Media Studies Questionnaire

Media Studies Questionnaire

Please circle your answer

1.     Which Gender are you?

         

Male           Female         Other

      

2.     How old are you?

12-15     16-19     20-25     26-30     30+

    

3.     Do you enjoy films? If so, what genre?

Comedy   Horror   Romance   Sci-Fi   Action   Drama

Fantasy   Social-realism   Mystery   Other…

4.     What qualities in a film (if any) encourage you to see it?

Actor/actress   Storyline/plot   Setting   Director   relatable stories

Other…

5.     What types of characters do you like to see in films?

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6.      What is your favourite film(s)?

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7.      How many films (if any) do you watch per week?

0     1-3     4-6     7-9     10+

8.     How do you hear about the majority of films you have watched?

Word of mouth   happened to be on TV   advertisement

Previews   Internet   radio   other…

9.     Do you think that film trailers are best when they…

Show a small bit of the film, leaving the viewer not really sure what’s going to happen, but aware of the plot.

Give some information about the whole thing, but leaving a cliffhanger for the viewer to wonder.

Give away essentially the entire plot and the good parts of the film, and the trailer seems to go on for ages.

1.   What most grips you about a trailer for a film?

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Film magazine research

Film Poster research

Shot design: Dutch Angles

"The Dutch angle, also known as Dutch tilt, canted angle, oblique angle or German angle, is a type of camera shot where the camera is tilted off to one side so that the shot is composed with vertical lines at an angle to the side of the frame."

In regards to shot design, the Dutch angle is used to add a new variance to an otherwise boring shot, for example standing still in a mid shot, this is a basic shot that doesn't symbolise too much, but if we make it canted it can then be interpreted differently. This is an approach that I hope to use in my own film trailer to show the character losing his mind or to show confusion.

Target audience: Social Realism

Target Audience of the Social Realism genre

The majority of people who watch the social realist genre are British teens/young adults, this averages from 15-26. The reason for this could be that the film are relatable by this age gap, however it isn't just these people who watch social realism, like many genres it can be watched and liked by anyone. I will be aiming my film at the the specified age group as they are more likely to have seen people go through the changes that my character does within the film. If the younger generation were to see it I would hope that they saw some of the side effects of drugs and how depression can be a real problem and not just a case of sadness as it is usually diagnosed as by many people.