First 6 Questionnaires

I have managed to get 6 people, 3 boys and 3 girls aged 16-17, to fill in my questionnaire. There are 9 more to give out this is what I have found out so far;

One of the questions in my questionnaire was "What is your favourite rom-com?". The 3 boys said '50 First Dates', 'Crazy, Stupid Love' and Knocked Up. All of these are in the rom-com genre but they all lean more towards the comedy side whereas the girsl said their favourites were 500 Days Of Summer and Love Actually which lean more towards the romance side. I think that girls prefer to watch the romance because that's what they aspire their future boyfriend to be like and the boys prefer the funny films because they aspire to be like the funny guy in the film.

All of the 6 people said that the first 5 minutes of a film is very important because it sets the story, gives the audience and understanding of the characters, and the intro of a film grabs the attention of the audience and if people don't like the forst 5 minutes, they will not continue to watch.

I asked the question "If you were to create the first 5 minutes of a rom-com, what events would you include?". Most people came out with different answers

Lauren said "An awkward situation e.g. wedding proposal gone wrong"

Kelly said "Love, Comedy, Dinner, Proposal"

Lizzie said "The meeting of the 2 main characters"

Alec said "Some exciting parts or something that will set out the story line"

Joe said "Funny sex scene, something shocking and embarrasing. Good use of music, well directed cinematography, originality"

Michael said "The basic story based on main characters and an awkward situation"

I also asked what they WOULDN'T like to see at the beginning of a film and this was the outcome;

Lauren said "Sex"

Kelly said "Too much action"

Lizzie said "Sexual intercourse"
Alec said "Alot of boring scenes"

Joe said "Soppy, cringy crap, cliches, same old story line, bad acting"

Michael said "Sex scene, murder scene"

I will be back with the result of the rest of the questionnaires later on but this is it for now.

Emily