Social Realism Questionnaire/

Here is a copy of our questionnaire that we handed out to a group of people aged between 14 - 30

Questionnaire

Are you male or female? (please circle)

Female          Male

How old are you?

14-18          19-23          24-28         29-33         34+

Are you familiar with the Social Realist genre?

Yes          No

Do you like this particular genre? Why?

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When watching trailers do you prefer that they include a lot of scenes from the film or that they are more graphics based and do not give away too much of the plot? 

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What do you like most about Social Realist films?

Shock Value            Realistic Issues          

Other (please write below)

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We are looking into producing a film trailer for a Social Realist film, which of these topics do you prefer?

Domestic Violence          Eating Disorder          Peer Pressure          Cyber Bullying          Poverty

 

 Results

1.    Males - 6  Females – 9

 

2.    Age

 
Seven people were 14-18

Two people were aged 19-23

One person was aged 24-28

Three people were aged 29-33

Two people were aged 34+

 

3.    All fifteen people who completed the questionnaire said that they were aware of the social realist genre. Their reasons for liking this specific genre were that they can relate to certain topics that social realist films portray.

 

4.    Two people preferred a more graphics based trailer.

Nine people preferred the type of trailer that included more scenes from the film.

Four were not really fussed on what they saw in the trailer.

 

5.    Eleven people said that they like the realistic issues in social realism films the most.

Three people preferred the shock value shown in social realist films.

6.    One person said that they would prefer a domestic violence topic in the trailer

Six people said that they would prefer to an eating disorder based trailer.

Three people said that they would like to see peer pressure in the trailer.

Five people said that they would like to see cyber bullying involved in the trailer.

Zero people said that they wanted to see poverty involved in the trailer.

- Darcia Kopycka-Wright