Focus Group

For our focus group we decided to split male and female and have three from each, specifically for the focus group from an audience aged between 16-19 years old. We decided that splitting the two genders would help us to understand better what each gender thinks about short films. In both groups there are two who have studied or are studying media studies and so have a broader understanding of what goes into making films and what is required, while one has no experience in studying or making films, but has an external interest in them.

In terms of the male group, the feedback was largely positive. With regard to making a short film successful all three were united in their opinion that there should be an interesting storyline with lots of action/dialogue to keep the viewer entertained and interested for the short duration of the film. They all agreed that a Romantic Tragedy would make for a good genre for a short film, and in particular liked the idea of a cliff-hanger to make the audience think and recall that particular film.

In terms of the female group, we found surprisingly that their responses were more limited than those of the male group, yet still gathered positive feedback on the Romantic Tragedy genre, all of which agreed was a favourite film genre of theirs, and that it would make for a good short film. Again the idea of a cliff-hanger was favourably received. Overall, we were pleased with the feedback we received, but did want more expansion on some of the answers.