1. What is your gender?
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Male
Female
The majority of people I gave our questionnaire to were male, as reflected on the
graph. It was by chance that there were more males. By this we know already
that the majority of answers are male based and males tend not to enjoy chickflicks as much as women, but we are aiming our film at both males and females.
What age group do you belong to?
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12 to 14
15 to 17
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30+
As shown on the graph, every person who filled out our questionnaire were aged
between 15 and 20 years old but the majority were aged between 15 and 17
years old. This is the target audience we are aiming our film at due to it being the
conventional target audience and our certification of 15.
2. What is your favourite comedy film?
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Anchorman Death at a
Brothers
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21 Jump
Street
This graph shows that White Chicks was the most popular film choice and
Anchorman was second popular, with the other five being least popular. The fact
that White Chicks was most popular means we should include similar comedic
elements such as the humor of cliques because people find it enjoyable.
Which four characters are most
important to include in a school based
comedy?
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Jock
Popular
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Teacher's
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Bully
As shown on the chart, the popular girl and the geek are the most stereotypical
characters to include in a school based comedy. These two characters are
stereotypical in a teen chick-flick and as they are most popular we will
incorporated them in our film by making them part of the team to try to kill the
teacher. This will attract a wide audience who know what to expect. The bully
would also be an important character to include as they usually kick start conflict
in the narrative.
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would fit in with our genre?
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Pop
Rock
Teen
Reggae
Upbeat
Indie
This graph presents which soundtracks would fit in with our genre; with the
most popular being pop music. Considering these results we will include pop
music in our opening sequence due to its popularity and our target audience of
15.
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What do you think would be
important to include in
terms of costume and props?
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Uniform
Non-uniform
Glasses
Books
The most popular costume from this graph is uniform and the most popular
props are glasses and books, therefore we will incorporate all of these in our film
opening sequence as our target audience think they are important to include.
These uniforms will help the audience to identify the genre and the characters,
and will help them to relate to the characters.
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Which two settings are
most important?
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Classrooms
Lockers
Staff room
Library
Canteen
From this graph, it is shown that the setting of a classroom is most important in
our film. Having it set at lockers and in the canteen is also shown to be
important. Therefore we will try to include all three of these settings as it will
appeal to our target audience and they are stereotypical locations for the genre.
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How do you prefer the titles in
the opening sequence?
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Gradually
All at once
Overlaying
Cutting between
This graph shows that our titles featured in the opening sequence should appear
gradually due to our target audience deciding this. Gradual titles are more
interesting that appearing all at once, therefore teenagers are drawn in. This also
creates tension and comedy at times for pace of the sequence, along with
suspense and excitement creating an enigma code.
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Would you like the
characters to directly
address the audience?
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Direct address
No direct address
Through this graph, the majority of our target audience has suggested that they
would prefer not to be directly addressed; therefore we will not directly address
the viewers in our film as it will be an unpopular decision.
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What is your favourite
chick-flick?
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Mean Girls
Legally Blonde
White Chicks
Mean girls is the chick-flick the majority of people like best, therefore we will
include similar cliques such as geeks and the popularsand characters in our film
as our target audience enjoy that. They will contribute to the narrative through
helping the popular main character to kill the teacher.
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What is your favourite
director from the list below?
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Mathew Vaughn
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Todd Philips
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Mark Waters
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Andy Fickman
Our target audience selected Todd Philips (director of The Hangover) as their
favouritedirector, therefore we will study his films and incorporate similar shots
into ours such as mid shots.
