QUESTIONNAIRE RESULTS & ANALYSIS- AMBER, AMY, JACOB

All of our sample was aged 16-21, and all were students. This being our target audience, we hoped to gain useful results. We asked 20 people in total.


Do you usually watch documentaries?

The majority of our sample answered yes or sometimes. Only 30% do not watch any documentaries.



If yes, which documentaries have you seen lately?
Obviously this was a qualitative, open question and as such there was a variety of answers. The only answer repeated was Louix Theroux- Cystal Meth. Channel 4's 'Dispatches' and 'Bodyshock' documentaries were also popular.



What did you like/dislike about this documentary?
People said that they like expository documentaries, and in particular the work of Louis Theroux. A poignant answer was 'he gets to the heart of it'. We aim for a similar style in our documentary: no-holes-barred, scandalous look at the 'truth'.



Which type of documentary do you enjoy the most?

Celebrities and current events were the most popular answers. This shows that our documentary would be appealing to our target audience, as we asked students.



Our documentary is about Lola Rouge, who was once a singing superstar, but after a string of mistakes on her part, now has a failing career and social life. It follows her after her downfall. Would you watch our documentary?
14 out of 20 respondents answered yes. This majority shows again that such a documentary would be appealing to this age group.


What is the reason for your answer?
Those who responded yes answered mainly that it "sounds interesting" or "fun". Those who responded no answered that it was "not [my] kind of thing".


What time would you expect it to be on considering it contains some censored swearing?

The majority of respondents answered 9pm. Nobody thought it should be aired before 7pm, and only one person thought it should be shown after 11pm.



What channel would you expect it to be on?

Most people said channel 4. However only one less than this majority replied e4. We have decided, however, that our documentary remains aiming to be aired on channel 4, as it has a more "serious" and satirical undertone than e4, which is mostly American sitcoms and dramas, and rarely shows documentaries.



Would your friends watch such a documentary?

Equal amounts (each 40%) of our sample answered yes or maybe. This is encouraging to us as the peer groups of students are also, obviously, our target audience, and these results show our documentary would be appealing to most of this age group.


Which format of documentary do you like best?

The most popuolar answer was scenes with narrator, and the 'unpolished' rough cut style, both of which feature in our extract.