Jake Harborne

Q3: What have you learned from your audience feedback? During the research and planning process for our documentary, we used questionnaires to gather more information about our target audience and what ideas they had that could help make a successful television documentary. Through this method we found out what channel would be best to broadcast our documentary and what elements we should include within our project. After finishing the documentary and the other two ancillary tasks, we decided to make a second questionnaire in order to gain feedback on our documentary, radio trail and magazine article. Documentary We asked a sample of eighteen students on whether the sound levels were clear, consistent and if it fitted in well with the documentary. We got mixed results as some people thought that they were good, while others felt that improvements could have been made. We also asked that if there were any problems, what they were and students responded saying that the backing music was too loud and that the voice over could have been made clearer. If we were to improve on our documentary then this is something that we can definitely work upon.
Were the volumes consistent?
Yes = 14 No = 4

Are the voice overs clear and concise?

Yes = 16 No = 2

Does the music work well with the documentary?

Yes = 16 No = 2

When we asked on whether the documentary used all the normal conventions of a standard professional documentary, all of the eighteen students answered with yes. Again everyone also said yes when asked if they thought that the shots were well processed between each cut. Both of these questions showed that our sample thought that the documentary was put together really well and that Are the as a group; we produced a professional looking interview No = 1 s and vox documentary. However when we asked if the Yes = 17 pops well interviews and vox pops were well framed, only framed? one person responded with no meaning that there 0 20 is some room for improvement.

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We wanted to know if there were any improvements that our sample could suggest that would make our documentary better. The following responses were: I. II. III. Turn the backing music down. Remove the found footage of David Cameron. Make it more interesting and upbeat.

These suggestions can all be taking in to consideration if we were to improve on our documentary, especially the found footage as it was blurry in the final product. Double Page Spread
Does this magazine feature the normal conventions of a television magazine?
Yes = 18 No = 0

We also wanted to know if we could make any improvements to our ancillary tasks and when we asked Does this magazine feature the normal conventions of a television magazine? our entire sample responded with yes. This shows that we created a professional looking double page spread and we are very pleased with this result.

In our next questions we asked whether the double page spread looked appealing and if the double page conveyed enough information. It was shown that improvements could be made to our magazine by trying to make it more appealing as only one person responded with no. Meanwhile the entire sample agreed that enough information was provided, which we found to be a pleasing result, giving us confidence that we created a good quality double page spread.

Does the double page look appealing? Yes = 17 No = 1 No Does the double page convey enough information? Yes = 18 No = 0 0 5 10 15 20 Yes

We also asked the sample what they liked the most about the double page spread with the responses being: I. II. III. IV. The colours that were used. The layout of the double page spread. It looked professional. Followed the conventions.

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The most popular answer here was the colours and overall we felt very pleased with our work as everyone gave positive feedback, meaning that we accomplished in what we set out to do. We also asked if there were any suggestions that could be made to improve the double page spread, the answers are as followed: I. II. Change the yellow masthead. Change the colours.

This showed that not everyone liked the vivid colours that we used but we used the same colour scheme as that of Whats on TV magazine, which we would use in order to publish our product. I personally think that our magazine article is up to a good standard and changes could be made easily if we were to improve on the double page spread. Radio Trail For our radio trail we asked our sample Does the radio trail make you want to watch the documentary? most people said that they would be interested in watching the documentary after hearing the radio advertisement. However four people disagreed, meaning that we should try to find out why these people felt that way and improvements we could try to make in order for them to be more interested.

5 4 3 2 1 0 Does the trailer make you want to watch the documentary?

No = 5 Yes = 13 Yes = 13 No = 5

We aslo asked Are the sound levels consistent throughout the trail? and Does the music 20 15 work with the voice over in 10 the radio trail?. The results 5 Yes show that more work would 0 be required in order to No Are the sound levels Does the music work consistent throughout with the voice over in improve the sound levels, as the trail? the radio trail? four people thought that they Yes = 14 No = 4 Yes = 18 No = 0 were not consistent. The entire sample found no problem with the music in the radio trail, showing that compared to the music in the documentary, the music was of much better standards as we used synths to make the music in the radio trail more modern.

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Another question that we asked was Do you find the extracts gave enough information? The results for this was very pleasing as it showed that everyone found that enough information was given out. Along with all the other positive feedback from the other questions we feel that we have made a decent radio trail, however it is clear that improvements can be made to make it even better/ professional.

Do you findthe extracts to give enough information?

No = 0 Yes = 18

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We also wanted to find out if any of our sample disliked anything about our radio trail in order to find what improvements and changes that can be made. The results were as followed: I. II. III. Voice over is too fast paced. The bell at the start. Music is too loud.

If we were to do the task of making a radio trail again, then these are definitely areas that we could improve on. The music volume tends to be a common problem in both the documentary and the radio trail and these results provide us with a good reason to check the final sound levels to make sure they are as good as they can be in future projects.