Audience Questionnaire

I created a questionnaire that helped me understand how people feel towards short films as well as a added question linking with the theme of our short film.

Have you ever seen a short film before?

Yes No


Would you consider watching a short film?

Yes No


Were would you rather watch a short film?

Cinema Internet Television


What genre of film do you prefer?

Romantic Sci-Fi Horror Drama


Do you think that domestic violence is an important issue now-a-days?

Yes No

I found that 70% of the people that I had asked had seen a short film however 80% would actually consider watching one, this shows that 10 % were wanting to watch short films but hadn't. This could be because of many reasons, they don't know where to see them or they haven't been subject to the short film genre before. There was a tie of 40% between 5minutes and 30 minutes for how long people would like the movie to be, because we are doing a 5 minute short film its nice to see that there are a variety of people who would want to watch it due to its short length.

100% of people agree that Short Films are important to the industry and the development through film making, this shows that many people appreciate the importance that short films bring for directors, actors and writers as well as the industry itself. Companies like the BBC and Channel 4 are helping promote them as well as give the public greater chance of watching them. The information that I gathered relating to our short film genre/theme shows me how people feel about this sensitive subject we want to address. 100% of people agreed that abusive relationships are an important issue now-a-days, which I expected to happen, the question about genre also showed me that 40% liked Romance and 40% liked Drama which was a good sign as the genre we are aiming for is a Romantic Drama.

The information that I found showed that people believe that short films are important to the industry and would consider watching them either on the Internet or television. It also helped me to see that the theme we have chosen would be a popular one with the audience we are targeting. Overall the audience questionnaires gave me an insight in to how a range of people perceive the short film genre and what we need to do in order to attract our target audience.