Analysis of the results from our questionnaire

From our questionnaire we got 21 responses and this is an analysis of our results: 

 From our results, we can see that the majority of the people who answered our survey were female (90%) and were between the ages of 16 and 18., Only 3 of our respondents were over 18. This suggests to us that the people who are most interested in teen rom-coms are female and are teenagers. This is therefore the demographics our target audience and we will do our best to appeal to them.

The questionnaire also allowed us to identify the interests of our target audience. We found that the most common hobbies or interest for our target audience was watching television. Other interest we identified from our questionnaire included watching films, reading, sport and socializing. By identifying the interests of our target audience we will be able to incorporate the aspects of these interests into the opening of our film. This will allow the audience to empathise with the characters in the film.

A question we asked in the questionnaire was how many specific teen rom-coms the respondents had watched. The two most popular film were 'Angus,Thongs and Perfect Snogging' and 'Mean Girls'. Both these films have a typical plot for a rom-com film with an outcast girl as the main female protagonist. The main character also ends up getting the 'dream guy'. By identifying the similar plots and openings of both these films we will know what the expectations of the audience of our opening will be and how we will be able to appeal to them. 

From our survey we were able to identify the characters that the audience expect and who will we include in the opening of our film. A main female character was 100% in our survey therefore we will definitely include this type of character in our opening. The 'dream guy' and the parents both scored equally as the second most popular and therefore we will try and include these in our opening to fulfil audience expectations. The least common character was a male main character so we will definitely not include this in our opening. 

Other questions we asked in our survey were open questions. We asked what they though of the opening of the rom-coms they had watched. Many respondents said that they enjoyed them and that they were good and intriguing. Other respondents said that they were not very interesting and presented an over-exaggerated representation of teenage life. One respondent said: 'Funny opening which make the audience laugh are the best because it makes the character seem more likeable and you can connect with them'. From this response and other similar responses it is suggested that we should include a large element of comedy in the opening to entice our audience and make them want to watch on. 

A question we also asked were how similar the plots of the films were. Nearly all respondents said the plots of the films were very similar in terms of ideas about love and relationships. We also asked in relation, what do they expect when they watch a teen rom-com. Many of them said they expect a boy meets girl storyline which will end with a happy ending. People also said that they would expect aspects of jealousy and fighting which will continue the narrative.