Research - Audience Feedback - Questionnaire Analysis

This questionnaire was a wider audience feedback. It was sent to members of my focus group, both young adults and middle aged people, and then sent out further to this broad range of ages. This is because I need varied thoughts from various different age groups who my documentary is targeted at.

1. This was the first question in my questionnaire as I wanted to know if people,obtained information about the election.

No one responded saying no, which was good as that is the primary purpose of my documentary. Only 21.1% said some information and an overall majority of 78.9% said yes.
I may try to add some more information in the remaining time I have to fill up in order to make sure 100% say yes.



2. This was the second question in my questionnaire. I wanted to make sure that my audience understood that my documentary was now at the start, rather than the middle (which I previously said on my arc post).

A huge majority of 88.9% said yes, with only 11.1% saying no.
I may try to make my title screen slightly longer in order to make it more obvious.



3. This was the next question I asked as I needed to make sure that my documentary looked professional and adhered to the generic conventions of a political documentary.


According to the results, the majority (84.2%) thought my documentary adhered to the generic conventions of a political documentary, meaning it was fairly successful. Only 15.8% said it did in some ways. No one believed that it didn't adhere to conventions of a political documentary at all which I was very happy with.


4. I asked thus question next as I wanted to find out if my audience understood the conventions which I purposely used in order to adhere to the common conventions of a political documentary.



































I was pleased with the responses as most of them mentioned that the: interviews, cutaways, narration, locations, statistics, newspaper articles, voiceovers and archive footage were used effectively. This was what I wanted to achieve in order to adhere to common conventions of a politics documentary.



5. I then asked this question in order to ensure my sound quality was good throughout.




















After listening to my documentary once it was uploaded, I realised that my sound was not consistent throughout. In some places it was very loud, and in others it was very quiet. This was evident from my results above as 42.1% responded saying somewhat. However, 57.9% responded with yes, implying that my sound was not far off being fine throughout.
Those who responded saying 'somewhat' commented on how the sound quality could be improved, and a lot of the responses said it needed to be more consistent. This however is not a huge problem as I can edit this on iMovie.





6. I then asked this question in order to ensure my footage quality was good throughout.


Like in the last question, I realised that I had exported my documentary to Vimeo in small, meaning the quality looked very poor. This was evident in the results as 21.1% of people said somewhat and 5.3% said the quality was not good. However, 73.7% said the quality was good, so I knew that when I export it not in small, the quality should be fine and of a better standard.
This was evident from the comments and some people even realised that it was just how it had been exported. I will also have a look at which parts could be cropped or maybe replaced if they are too plummy or pixilated.




7. I also wanted to ensure that I had included enough facts and statistics throughout the extract, as they are needed to fulfil the primary purpose of the documentary, to inform.


An overall huge majority of 94.4% said yes, which I was very happy about. Only 5.6% of people said no. Even though it is still a large majority, I will still check to make sure there aren't any other places which I could put more facts or figures in, just in order to make sure 100% of people think there is a sufficient amount of information.



8. I was undecided on which title option to use for the names and the occupation, so I decided to ask my target audience, since they will be the ones who it is aimed at.

A huge majority (77.3%) said that they prefer option 2 (above). With the second place being joint with only 9.1% each (option 1 and 4). It is therefore obvious which one I will be using throughout my documentary.



9. I also wanted to ask my target audience which poster they would prefer to see advertising the documentary, since again they will be the ones targeted and who I would like it to appeal to.

Again, there was a large majority of 72.7% for option 2 (above). With the second most popular being option 3, with a 13.6% turnout. However, option 2 was by far the most popular, so this is the poster I will use as I want to use the one which most appeals to my target audience, and will therefore be more successful.

10. I also wanted to ask my target audience if my poster adhered to the conventions of a Channel 4 poster, as otherwise it would not have much relevance and would not be very successful.


I was very happy with the responses as 94.7% said it did adhere to the conventions of a Channel 4 poster. Only 5.3% said they did in some ways, which still means they have relevance and do in some ways have the correct conventions.
I then also asked if they said no or in some ways, to say why they thought so.
The one person responded saying:


I know how to use the magic wand tool on Photoshop to remove the background, so I can do that straight away to remove the background from the logo.



11. I was also unsure which Channel 4 logo I preferred and would work the best throughout my products. I therefore decided to ask my target audience.

There was again a large overall majority, with option one being the most popular choice (72.7%). The most popular second choices were joint between option 2 and 4. I however have decided to go with the majority and use option 1 throughout my products.

I found this questionnaire very useful in order to help me decide on not only things I was unsure about, but also improve aspects of my products I didn't realise needed improving.

Research - audience feedback of my first draft double page spread

I asked my target audience for some feedback from my first draft of my double page spread for a TV listings magazine.

I found this very helpful as it gave me constructive criticisms which I otherwise may have been unsure about, meaning I knew how to improve my product to make it more successful due to the higher appeal to my target audience.

Production - first draft of my DPS

My completed documentary extract

Production - First Draft Poster Design

Production - how to make a transparent text box

Through looking at past double page spreads, often the text boxes were transparent in order to still see the main image, as well as read the text.
I wanted to know how to do this and see what my double page spread would look like with this effect. In order to do so, I needed to research it.
The answer straight away came up on google.



I then tried it on my text box.
Below is the text box with 100% capacity.

  

Below is the text box with 80% capacity.

  

I quite liked this effect as it not only followed codes and conventions of a double page spread, but it also showed more creativity by still being able to see the main image.

Production - Documentary draft 2

Advanced Portfolio from grace page on Vimeo.

This is my second documentary draft after making some large changes.
I now have a new presenter, more suitable locations, more appropriate cutaways and better suited music.
This version is still not completed, however I feel that I have improved the quality of my documentary since my first draft due to me using a better quality camera (iPhone 7 rather than a 6) and my editing is much better as before it was fairly slow, whereas now the pace is much better and the different cutaways I feel work together better.
I have also changed where my extract is from. It is now at the start of the documentary, rather than part of the way through (as seen on my arc in a previous post).

Planning - flat plan of poster

This is the first flat plan of my poster.
I have made sure I follow the correct codes and conventions of a Channel 4 poster by including the logo, an appropriate picture, my presenter and boxes around the text. All of these are common conventions of a Channel 4 poster, which I have previously analysed.

Research - Audience Feedback Questionnaire

Click here to see my questionnaire I sent to my target demographic regarding the Channel 4 Logo, titles font throughout the Documentary and the photo for the poster.

Production - new contact sheet

I have decided to change my documentary quite a lot.
I have changed my central location to Westminster, London. This makes more sense due to my documentary being based on politics, so being filmed by the Houses of Parliament is much more suitable.
I have also used one of my friends to be my presenter. She is in casual clothing and a bright red coat, which is symbolic to stereotypical features of London such as the buses, flag and postboxes.
I have also filmed iconic places such as the River Thames and Houses of Parliament in order to make a link between the locations and the narrative.

Research - music for documentary

In my first draft documentary, my music did not fit very well.
I therefore looked through many websites and YouTube channels.
I found this channel which had many different types of background music:



I went through all of the options and number 9 was exactly the music I thought would suit my style of documentary.

I had a look into copyright and other regulations, and on this channel it said the following:



I therefore downloaded it and have stated and credited from 'e-soundtrax'.

Planning - risk assessment of filming location

Planning - locations to film in London

Because London is not the easiest places to find locations which are not too busy or hectic, I have decided to plan my locations in order to easily work out how to get there and manage my time well. This will enable meta visit the vital locations I need, such as the Houses of Parliament, Westminster Bridge and Big Ben.

Production - Double page spread article

Research - Stephen Neale

Planning - Micro and Macro

Throughout my documentary, there are many ways in which I can relate my media to 'real media' at the micro level.
An example of this is during my documentary there is a close-up of newspapers, and the macro approach of this is that this reflects the importance if the media in politics.
Another example of this is that my documentary is in the style of a Stacey Dooley documentary, and the larger effect of this is that I am investigating the main question that my documentary is based on.

Planning - getting a new presenter

This is a screenshot of the conversation I had with my friend Molly to ask her if she would like to be my presenter for my documentary.
I think that she would be perfect for the role as she is confident, a good speaker and is easy to co-operate with. This means production would be effective as we work well together.

Production - My documentary so far

This is my first draft of my documentary. It is not yet finished and has a lot of editing yet to be completed, however I have decided to make a lot of changes.
I am taking out all of the videos out where I am the presenter, and also my voiceovers, as I am now using my friend as the presenter.
I am therefore changing the majority of my documentary.

Research - Ancillary product - TV listings magazine analysis

Research - Ancillary product - Poster analysis

Created using Visme. Free Online Presentation Software.

Production - Adding statistics

I have decided to add some statistics into my interview in order to break it up, as it is a fairly long interview.
This is a common convention of a documentary, and is very common when presenting information, for example on the news. This backs up the information which is being put across to the audience, and makes the documentary seem more reliable.



This is seen above in a small section taken from a news broadcast.

I tried to input my own statistics relating to what John Whittingdale was speaking about in the interview, and one thing he mentioned was that there has been an increase in younger voters.
I researched this and found that this very correct.

Above is the general election turnout by age for the 2010 election.
This graph shows that there were less voters aged 18-34, than voters aged 55+
Because the age range was quite small, I decided to work out the mean number of votes for ages 18-29, 30-49 and 50+. These age ranges also matched the range on the other graph, so it would be easier to compare.




The graph above shows the amount of votes in the 2017 general election.
I used this graph to work out the mean again to add it to my graph. It is evident that there has been an increase in votes since the 2010 election. I again found out the mean for the 3 options of each age range.





I then used KeyNote in order to create my graph as I know this is a fairly easy to use programme, and you can add animations to the graph. This will be useful to add as it will make it more interesting for my audience to watch.

I then had to use QuickTime player as I had to record my animation in order to then save it and import it into my documentary, over the part of the interview which John Whittingdale talks about the age of voters.