Media Questionnaire

We have designed a questionnaire that is to be given out to people our age to gather a general idea as to what people expect from a thriller/drama genre. First we made a pilot survey that was handed out to our class members, this was to see if the questions were viable and the information received was useful to our investigation.

Here is the pilot questionaire we sent out to members of our Media studies class:

The People’s Opinion

The public’s ideas and opinions on what you think should happen in MJS’s Media Coursework.

Section 1

1. Gender: Male ׆ Female ׆

2. Age :

3. Year : 9 ׆ 10 ׆ 11 ׆ 12 ׆ 13 ׆


Section 2

4. What film genre do you prefer? Horror ׆ Thriller ׆ Drama ׆ Comedy ׆ Action ׆ Adventure ׆ Romance ׆ Sci-fi ׆ Fantasy׆

5. Why?

6. Do you enjoy watching thriller films? Y ׆ N ׆

7. If yes, what is your all time favourite thriller?

8. Have you seen ‘the Shawshank Redemption’? Y ׆ N ׆

9. If yes, what did you think of it?

10. Are there any ideas you have that might improve our coursework?

Our pilot survey was a basic questionaire, and did not explore areas in enough detail. For this reason, a lot of improvements were suggested. We look at this as a positive, as it helps us understand what an audience is looking for in our film, therefore giving us a better opportunity to make our film better.