Task 2: Research Methodology

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY PROPOSAL

MY PURPOSE FOR A THIS RESEARCH IS TO RECEIVE ACCURATE INFORMATION FOR THE FILM I WISH TO CREATE. FIRSTLY FOR MY RESEARCH PROPOSAL, I WILL USE PRIMARY RESEARCH AND ASK PEOPLE QUESTIONS ON WHAT GENRE (WHICH ONES ARE POPULAR AND KEY FEATURES WHICH THE AUDIENCE PARTICULARLY ENJOYED) AND ACTORS/ACTRESSES ARE POPULAR IN MY CINEMAS CURRENTLY, SUCH AS RESEARCHING ON THE INTERNET FOR REVIEWS FROM FILMS AND HOW PEOPLE RESPONDED TO A CERTAIN FILM. I WILL CREATE A SURVEY FOR THE PUBLIC TO TAKE PART IN AND USE THE QUALITATIVE AND RESEARCH TO RECEIVE MORE FEEDBACK AND IDEAS. BY USING SECONDARY RESEARCH I WILL RESEARCH WHAT FAULTS CRITICS HAVE PICKED OUT ON MAINSTREAM FILMS SO I CAN PREVENT MAKING THOSE ERRORS. THEN I WILL RESEARCH FOR WHEN THE ACTORS/ACTRESSES I WISH TO HAVE IN MY FILM ARE NOT WORKING ON SOME UPCOMING FILM.

Task 3A and 3B: Conducting Secondary

Research and Conducting Primary Research

CONDUCTING PRIMARY RESEARCH: PART 1

FOR MY PRIMARY RESEARCH, I’VE CREATED A QUALITATIVE SURVEY TO ASK A COLLECTION OF PEOPLE THAT I KNOW AND ALSO TO FIND OUT THE SIMILAR AND DIFFERENT IDEAS SO I CAN CONDUCT SOME CONCLUSIONS FOR CREATING MY FILM. I ASKED AT LEAST 10 PEOPLE THESE QUESTIONS:

WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE FILM GENRE AND WHY?

WHAT IS YOUR LEAST FAVOURITE FILM GENRE AND WHY?

IF YOU COULD CHOOSE WHICH LEADING ACTOR OR ACTRESS TO STAR IN A NEW UP-COMING FILM WHO WOULD IT BE?

DO YOU PREFER LIVE ACTION OR ANIMATION?

WHAT FEATURES OF A TRAILER MAKES YOU WANT TO GO AND SEE THAT CERTAIN FILM BEING ADVERTISED?

THE RESULTS OF MY SURVEY: PART 1 – PRIMARY RESEARCH WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE FILM GENRE AND WHY?

FOR QUESTION ONE THE MORE THAN 5 PEOPLE SAID THAT THEY LIKED FANTASY,

SCI-FI, MYSTERY/THRILLER AND COMEDY. THE REASONS THEY GAVE WERE THAT THEY WERE THAT THERE IS A MIX OF REALISM AND IMAGINATION AT THE SAME TIME SO THEY CAN LET THEIR IMAGINATION RUN WILD AND THEY CAN HAVE THE BELIEF THAT IT COULD HAPPEN AS A REALITY. (LINKING IN WITH FANTASY AND SCI-FI GENRES) AND WITH THE MYSTERY/THRILLER GENRE, IT MEANS THE AUDIENCE CAN INTERACT WITH THE FILM SO THEY CAN KEEP THINKING ALONG WITH THE STARRING ACTORS AND EVERYONE ELSE AND HAVE THE SURPRISE AT THE END WHEN THE MYSTERY IS RESOLVED OR CONTENT THAT THE ENDING THEY GUESSED WAS CORRECT.

WHAT IS YOUR LEAST FAVOURITE FILM GENRE AND WHY?

OUT OF ALL THE GENRES THAT COULD BE CHOSEN, EVERYONE PICKED ROMANCE AS THEIR LEAST FAVOURITE FILM GENRE. THE CONCLUSION TO THEIR ANSWER THEY GAVE WERE, THAT THE ENDINGS WERE PREDICTABLE - THE GUY GETS THE GIRL AND THEY LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTER. BY THIS ALWAYS HAPPENING GAINED THE LOSS OF INTEREST IN THE ROMANCE GENRE. AND THE MALE AUDIENCE TYPICALLY DO NOT LIKE THIS GENRE AS IT IS SEEN AS A FEMININE GENRE AND THE PLOT WOULD BORE THEM.

THE RESULTS OF MY SURVEY: PART 2 – PRIMARY RESEARCH

IF YOU COULD CHOOSE WHICH LEADING ACTOR OR ACTRESS TO STAR IN A NEW UP-COMING FILM WHO WOULD IT BE?

THE ANSWERS THAT THE PEOPLE WHICH I ASKED WERE THIS. TOM CRUISE, LIAM NEESON X3 , JOHNNY DEPP X2, KEIRA KNIGHTLEY AND EMMA WATSON X3. THE 2 HIGHEST SCORING ACTOR AND ACTRESS IS LIAM NEESON AND EMMA WATSON. NEESON WAS MOST LIKELY CHOSEN BECAUSE OF HIS MOST POPULAR FILMS SUCH AS TAKEN, TAKEN 2 (WHICH WAS RECENT), SCHINDLER’S LIST AND STAR WARS: EPISODE 1 – THE PHANTOM MENACE. AND WATSON FOR THE HARRY POTTER SERIES WHICH ARE LARGELY FAVOURED BY THE VIEWING AUDIENCE. CONCLUDING, THESE TWO ACTORS WOULD BE IDEAL FOR MY FILM BECAUSE OF THEIR POPULARITY AND ACTING SKILLS.

DO YOU PREFER LIVE ACTION OR ANIMATION?

WITH THIS QUESTION THERE WAS A 50/50 ANSWER RESULT. ONE HALF OF THE PEOPLE CHOSE LIVE ACTION BECAUSE OF THE ELEMENTS OF TRUTH INCLUDED AND IT IS MORE REALISTIC AND BELIEVABLE. WHEN THE OTHER HALF CHOSE ANIMATION BECAUSE THEY SAID THAT YOU CAN PUT WHATEVER YOU WANT IN ANIMATION FILMS WITHOUT ANY EXTRA COSTS OF LIVE ACTION, YOU CAN MAKE THE IMPOSSIBLE POSSIBLE. PLUS THERE IS BETTER SPECIAL EFFECTS.