Assignment 3 - Questionnaire results

Questionnaire Results Analysis

Number of people who have taken the questionnaire: 30 people

Age range of the results: 14-16 year old teenagers

Assignment 3 - Questionnaire

Film Trailer Questionnaire

We are doing a action-drama film trailer project in Media Studies, and would like you to take this survey for our research.

What is your favorite feature of a film trailer?

• Story Preview
• Action Scenes
• Character Dialogue
• Stars being showcased

What kind of music do you like as a soundtrack?

• Hardcore Rock (Nirvana, Guns and Roses etc.)
• Indie Rock (Imagine Dragons, Coldplay, Artic Monkeys)
• Western Music (Johnny Cash)
• Modern Hip Hop (Eminem, Weeknd, Twenty One Pilots
• Classic Music (Bohemian Rhapsody, Smells Like Teen Spirit etc.)

How much of the story do you prefer to be revealed in a trailer?

•       The protagonist’s background and nothing more
•      The villain’s plans and intentions
•       The plot twist of the story
•       The climax of the story

What would you like to be focused on in a action drama movie?

•      The story of the film
•      The action-filled fights
•      The protagonist’s struggle
•      The villain’s intentions

What would you prefer in an action drama trailer? (action drama movies are like Batman, Logan, Taken)

•     Fast action filled scenes with no story being told
•      Just story based trailer with slow cut scenes 
•      Story and action based trailer which follows a chronological order and tells you what is happening in the movie and also displays some action

Would you rather want the villain or hero to be shown in the film trailer?

•  The villain showing most of destructive scenes
•  The hero to show the scenes where he saves the day 

What tone do you expect in an action drama trailer?

•      Sad and story based to display the characters emotions and feelings
•      Exciting and unexpected with a lot of action scenes

What types of things attract you in the trailer of a film to watch the final product?

•       A strong storyline 
•       Plenty of action packed shots
•       A intriguing cliffhanger 

 What types of characters would you like to see in an action drama trailer?

•       A powerful villain
•       A powerful hero
•       A comedic supporting character
•       An overruling narrator that is still featured in the film

Assignment 3 - Conventions of film trailers

Conventions of Action-Drama Film Trailer

Genre of our Trailer Project: Action-Drama Film

Examples of this Genre:

Logan (2017)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3315342/?ref_=nv_sr_1

Taken (2008)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0936501/?ref_=nv_sr_2

The Revenant (2015)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1663202/?ref_=nv_sr_1

Conventions of this Genre:

• Fade to Black Transitions
• Close up shots of Characters
• Mid shot Action Scenes
• Fast Editing towards the end
• Slow paced shots at the start
• Narration Overlay
• Low Key Lighting
• Dark Settings
• Serious NVC of Actors
• Action Scenes at the end
• Story packed scenes towards the start
• Fast paced soundtrack
• Shots match beat of soundtrack
• Title on a black background
• Main Characters introduced