Target Audience Research

Our group made a questionaire that was relevant to our documentary topic,it was given to 30 people around college and the results are shown below;

Q1 - Are you male or female?



19 Males, 11 Females.

Q2 - What age group are you part of?



Majority of those that filled the questionaire out came under 10-25 age group, this could therefore be biased and therefore there may be a limited range of opinions.

Q3 - Whats your favourite colour?



Blue came out as the favoured colour, the question was asked as it helped decide what colour was best to use on the graphics.

Q4 - How many hours a week do you watch television?



Q5 - What time of day do you watch television?




Q6 - What terrestrial channel is your favourite?



This question allowed our group to accurately see what TV channel was most appropriate for our documentary.


Q7 - What are you scared of?



This question allowed our group to really get an insite into what the population is largely scared of, this allowed us to priorotise what was going to be on the documentary and what topics to focus on.

Q8 - Are you scared of anything else?

This was done in an open style allowing those answering the questionnaire to write what they wanted, some of the answers written down are below;
- Small Spaces
-Death
-Hospitals
-Water
-Dust
-Blood
-Needles
-Feet

Q9 - Why are you scared of this?

This was also a question that was left open however this was left blank by the majority of those that filled out the questionnaire as they were no doubt unsure of what the real reason for their phobia/fear.

Q10 - Have you ever considered getting any help?



Due to all the people answering no to this question we came to the conclusion that it is possible that those with phobias are embarassed and do not wish to seek help or that their fears and phobias do not affect their lives enough. It is also possible that they do not know where to go for help.

Q11 - How does your fear affect your life?
Answers given included;
- Collapsing
- Crying
- Running away
- Sweating
- Dizziness

This helped give us an idea of what the symptoms included when people have Phobias.

Q12 - Does it affect your daily life?

Some people said no, whereas others said it affects them if their fear becomes real or if the situation becomes very extreme.

Q13 - Are you still scared of your childhood fears?

Q14 - Has something your parents been scared of ever affected you?

Due to the majority answering yes we came to the conclusion that its possible that fears and phobias may be passed down through generations. This therefore gives us another aspect of phobias to look at.

Q15 - Are you scared of the dark?



Q16 - Have you ever been scared of the dark?
This showed us that the majority of people have been scared of the dark at some point in their life as many of them answered 'yes'.

Q17 - What is the scariest film you have seen?
Some of the answers included;
- The Exorcism of Emily Rose
- Texas Chainsaw Massacre
- Scream
- Halloween
- The Orphanage
- The Ring
- A Nightmare of Elm Street

This question was to try and help us understand why people are scared of the things they fear.

Q18 - What celebrity scares you?
'Katie Price' was the most frequent answer to this.

Q19 - When you encounter your phobia what happens?
Although this question wasn't answered properly some answers that came from this were, run away, cry, vommit and pass out.

Q20 - How long does it take you to calm down?
Majority of those that filled the questionnaire out left this question blank suggesting it does not take long to calm down after they have encountered their phobia.