For this task my partner Molly and I created a survey asking the audience their expectations of drama films. Firstly we decided that we would not ask them their names as we believe it is inappropriate. However we asked them their gender simply so we can get an idea as to whether their gender effects their expectations. We believed that females prefer films which display qualities associated with drama films, such as emotion and portraying everyday people.
Out of all of the people who took part in the survey,
females genuinely conformed to their stereotypes. For example out of the females I asked they all chose 'Emotion' out of all of the other options of what they expect to feature in a drama film. This indicates that they are fans of drama films (they also circled 'yes'- they are fans of drama films) showing that they have good knowledge of drama films and prefer them over other film genres such as action films. For what music they expect nearly all of the females circled 'classical' and 'slow paced', also showing their familiarity with the genre. This is also shown as they all circled for what people expected in the genre they all circled 'everyday people'. Some females also circled softer sub- genres such as 'Comedy' and 'Romance' conforming to their stereotypes. However a couple of females also circled typical male sub- genres such as 'Action' and 'Adventure' subverting their stereotypes. All of the females asked agreed that music could be as effective as dialogue or even more effective. This represents their knowledge of the genre as many Drama films such as 'Forest Gump' and 'Titanic' start with music.
Males are shown genuinely to conform to their stereotypes as they both agree that they are fans of the Drama genre. When asked what is a key part of a Drama film they both circled 'conflict' showing that they have a lack of knowledge of the key features of a Drama film as this feature is associated more with Action films. They both agreed that you would expect to find slow- paced music in Drama films which links with emotion. They also agreed that they should feature everyday people. These two answers suggest knowledge towards this genre. However when asked their favourite sub- genres they both circled 'Action' conforming to their male stereotypes. When asked is dialog is important in an opening and is music as or if not more effective one of the males claims that dialog is important however the other argued that dialog and music can work together effectively given the right content.
Our findings hava made us aware of what we will be needing to include to make our drama film appeal to both males and females. We will conform the conventions in our drama film to those of the well known drama film Forrest Gump which enjoyed by males and females. They all agreed that everyday people should be involved however we will not include any conflict, simply because our film is not an action film. We will be using slow paced music. It will be filmed in an urban area because this is where the majority of the population is located. Many people claimed that dialog is important in an opening. This made us feel as though we are taking a big risk by using no dialog but instead a monologue along with music. However we are confident that this will be as effective as dialog as we put allot of effort into our monologue and went to record it at a recording studio.
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