PRE QUESTIONNAIRE

GRAPHS
MONICA KIGOZI
WHAT DID WE DO?

We surveyed a total of 32 people all aged between our target audience which is 15-35. we
asked them a range of questions relating to whether they would be interested in watching
our romantic drama short film What Lies Behind Closed Doors. The following questions are
based around our production. Before taking part in this pre questionnaire we made sure that our
target audience read the synopsis of our film.
 1. WHAT IS YOUR GENDER?

What Is Your Gender?

Question 1-
Males 16
We made sure to survey an Females- 14
equal amount of male and
females. By surveying an equal Male Males- 53.3%
amount of genders it helps have Females- 46.6%
an accurate idea how best make Female
our product suit our target
audience.
2. WHAT AGE CATEGORY DO YOU FIT INTO?

What age range do you fit into?

Question 2- 18
For our survey, we recruited more 16
participants from the younger end
14
of our target audience. This was
12
expected as most if the people who
participated were people we knew, 10
thus there was more people from 8
our own age group. 6

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15-20 21-25 26-30 31-35
3. AFTER READING THE SYNOPSIS, WHAT GENRE DO
YOU THINK OUR FILM FITS INTO?
After reading the synopsis, what genre do you think our film fits
into ?
25

Question 3- 20

This was positive feed back

from our audience as it
15
meant that our film has
signs of codes and
conventions of the thriller
10
genre, therefore our
production fits into the
genre we wanted it to.
5

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Drama Action Romance Thriller Horror Other
4. AFTER READING THE SCRIPT, IS THE NARRATIVE
CLEAR? Is the narrative clear?

Question 4-
The results for this was not
what we expected however, 20 of the people
this allowed my group and I said yes whereas 10
to develop and make more of the people said
adjustments in order for the no
audience to relate and
connect with what's Yes- 66.6%
happening in the short film. No- 33.3%

Yes No
5. WOULD YOU WATCH OUR FILM BASED ON THE
SYNOPSIS?
would you watch our film baased on the synopsis?
Question 5-
Three quarters of our sample
25 of the people
would watch our film based on
said yes, and 5 of
the synopsis which suggests
the people said no
that we have a strong
narrative; this is because we
Yes- 83.3%
have not released any material
No- 16.6%
that bigger companies would
usually use to promote their
film e.g.: trailers, teasers etc.
yes No
6.DO YOU THINK OUR SHORT FILM APPEALS TO
THOSE BETWEEN THE AGES 15-35?
Is 15-35, the appropriate ages category for our film?

This is strengthened by the fact that most

of the people that completed the pre-
questionnaire were between the ages of 26 of the people said
15-35. no one over the age of 35 yes whereas 4 of the
responded to our questionnaire. This people said no
information will help us with who to target
our marketing to and use certain methods
to attract these ages. For example social Yes- 86.6%
media. No- 13.3%

Yes No
7. DOES THE TITLE, WHAT LIES BEHIND CLOSED
DOORS RELATE TO THE SHORT FILM
Does the title match the short film?
30
Question 7-
25
The majority of out
participants agreed
20
that the title of our
film firs our genre;
15
therefore we knew
that our narrative
10
would match the title
5

0
Yes No
 8. HOW OFTEN DO YOU WATCH THRILLERS A
MONTH?

11+
Question 8-
7 to 10
This reflects that our audience tend
to watch thrillers more than other 5 to 6
genres, this is good as our production 3 to 4
is based around the thriller genre. 1 to 2
0

0 5 10 15
9. WOULD YOU PREFER THE LEAD ROLE TO BE PLAYED
BY A MALE OR FEMALE?
Who would you prefer to be the
lead role?
Question 9-
The majority of people said that they
preferred the leading role to be
female, the most common answer was 10 people said that
because its new and unexpected and they'd prefer a male and
counter-typical This is beneficial as Male Role 20 preferred female
the lead role in our production is a
Female Role Female Role 66.6%
female.
Male Role- 33.3%
10. BASED ON THE SYNOPSIS, HOW LIKELY IS IT THAT
YOU WOULD RECOMMEND OUR FILM TO OTHERS?
How likely are you to recommend this film
to others?
Question 10- 30

The majority of people said that 25

they'd recommend our film to
20
others, the main reason we got
was because they liked the 15

enigmatic feel of the film and 10

they'd like to watch the whole
5
film.
0
Likely unlikely Highly likely Highly unlikely
Likely Unlikely Highly likely Highly unlikey
11. WHAT DO YOU THINK IS THE STRONGEST ASPECT
OF OUR FILM?
What is the strongest aspect of our film?

Question 11-
For this question there was fairly Characters- 12
mixed responses from the people, Plot - 12
characters and plot received the Title- 6
highest from the people these Setting- 4
could be seen as the most
important factors of a films success. %
Characters- 40%
Plot 40%
Title- 20%
Characters Plot Title Setting Setting- 13.3%
 12. WHAT DO YOU THINK IS THE WEAKEST ASPECT OF
What do you think is the weakest aspect of our film?
OUR FILM?

Question 12-
Although most of the people thought Characters- 2
that the setting was the weakest factor Plot- 2
of pour film we didn'tt believe that Title- 2
this would affect the entity of our Setting- 24
production as we needed the film to
be set in the house as it is based %
around this environment. Characters- 6.6%
Plot- 6.6%
Title- 6.6%
Setting-80%
Characters Plot Title Setting