Action/Science Fiction film survey Analysis Closed Questions Analysis

The purpose of my first question is to gather the gender of the audience I distributed my survey out to. This is useful as it allows me to understand the preference associated to people of different genders. The first question of my survey was What is your gender? The majority of the people who answered turned out to be male, I inferred this because 14. !" of my responses were female and #$.%1" were male. This suggests that maybe females were reluctant to answer these certain questions or that males were just answering the question dominantly. This is due to the fact that the majority of people that were available were males instead of females, this is why the entirety of the survey is male dominated. This opens up the possibility that my product should be aimed towards male because they showed the most interest in my survey.

The purpose of my second question is as&ing the age of my audience. This is useful as it helps me determine what the ages are of the people I have as&ed this would help me with my final product when finding the age of my target audience. The second question of my survey was What is your age? The majority of people who answered were between the ages of 1$' 1. The percentage of 1$' 1 year olds that answered was !(.4#" this is a massive percentage and towers over the mee& response from two )$ or older year *ld+s response which accumulates to !.$ ". This suggests to me that I should focus my product on the 1$' 1 age range and this is my target audience. ,any science fiction or action films target audience also share this target age range.

The purpose of my third question was to determine who my audience believed would be a more competent protagonist a male or female. #( " of the people who partoo& in the survey said that they wanted a male protagonist and ( " said they wanted a female protagonist. I need to ta&e into account that this question is influenced by the fact that the survey was not given equally to males and females much li&e the first question. The predominant male figures of the survey is li&ely the reason why the survey is #( " -iased to a male protagonist. This question suggests to me that I should have a male protagonist in my product and it is suitable because male protagonists are a convention in many action films.

,y fourth question of the survey was What conventions would you prefer to see in an action/Science fiction film and there were $ possible answers Blood and Gore, Weaponry, super natural beings, High tech gadgets or High body count The answers were very close and the figures showed that they were not far off of each other with the lowest answer being % and the highest answered being 1 . I inferred from this information that I should try and have a mi. of all $ elements of these conventions to appeal to the e.pectations of my target audience. The most favoured convention however was high tech gadgets and I &now this from the results of the survey showing that it was chose the most by the people answering the survey. I would ma&e these conventions prominent in my opening sequence to comply with the e.pectations of the conventions of an /ction01cience 2iction film.

The total number of people that answered this question3 Where in time would you want the film to be set was (. *ut of ( people, % people would prefer a 1cience fiction0action film to be set in the present day and # people would want it to be set in the uture. This suggests that my target audience would

prefer an action0sci fi film to be set in these two options opposed to the past , which was only selected by ) people and the oreseeable future which was only selected by people. This highlights the two preferable options and suggests to me that my product would be better received by my target audience if it was set in these time periods. /n e.tra question that as&ed the audience why they would want it to be set in the desired periods was answered by 1% people and included various responses and ideas.

4uestion 5 was called What plotline would you prefer in an action film? 1 people responded. The joint answers which were chosen the most were an !ssassination+ plot and an "ppression+ plot. These shows that these are the most popular plotlines in my audience of the survey. This would persuade me to incorporate one of these the start of these plotlines into my opening sequence as they prove popular with the people I selected to answer my survey.

4uestion % was #lease state your favourite Science fiction or action film in the bo$ below numerous answers were collected naming many different films. The responses had a trend of usually including films that had high budgets and incorporated a lot of use of 126 into their films. I am going to try

and incorporate a certain amount of 126 into my film because it is a convention of this sub genre.

4uestion # was What was your favourite element of your favourite action or sci fi film It was met with several answers including conventions of the two genres and just personal li&es. ,any of the responses included the prominence of a good plot line. I am going to ensure my opening sequence engages the audience using conventions li&e a good+ plotline

4uestion ! as&ed What ma%es a good impact in action or science fiction film? #lease state in the bo$ below this was also met with answers mention preferred conventions or just random preferences. The trend in this response was the importance of action and an engaging or interesting plotline, I should aim to achieve this in my plot line to achieve these &ind of results.

4uestion 1( as&ed What films do you prefer out of the following the two films that were selected the most were &he 'atri$ and (nception which were both answered by 5 people or )1.$#" of the people answering the survey. This

suggests that ,atri. and inception are more appealing than the other films presented in the question. 1ome research into these films could show why they+re so appealing to people. I could observe the conventions featured in these films and incorporate them into my final product to appeal to my audience. Open question analysis (Individual response) 2or my open question analysis I am going to analyse 5 answers from ,ale and females. ) ,ales and ) 2emales. These pic&s have been completely random and are going to be used to find the differences between genders in the choices regarding 1urveys. The ) male respondents I am analysing are respondents 7$, 714 and 7 1. I have chosen these respondents because they+re 1$' 1 and male, these are my target audience and the &ind of people I am going to be targeting my product to. I &now this from their answers from 4uestions 1 and . 8very respondent also shared the answer of male from 4uestion )3 Who do you thin% would be a better protagonist) This suggests that I should have a male protagonist as this is best received from my target audience. The answer high tech gadgets from question 4 was all chosen by the respondents 7$, 714 and 7 1 from the selection available. This shows that they audience all prefer high tech gadgets as a convention to be included in the opening sequence. I should utilise this convention in my product to give the audience something they e.pect to see in an action 1cience fiction film. The respondent+s answers from question $ were all different3 7$ responding with the foreseeable future, 714 responding with the future and 7 1 responding with &he present day) This shows that my audience answers all differentiated and suggests that the audience are happy for the setting of my product to be any of these selections. 2rom 4uestion 5 two of the respondents 7$ and 71$ answered with the present of !ssassination this opens up possibilities for my opening sequence but I am not decided if I+m going to go down this route. The question What is your favourite action science fiction film was answered by all the respondents answered with different films including Battle *!, !vatar and &he 'atri$ by analysing these films I could loo& at the conventions these films used to ma&e them so popular and incorporate them into my opening sequence. 4uestion # aimed to do just that and as&ed What was your favourite element of a Sci fi action film the responses I received were all different and varied. I should aim to incorporate some of these elements into my product0opening sequence to receive the approval that these films did for using them. 4uestion ! /s&ed the question What do you believe ma%es a good impact in an action or science fiction? #lease state in the bo$ below) This question aimed to find out what elements of preferable films ma&e a good impact in. 9espondents 7$ and 714 both responded with answers that had to do with plots, this emphasi:es that a good plot is &ey in ma&ing a good impact in this type of genre. This idea is considered &ey in any type of film also. 4uestion 1( as&s what action film the respondents prefer out

of the following selection of films. They answers were all different and suggest I conduct some research into these films to try and see if some of their elements could be integrated into my opening sequence for a desirable overall response. The ) female respondents I analysed were respondents3 75, 7# and 711. I pic&ed these respondents due to the prominent male dominance of the respondents, this resulted in me only having ) female respondents because my product is targeted at males. Two of my respondents answered 4uestion ;hat is your age<+ with 1$' 1 with one respondent answering )$. 4uestion ) as&ed Who do you thin% would be a better protagonist? 9espondents 75 and 7# responded with male but respondent 711 with female. This shows that the majority of the respondents believed that a male protagonist would be more effective and this correlates with the entirety of the male respondents also. This conveys that male leading of action0sci fi movies is preferred by the majority of the audience that has been specifically chosen. 4uestion 4 as&ed what conventions the respondents would prefer to be included into a 1cience 2iction0/ction films out of a certain number of films. =igh body count was mentioned by of ) of the respondents. This shows that the majority of the respondents want this included into an action or science fiction film. This question aimed to see what conventions the audience prefer to see fin the genre of film I am specialising my opening sequence on. 4uestion as&ed where the audience would want the opening sequence to be set3 Where in time would you want the film to be set /ll of my respondents answered with different answers ranging between the future to the past, this conveys to me that the audience are indifferent to where it would be set. This gives me freedom to set my opening sequence in any time frame as it would be met with the same response of appreciation. The question What plotline would you prefer in an action film? This was met with respondents 75 and 711 replying with an escape0siege plot. This opens up the possibilities of incorporating this plotline into my opening sequence to conform to the convention of standard plotlines that are utilised in this genre. The question What is your favourite action sci fi film was met with one respondent replying with a movie out of this genre, one s&ipping it and one replying with the useful answer World war + this will cause me to research the preferred conventions of this film such as >26 and attempt to incorporate them into my opening sequence to achieve a good response. The aim of the question was to seen what films of my genre were preferred by my audience which will encourage me to research the elements of these films that were praised to help get the desired response from my product. 4uestion # as&ed what was the respondents favourite element of the movie they had chosen What was your favourite element of your favourite action or sci film? + 9espondent 75 replied with the answer the escape story from :ombies and the fight to survive+ this answer was useful as it chose a specific element of the story and went into detail, the other answers were not so useful with one respondent s&ipping the

question entirely. 4uestion ! as&ed What do you believe ma%es a good impact in an !ction or Science iction? #lease state in the bo$ below + Two of the useful responses differed entirely. *ne said that it relies on the inclusion of action and fight for survival, while the other responded that it depends on narrative. I should try and include a balance between these two conventions for my desired response in my opening sequence. 4uestion 1( as&ed What sci fi action films do you prefer out of the following <+ this was responded with two of the respondents answering with the film the matri.+ while another said district !+ although the matri. was obviously more popular I should research into two of the films to see what ma&es them appealing.