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Questionnaire on Documentaries (Results)

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1.) Do you watch documentaries? If so, how often. Never Occasionally Now and then Quite frequently All the time Out of the 30 people we questioned; 11 said they never watched documentaries 14 said they watched them occasionally 4 said they watched them quite frequently 1 said they watched them all the time 2.) What genre of documentaries do you watch? Nature Documentaries e.g. David Attenboroughs Films Reality TV Documentaries e.g. The Only Way Is Essex Docusoap e.g. Big Fat Gypsy Wedding Informative Documentaries (can be any topic) Out of the 30 people we questioned; 17 said they watch Reality documentaries 5 said they watched Docusoaps 8 said they watched Nature documentaries 0 said they watched Informative documentaries 3.) What topic would your ideal documentary be on? Explain why.

Out of the 30 people we questioned; The general documentary topic choices were educational entertainment documentaries, teenage reality documentaries and current issue documentaries.

Scarlett Rowe, Jess Mills, Rianna Landell

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4.) Would you be interested in watching a documentary on stereotypes and teens? Yes No Out of the 30 people we questioned; 28 said yes 2 said no

5.) What elements of documentaries put you off watching them? Explain why.

Out of the 30 people we questioned; The general elements mentioned were lots of long factual interviews, too many statistics, and that a lot of documentaries were only aimed at specific target audiences not the general public.

Scarlett Rowe, Jess Mills, Rianna Landell