Questionnaire Results Analysis

Question 1

What television channel do you most often watch?

I can see that my target audience prefers to watch BBC1. I already intended to broadcast my programme on BBC1, so I will not need to amend my original plan.

Question 2

Which of these popular TV dramas do you most often watch?

I can see from this that the majority watch Doctor Who, a sci-fi programme, followed by Sherlock. I intended to have a Sherlock/CSI type programme, but I will now use more elements from programmes like Doctor Who.

Question 3

A teenage genius around the age of 17; what would you expect them to be wearing?

I can see from this what my audience would expect my main character to be wearing. This will help me establish his character type as quickly as possible, and thus I will follow the audience’s pre-perceptions.

Question 4

There is a genius teenager in a Sixth Form college; what subject set would you expect him to be taking?

Again, this helps me know how to establish the character as quickly as possible. The audience expect the character to be doing a typically hard set of A Levels; Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Maths, and so I will be able to incorporate this into my text.

Question 5

A theft has happened at the college; who would you expect the students to go to first?

This shows me where the audience would expect the college students to go to if something was stolen. I intend for the student to go to ‘The child genius’, and this will, again, cement the identity of the character in the audience’s minds.

Question 6

How many friends would you expect said teenage genius to have?

This graph shows me how many friends the audience would expect my character to have. Again, this information will help me tell the audience about the character without lengthy dialogue or flashback sequences.

Question 7

A relatively popular girl has a strange interest in the teenage genius. What would you expect this interest to lead to?

This shows me where they would expect the relationship with the main female character to lead. This shows me that most people would expect a friendship, though many a romance, to spring out of her interest in him. I intent for it to lead to friendship, and this only cements that idea in my head.

Question 8

What sorts of mysteries would you expect the college staff to allow the teenage genius to investigate unhindered? Please choose no more than two.

This shows me what sort of crimes the audience would expect the teenage genius to be allowed to investigate. This is to help me keep the stories realistic as well as interesting. It shows that most people would expect small matters, like bullying allegations and damage to personal property, to be more within his scope, rather than large things like murder and poisoning.

Question 9

What sort of family would you expect the young genius to have?

This shows me what sort of family the audience would expect the main character to have. This, again, will help me re-affirm the main character’s character to the audience part-way through the series and possibly generate sympathy for him.

Question 10

Where would you expect the teenage genius to live?

This shows me where the audience would expect the character to live. This, once again, will help me re-affirm the character to the audience by the use of the stereotypes they would attached to a character similar to the one I am writing.