to see Subtitles in documentaries

•22 people said they liked to see Inserts of interviews in documentaries

• 17 people said they liked to see Soundtrack in documentaries

• 21 people said they liked to see Reconstructions in documentaries

From analysing this feedback we have decided to incorporate music into our documentary and also hand-held camera shots . We feel more confident about our ideas to use inserts of interviews since evaluating this feedback.

Question 9:

What do you personally like

to see in documentaries

?

• We got a variety of comments from this question. • The main thing that was mentioned was that people feel

that documentaries can very easily become boring and so they need to have exciting content before any devices or conventions added to it.

• Also we were told that a lot of people enjoy documentaries more if they are broken up, for example people like when there are interviews inserted or cutaways to other footage like; recreations or old news items like footage or newspaper articles.

• Another comment that we got mentioned to us was that people felt documentaries needed to include was music – whether its to make a scene more tense or to change the mood completely people said that having music changes the tone of a documentary more than one without, it can also interest people more because their senses are experiencing how the producer is trying to make us feel more through their choice in music.

This feedback helped us to understand what the audience wants to see.Since analysing the main feedback that we got we decided to decide what music would be most effective in more depth than we already had – we decided that since it was such a crucial part of our feedback we needed to incorporate more of it – and more carefully. We also decided to include other things like text and different transitions to try and break up the documentary without disrupting it.