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Two students were interviewed today ... the first student we interviewed didnt go too well because the student didnt really answer the questions properly. The response recieved were lacking relevant information and were not clear. For this reason we decided to interview another student. The interview with the second student worked out better. The answers we got were better and more understandable with a clear opinion from the student.

Audience Review-Sunil Chandla

It is vital before any production process to develop a forecast of possible ideas that can be implemented into our documentary. For example by doing some research was vital, we had to produce a questionnaire in which would produce audience feedback on their own preferences when it comes to watching documentaries.

We surveyed around 30 individuals asking roughly 10 questions about themselves such as age, gender etc.., but we also asked about what they would like to see in documentaries?, if they are interested in them? And also what you would expect in our Documentary?


To make this a fair test we equally chose 15 boys and 15 girls, therefore the information we receive would not be biased to one specific gender. Although the age category varied as we had many more 18-21 category then 15-17 and 22+. This is because the majority of students are of this age and we began to realise that documentaries do not tend to be for younger students as it involves a lot of focus where as a mature student may learn from watching documentaries and relate to them.

We then asked what they would/should see in a documentary. The response was mainly focused on 4 key elements. They were voice-over, cutaways, interviews and finally news paper headlines. Majority of course suggested interviews as they make or break the documentary. We then knew that interviews were vital to gain.

We also asked whether are topic is relevant to today’s society and how we should show this. The response was fairly optimistic but some said that although there are some bad students the majority are well behaved and that it doesn’t appeal to everyone. Another response that it would be a good area of investigation but getting students in the act of being bad would be impossible therefore we then had to think how we can show bad behaviour using other methods.

We ended with the question with, is there anything specific you would like to see? Some explained how they would like to see the opinions of not just teachers but students themselves, they also wanted to see how maybe someone important can resolve this matter.

In conclusion, as a group we knew that getting interviews was vital and that also cutaways would be a great way to make the documentary more appealing. Therefore the audience review proved to be a success in giving ideas for our own documentary.

Audience Review - Munya Gatawa

Audience review

The importance of an audience review to any institution or production can not be stressed any further as it is they the audience who will be the end-users of the product, that is why before we began to create our documentary we decided it was crucial we carried out some audience research in the form of questionnaires which we handed out and got feedback from. The following are the questions asked and the feed back we received from the audience:

Q1.What gender are you?

Response:

We handed out 30 questionnaire sheet’s so it were essential for us to have an equal amount of males and females, so we asked 15 males and 15 females to take part in our audience review.

Q2. What age category do you fit into?

Response:

• Four out of the thirty people we interviewed were between the ages of 15-17.
• Fourteen of the thirty participants were between the ages of 18-21.
• And 12 of the thirty people said that they were aged 22 and over.

Q.3What the main features you look for in a documentary? I.e cutaways, titles, narration

Response:

For this question we gave the audience options to make it easier for them to have an idea of what we were asking, the majority of the audience said that they expected to see codes and conventions such as: Cutaways, voice-over narration, Facts and figures, score music and titles.

However the minority said that they expected to see a voice-over narration and facts and figures.

Q.4 Do you feel that the topic of student behaviour is relevant in today’s society? Please explain.

Response:

They all inclined that student behaviour were relevant in today’s society, and all agreed that this was down to the decline in student behaviour.

Q.5 What do you expect to be explored within this documentary?

Their answer’s varied and these were their responses: “why there is a decline in student behaviour”, “What is being done about the decline”, “Interviews with students and members of institutions such as teachers and governors”.

Q.6 Are there any suggestions for other issues you would like to see explored in the documentary?

Responses: Bullying, racism, comparison between the different races on behaviour

Audience Review - Risha Jethwa

Audience review

The results from the questionnaire show us and clear understanding of the audience opinions in a documentary. From this we have discovered what elements and conventions will help us succeed in our documentary, however we have also identified relevant questions and information which will help us proceed in the right track.

From the first question the results show and equal percent of males and females enjoy watching a documentary. In this case the questionnaire was handed out to thirty individuals which where both genders males and females, although from this feed back both fifteen males and females show a keen interest in the topic.

The second question focuses on the age category. As you may notice the highest percent was 18-22. The reason for this is because young adults enjoy watching documentaries, where as the age category 15-17 have a lower percent as they least enjoy documentaries. From these results the age groups have been divided into certain groups such as the teenagers, young adults and adults. Despite this you may notice that the age group 18-22 show more of an interest because they have the knowledge and ability to learn something new, Where as the category 22+ also shows similarities with the age group18-22.

The results shown for the third question suggests the main features of a documentary. As a result the highest feature of a documentary is an interview, however many agreed that facts and figures and a voice over give more information and sources on the documentary. This is because facts and figures increase the knowledge. Another reason is a voice over helps direct and narrates the audience about the documentary. A small percent all believed to see cutaways in the documentary as it makes it more interesting and exciting to watch.

The feed back shows from question four showed a high percent of the topic student behaviour. This is because student behaviour has become a big issue in today society as many people are unaware of the situation. Another response from the audience believes that outcome of research can be beneficial to the educational system. From this the results show that the target audience have high expectation of the topic student behaviour as it is involved in many day to day lives.

The response from the fifth questions shows that student behaviour should be explored in many ways for instance classroom behaviour, uniforms, education departments and many more. Interestingly within this documentary the feed back shown from the audience believe that interviews with students and class observations can help the effect of student behaviour.

The final question explores any other issues the audience will like to raise. The response shown for this was diversity of different ethnic backgrounds, racism, bullying and verbal abuse. This shows that in many secondary schools certain issues such as bullying and racism have a big impact on people as it affects them in person and their school life.

In conclusion all the questions and feed back from the target audience has helped make the documentary more appealing as it give us suggestion and idea’s to make it more interesting.

Audience Review - Rizwana Jawid

The pre-documentary questionnaire was designed to help us understand what our target audience would expect to see be explored in our documentary. By getting the audience’s opinion on what they thought would make a good documentary and the issues they believed should be explored in the documentary, we could base our documentary on those elements and issues to the best of our ability.

The questionnaire was handed out to thirty individuals, fifteen of these being females and fifteen males. We chose to hand this out to fifteen females and fifteen males to keep a neutral response from the audience and make sure that the results were fair and unbiased.

The second question was set out for us to see what age category each person fits into and what their opinions were. This was done do that us as a group could see the responses of each of the individuals that were given the questionnaire based on their age and what they would expect to see and be discussed.

The next question that was asked was based on what main features of a documentary the audience would count on seeing. The majority of the audience responded saying that the main features that make up a documentary which they want to see be included are interviews, facts and figures and the voiceover providing additional informative information based on the topic. A minority of the responses received said that cut-ways were the main aspects that make up a documentary and the titles.

The next question was based on the relevance of the topic. A high percentage of the audience said that the topic of student behaviour is relevant in today’s society as student behaviour is on a decline. Another reason why they saw this topic being relevant is because students today do not have respect for teachers and elders. An additional answer from the target audience was that they believe that the topic could then be used to improve the education system.

The issues that should be explored in this documentary, according to the audience who answered the questionnaire are student behaviour, the methods that should be implemented into the education system to show improvement is student behaviour and achievement, what institutions are there to support students that require additional help to improve their behaviour, interactions inside and outside the class and class observations.

The last question was designed to understand what else the audience would like to see be explored in the documentary. The responses received were racism, bullying, verbal abuse, diversity of different ethnic backgrounds.

All the responses received from the questionnaire will be used and taken into consideration as to what we should include in the questionnaire.

Week 4

We filmed our first interview today ... this was with a parent ... the interview went well and we didnt face any problems at this point