Focus Group

Here is my focus group. I have found 4 girls and 2 boys who enjoy watching romantic movies and asked them questions about how they would feel towards certain aspects in the romantic field. Here is a picture of each member of the focus group:

1. Leah Croft

2. Kathryn Sunnocks

3. Bethan Dash

4. Sarah Potter

5. Adam Gardiner

6. James Bishop

Here is the questionnaire that I will be sending to my focus group to fill out:

1) When you think of a romantic movie, what type of lighting comes to mind?

2) During an emotional scene, would you prefer close ups or long shots?

3) When watching a trailer, do you like a voice over, listening to the dialogue or a bit of both?

4) Do you find cliché situations ruin a good movie?

5) In terms of the colour palette, do you like a cold or warm atmosphere or do you prefer it to reflect the characters’ feelings and emotions?

6) Do you think a fast pace trailer would give off the right affect for a romantic movie?

7) Do you prefer a simplistic romantic trailer or a range of editing techniques?




And here are my results:

From these results, I know to keep the lighting warm and soft throughout my trailer.

2) During an emotional scene, would you prefer close ups or long shots?

Close ups – 5
Long shots - 1

From these results, I know to focus on close ups when shooting an emotional scene as this is what the audience generally prefer.

3) When watching a trailer, do you like a voice over, listening to the dialogue or a bit of both?

Only dialogue – 1
Only voice over – 1
Both - 4

From these results, I know to add a bit of both dialogue and voice over in my trailer as this is what the audience would prefer to hear.

4) Do you find cliché situations ruin a good movie?

Yes – 1
No – 2
When overused - 3

From these results I know that cliché situations will be good to use but not to overuse them as the audience generally think this ruins a good movie.

5) In terms of the colour palette, do you like a cold or warm atmosphere or do you prefer it to reflect the characters’ feelings and emotions?

Warm – 3
Cold – 0
Reflect characters’ feelings and emotions - 3

From these results, I have had an equal answer for warm colour palette and reflecting the characters' feelings and emotions. It may well be that the lighting must be warm to reflect a certain character's feelings so this would work. However, I think when shooting I will concentrate mainly on reflecting the characters' feelings and emotions throughout.

6) Do you think a fast pace trailer would give off the right affect for a romantic movie?

Yes – 0
No - 6

From these results I know not to produce a fast paced trailer.

7) Do you prefer a simplistic romantic trailer or a range of editing techniques?

Simplistic – 5
Editing techniques – 1

From these results, I know that the audience would prefer simplistic techniques for my romantic trailer.