Survey Monkey Questionnaire

We created a questionnaire using survey monkey online, ranging from questions on favourite romance films to the importance of certain conventions within romance films. By asking these questions, it helped us to get to know our target audience better, and to develop a knowledge of what majority of people want from a romance film.

We then distributed our questionnaires to members of our facebook group, several media students at Bournemouth universities, and a large number of students at our school.

A few examples of our discoveries from doing our questionnaire were:

• 60% of those who answered the survey wanted the main two characters to be in their late teens (16-20)
• The most popular romance films that people viewed as their 'favourites' were: The Notebook, Love Actually, The Holiday, Romeo and Juliet, P.S. I love you, Bridget Jones Diary and Twilight.
• 80% would prefer a realistic romance film
• When asked what makes a good romance, a few examples of the responses were:

- 'Something which is very original and sweet. A story with a twist, where maybe the underdog OR really nice person ends up happy and in love'

- 'Love coming out against all odds'

- 'For me, it's a break from the standard cliche romantic story. I like a nice, unexpected story or twist'

- 'well developed characters, a good plot, element of comedy'

• 90% of the people taking the questionnaire thought it was either important or very important that the story had a happy ending
• Over 60% thought it was important to have obstacles along the way within the relationship on screen
•  Around 70% thought the main character should be a girl, but 30% thought that having a male main character would break the mould a give an added twist
• The most popular characteristics for the main character to bare were: creative, witty, happy, clever, carefree, sensitive, charming, naive, quirky and shy.
• Nearly 70% thought that the best romance setting was in a city
• There were a variety of different answers to most romantic setting, a few examples were:

-'A winter cottage holiday, possibly in Ireland by the seaside by a big, roary fire with lots of knitwear'

- 'sunset on the beach, or returning to the place where you had your first date'

- 'Snowy city at Christmas eg. New York'

From gathering these answers, it has helped us a lot to get a better view of what a variety of different people want from a romance, and the areas within they feel are most important to them. By doing so, we can carry forward some of these ideas and adapt them and develop them to fit within our storyline, to create the best possible outcome.

 

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/QF7HJR7 - Our questionaire online