Primary Research - Trailer Questionnaire (Post-Production

In this post I created a questionnaire to gather audience feedback after completing my trailers. This allows me to evaluate how successful my trailers were in communicating the genre, narrative, and conventions compared to existing romantic comedy trailers.

1. What is your age group?

• Under 16
• 16–18
• 18–24
• 25+

2. What gender do you identify as?

• Male
• Female
• Prefer not to say
• Other

3. What genre do you think this trailer belongs to?

• Romantic Comedy
• Romance
• Comedy
• Drama
• Other: ______

4. How clearly does the trailer show the romantic comedy genre?

• Very clearly
• Somewhat clearly
• Not very clearly
• Not at all

5. What elements made the genre clear?

• Music
• Characters/relationship
• Narrative (story)
• Editing
• Dialogue
• Other: ______

6. How engaging did you find the trailer overall?

• Very engaging
• Quite engaging
• Not very engaging
• Not engaging at all

7. Did the trailer clearly introduce the narrative (story)?

• Yes, very clearly
• Somewhat
• Not really
• Not at all

8. Did the trailer create enigma (make you want to watch more)?

• Yes
• No
• Not sure

9. Which part of the trailer stood out the most to you?
(Open response)

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10. How effective was the use of music and sound?

• Very effective
• Quite effective
• Not very effective
• Not effective at all

11. How does this trailer compare to other rom-com trailers you have seen?

• Better
• About the same
• Worse

12. Would you want to watch this film based on the trailer?

• Yes
• No
• Maybe

13. What improvements could be made to the trailer?
(Open response)

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