Wednesday, 15 October 2008

Film Questionnaire Results









I noticed with the results from the question "Do you think they were English, American or Other?" That the majority of people thought that most films were American, in the graph below you can see this is because of the actors were American or because of the location of the film and the special effects. A few people thought it was because of the company, e.g Pixar, Paramount. Some people weren't sure, because of the use of two locations, e.g England and America, England and Germany.

The majority of people saw the films at the cinema, and said this was because it was of easy access and because many films were new and weren't out on DVD. Many people saw the films on DVD, i think this is because, for some people, it is more convenient to watch the films at home, also it is cheaper, as you can watch the film more than once but only have the initial charge when you buy the DVD, however if you don't preview the film at the cinema, and you buy the DVD sometimes you may not like the film. It didn't surprise me that very few people, if any, watched films on Television, another location (such as a plane), or on Video, this is most likely to be because it isn't very convenient to have to wait for a film you want to watch to come on the TV and it is easier to use DVDs rather than Videos as you can scene select etc.

I was surprised that not many people had heard about films from their friends/family, and the majority was had heard about them from Television adverts/trailers. I think this is probably because a lot of people watch the TV and this is the best and easiest way to distribute the advertising. However I did expect more people to have seen film trailers at the cinema rather than on their TV, again this is probably due to convenience, and you have to pay to go to the cinema.

Although it was difficult to show this on a graph, i thought that the reasons why people thought certain films were made by certain countries was interesting. The majority of people based it on the actors involved and the locations used, however a few people did mention they thought it was because of the company, for example: Pixar, Paramount.

1 comment:

mw said...

Good research - well presented and with a thoughtful commentary. Please post your thriller research findings this week. mw