Questionnaire

When I had completed the first draft of my soap opera trailer, I conducted a questionnaire and asked other media studients to answer the questions honestly. Here is a copy of the questions I asked:

1. Do you think the music is appropriate for the trailer?
2. Is the trailer the right length?
3. Does it work well without any dialogue?
4. Is it recognisable as a conventional soap trailer?
5. Do you think we have used an appropriate amount of different characters?
6. Have we used a good range of camera shots?
7. Do you think that trasitions could be included at any point of the trailer?
8. What is the most successful part of the trailer so far?
9. What is the least successful?
10. Is there anything in particular I can improve to make the trailer more effective?

The first 7 questions are simple yes/no questions as I wanted to be able to put the data into a graph so I could analyse it more easily. I would then be able to see any trends within the audience feedback, and thus be aware of what was successful, and what I needed to improve. The final 3 questions required the participants to write a sentence or two on their personal opinion.

I gave my questionnaire to a range of different people, including some media students. I did this so that non-media students could watch the trailer without being critical on technical things, and just give their personal opinion. I also wanted to ask media students because they would be able to be more technically critical, and give me advice on how to improve more specific aspects of my trailer.