Questionnaire Results

To carry out my questionnaire I decided to ask my family and people I know in my local area as well as people I go to school with, this gave me a good varied response as I asked five people from each age group and each gender. In total I asked roughly 70 people and this helped me gain a good knowledge of what different age groups now like to watch. I didn't include the other answers as this was the main information I needed to retain for my research.

This is a table showing the overall results for each genre, age and gender. This table has helped us with our research a lot as it has made us realise what the general public want to see other than relying on our own knowledge and stereotypes. I decided to break this table up to view the results a lot more easier for each genre, each genre is now below in a pie chart with the results from each gender and age group.

This pie chart shows the genre action and its reults from the questionnaire. As expected the bigger pieces belong to the male gender aged from 16-50 in total. The smallest piece of the pie belongs to the females under 12 which was to be expected also as young girls don't usually go to the cinema to watch action films, they either watch comedies, musicals, romance or horrors. The piece of the pie that I expected to be the smallest piece was the females 50+ however my results beg to differ, more females 50+ that I asked would watch an action film in the cinema-more than the females under 12.

 

This pie chart shows the genre adventure and its results from the questionnaire. yet again the majority of the bigger pieces belonged to the male gender, however the numbers weren't as high as the action's results. From the pie chart you can see that the numbers are higher in the females under 12 section when in the previous pie chart they were minimal. The females 50+ section is the same as the action genre and so maybe the more mature generations put action and adventure in the same genre, whereas if you look at the results from the younger generations some of the numbers dropped in the adventure genre. This could mean that the younger generations have a better understanding of genre or that the more mature generations do as they can link two together.

 

This pie chart shows the genre comedy and its results from the questionnaire. Straight away it's clear that all of the sections are near enough the same size with similar numbers, all the numbers are 3 and above for each age and gender meaning that this genre is universal for every age and both genders. I was expecting the numbers in the comedy genre to be fairly high but nearly everyone I asked loved watching comedies, this did make me think about creating a comedy as it might appeal to more people however if it's not done right then no body would watch it. A lot of people are fussy about the humour in comedies and I was afraid that I wouldn't of been able to pull it off.

 

This pie chart shows the genre horror and its results from the questionnaire. A lot of the bigger sections are of the male gender and of the female gender, what really shows however is how much age is an influence to watch films. The male and female genders both like watching horrors except their ages show that females go to see horrors just as much as the males do, speaking from a personal point of view I know that females like to watch horrors as I have seen loads in and out of the cinema. Horrors results are simialar to the results of the comedy genre, horror is a genre that everyone has a guilty pleasure for and comedy is loved by everyone and so both are going to get high views.

 

This pie chart shows the genre musical and its results from the questionnaire. The big grey section of the pie chart belongs to the Females 50+, I would say this is quite stereotypical from this age and gender as females aged 50+ are not going to be watching horror films of action films. In the pie chart you can clearly see that a few categories are not on the pie chart as they scored a zero, these categories were Males under 12, Males 12-15, Males 16-18, Males 19-25 and Males 50+. The younger categories I did expect however I thought that maybe the categories Males 19-25 and Males 50+ would have higher number if they saw it with their partner, I was proven wrong which is the main reason we did the questionnaire to get rid of stereotypes and find out facts. 

 

This pie chart shows the genre period drama and its results from the questionnaire. The pie chart is almost divided in two, the largest sections belong to Females 50+, Males 50+, Females 36-50, Males 36-50 and Females 26-35. These were mixed results as the younger generations had a couple views however it was the older generations that scored the highest. The results didn't shock me for the females as female family members aged from 30 like to watch period dramas and so I knew from first hand that the numbers would be significantly high. Both male categories didn't really shock me either as men like to watch old war films, or films they may have watched in their youth which may be classed as old now.

 

This pie chart shows the genre romance and its results from the questionnaire. The sections in the pie chart are all quite big and almost even as a lot of people I asked like romance films. A few of the people I questioned however didn't like romance films at all which explains the low scores, the ages and genders of the lower marks was to be expected. What did shock me a little bit was that Males 50+ like watching romance films but then when further questioned it's usually when they watch a film with their wife. This shows that the people around us have an influence to what we watch and why we watch it.

 

This pie chart shows the genre sci-fi and its results from the questionnaire. This was an interesting category to question people about as some of my interviewees confessed to liking them but not telling their friends as they think that sci-fi films could be classed as weird for people to like. This proved a lot of stereotypes about sci-fi films, I was glad that I did discover this as it helped a lot with my research. If our film was a sci-fi film then I personally don't believe it would do well as it has to have action, adventure and gore involved for people to really want to view it. Males under 12 were the main viewers of these films for me in my questionnaire.

 

This pie chart shows the genre western and its results from the questionnaire. Quite a few people actually like watching western films which I didn't expect as I personally don't watch them but, once I reviewed the results I was happy that my results showed a general interest in all films. I think the stereotypes for western films would be boring and all the same however my interviewees disagreed. A lot of the males I asked actually love watching western films as the main big sections belonged to Males 12-15, Males 16-18, Males 19-25, Males 26-35 and Males 36-50.

 

This pie chart shows the genre other and its results from the questionnaire. There is one big section that stands out which belomgs to Males 16-18, this is because of the gangster films they watch which is understandable films. I stuck to the usual film genres but obviously more are created as more and more writers, directors and producers are trying to merge films to reach out to a wider range of people. Spoofs are a good example of this as they have action, adventure, comedy, gore and gore. Spoofs are definitely one of my favourite genres as it reaches every single one. This can be seen in this pie chart clearly as all the sections are big and it's because of a couple age groups or one gender either, it's a mixture of all of them.