Analysing my findings from my Questionnaire

1. Here this result shows how many males and females have taken part in my initial survey
questionnaire. To make this entire Survey impartial, I have interrogated this to 9 males and
9 females, in order to keep my findings fair and also it will allow me to find about both
Genders opinion, as they usually differentiate it.

2. These responses show the age group and according to the chart, it shows that the
majorities are between the ages of 16 to 18 and then 19 to 21. the reason why I got mostly
16-18 years old age group is because I went around to people who study A’ levels. I
personally think this is actually the right age group to ask questions based on higher
education. The reason for this is because, this is the stage where students decide whether
they should consider higher education or not. The second highest level of this graph is the
ages between 19-21 age groups. This is another age association that I can find about their
beliefs in Higher education which might be different to the previous age group, as they are
under post 16. The 19-21 age groups will be useful, as I would find about their opinion in
Higher education stage.

How old are you?

16/18
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3. According to this question, many people have said that they will be or are interested doing
Higher education. The reason why I got the majorities as the answer ‘yes’ is because I
asked people0. Who actually do A’ levels and those are how actually want to go to
University. If I went different institutions like college, I would have had some different
answers. Nowadays many people consider Higher education, this is because many people
have their career aspiration and want to achieve their highest possibilities and therefore this
result reveals that many students are determined to get qualifications according to their
interest in Higher education.
 Would you be interested doing Higher Education?

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4. This question doesn’t seem to be successful, because many people put down as they ‘don’t
know’. This doesn’t really help me in terms of finding about the spending power; however I
certainly do not think that this is going to affect my findings. On the other hand the some
seem to spend their money on educational resources like Tuition fees. Tuition seems to be
another way to get successful behind their studies. I personally think, tuition has helped
many people, in terms of getting their success in their studies.

• Tuition fee £20.00

• I spend around £2-£3
• £33.00 for Tuition
• don't know

5. This result seems to be quite interesting, the amount of the responses are given equally.
These responses seem to be reflecting with question number 3. This means the people
who have said that they have an interest in higher education seem to have the parents who
have experienced Higher education. It is precise that when parents have studied Higher
education, then most likely the children’s are going to consider Higher education as well.
This is because the parents teach their kids in a young age the value of education and that
continues throughout their life.

Did your pare nts /guardian do any Highe r Education?

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6. This question doesn’t have any potential as many respondents have said ‘No’ to this
question. The majorities have declared to this question that they haven’t seen any recent
documentaries based on Higher education. However, this shows that this topic doesn’t
 seem to be a common topic used in documentaries and therefore this reveals that I have
chosen a topic that will be something unusual motif in a documentary.

• No not recently
• No
• no I haven’t =]

7. When I asked the question to the audience, based on what angle they would consider if
they were in my position of doing this documentary, they all seem to be very interesting as
they have come up with different appeal of answers. First of the entire main angle that
some have chosen are looking at the benefits of Higher education, how it can benefit their
future. This is the angle that I am going to look at; therefore I know what the audience
would expect. According to the responses, the question has helped me or allowed to stay
on my angle. The other angle that I really find interesting is looking at the opportunities after
graduating. This is something I could look at in my documentary; however this motif has got
a wide range of angle, so it will be hard to concentrate on one angle. Therefore, I am going
to stick with my angle that I have already chosen.

8. Here this result shows the majorities, which is 83.3% people have chosen the most
important feature in a documentary are facts and figures. Generally Facts and figures are
the most important factor in any sort of programmes, which makes it interesting. Not
surprisingly, 66.7% people have voted for Humorous talks. I personally think that humorous
talks are very important when it comes to this age group, as they want it to watch it with fun
and amusements. In general everyone has voted for at least one feature, so this means
every feature that I have included is substantial for my documentary.

As a Consumer, w hat is the most substantial feature that has to be

contemplated in my documentary based on Higher education?

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9. 81.8%people prefer it when it’s not formal. This shows they want the documentary to be
informally represented.
 Does a Documentary alw ays have to be Formal? W ould you like it to be in
a serious tone w ith lots of facts and figures and more verbally
represented? (Formal means academic)

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10. Many have declared a general opinion towards this documentary, some say that this
documentary should be balanced between formal and informal, as it allows the audience to
be attracted to this type of documentary and it doesn’t bore them. However, few people
mentioned that this motif is a serious matter, so therefore it shouldn’t be informally
represented. The following answers were replied by my respondents.

• Then people would take education and the documentary seriously.

• If it's always serious it can really dampen your mood, light hearted documentaries are just as
interesting.
• both, because if you are too serious it will become boring and if you are not so serious education will
not be taken seriously
• More people will be able to relate to it if it is not so academic
• Has to be of both, in order to keep it interesting and fun
• Has to be of both, in order to keep it interesting and fun

11. As this is an open question, some have come up with some interesting factors about the
benefits of Higher education. Some have said that it allows people to decide what they want
to do in the future. Another factor that has been mention is that it Can lead into a success
and gives you the qualification that will be required in the job market...Also doing HE is not
all about studying it is also about experiencing your individual life. This reveals that the
majority of students are ware of the benefits of Higher education but the question why are
some not bothered about Higher education.

• Can get qualifications

• It could help you to decide what you want to do in the future.
• Can lead into a success and gives you the qualification that will be required in the job market...Also
doing HE is not all about studying it is also about experiencing your individual life
• Get a decent degree as per wished
• A larger variety of employment choices in the future.
• you have a good job in the long run
12. When I asked them what the best way is to get qualification, the majority of the bulk have
acknowledged that university is the appropriate way to get qualifications. In general, many
see University as the only opportunity to get qualifications, where it has the demand for it.
13. When I have queried about what Higher education means to them, many have talked about
University. To conclude in general, many think that University is the best option to get the
best job they want. As the job market are decreasing now, they want more qualified people,
so University is the best way to get successful in future.

14. The half of the majority, have said that Higher education does not certainly have to benefit
everyone, however the higher proportion have said that this will be beneficial towards the
people who consider Higher education. This is a plus point, because this question has got a
niche audience, it only depends who is interested studying Higher education.

• certainly not everyone, because not everyone goes into HE

• Yes the majority
• Not really, because some people don’t even do HE, but they end up with a good career
• yes because it could persuade them to go into higher education and provide them with information
• Yes to a certain extent, for those who consider HE
• yes, because people will have a clearer understanding of higher education
• It will show people who have given up on education the benefits that come with it.

15. Most of the bulks have said yes to whether there is a purpose in higher education. This
shows their understanding towards Higher education, even though some are not interested
in Education.
Do you think the re is a purpos e in Highe r Education?

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Y es No
16. When asked about how I could make the documentary appealing towards my target
audience, they have commonly said I may use interesting conventions like: public views,
interviews, music, bring in teenagers, in order to appeal to the young audience. These
answers have helped me to get an idea, of how to represent my documentary and also
show to me what they are expecting in this kind of documentary. Also I have been advised
to focus on the target audience and try to have as many vox pops as possible so you have
a lot of personal opinions.

• Interesting conventions which interests the young people

• Use appropriate convention in order to add to the young age feel...like use background music, vox
pop's, interesting interviews, public views
• Make it so young people would enjoy, for example it should have some humorous talks and keep the
aim of the documentary more straight forward
• Interview people from a variety of age groups to make it appeal to a larger audience.
• focus on the target audience and try to have as many vox pops as possible so you have alot of
opinions
 • Interviews, facts and figures

17. This question has given me wide range of ideas, which helps me to give me creative idea
that I can put it in ma documentary. Many like it when it has got the direct mode of address
with humorous talks and less heavy talk. These are going to be my top priority when it
comes to present the documentary.

• I like it when its more informal so that it actually aims at ma age

• Direct mode of address which makes the audience feel comfortable
• I'd like it when it's more modernised with presenters who can have sense of humour and good use of
location will be interesting as well
• Funny with lots of interviews and opinions
• Being biased in everything, include all the possible and appropriate style
• informal type of tone so you feel comfortable with the documentary
• something fun and series

18. The common angle that they have said is looking at the positive and negative impacts of
higher education. However, if look at the negative impacts of Higher education, this may
change my angle, as I want people to see the importance of higher education.

• The importance of the angle positive and negative impacts

• The purpose of the documentary
• I'd like to know about the aim of the documentary which is the importance of HE
• In general I would like to know more about the content
• does higher education actually help everyone in the long run or is it a waste of time
• Why is it so important and hard to get?

19. When asked about if it aims at my target audience, the majority have said yes to the
question. This is the most important question, because this depends whether my
documentary can be a success or no.

Do you think this topic aim s at the targe t audie nce ?

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Y es No
 20. 90% of the people have voted that this motif has got the potential towards the audience.

Do you personally think this m otif has got the potential tow ards the
audience?

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Y es No

My overall finding

• Overall I have found out my target audience’s personal views and expectations for
my upcoming documentary. Having done this questionnaire has helped me to make
some decisions and modifications to my topic, which is the importance of Higher
education.
• I will make my documentary focus on the importance of Higher education and as
well as looking at the benefits of Higher education when they receive qualifications.
• As I have found out through this research, I have been advised to look at how I
could make it more appealing to my target audience, more of the use of variety of
conventions, which will make them attracted towards this motif.
 • To produce this documentary successfully, I will have to make sure I’ll include the
following conventions: good sense of music, presenters (informal), exciting topic,
extra features such as reconstructions showing real life facts and figures, to add to
the feel of realism.
• Finally, I will make sure my documentary is put together in order to make it appeal
to my target audience and makes clearly sense to the audience.

Having done this questionnaire has allowed me to look at individual’s perspective on the
importance of higher education. For instance, many have said that the documentary
should be represented informal way, in order to attract the young audience. Earlier I
thought I should make the documentary represent it formally, as it is a serious matter.
However, I have come up with this decision, where I should use both formal and informal,
balance it, so that it is serious and as well as fun to watch. Also I have found out that the
audience would like to see the documentary with many media conventions such as:
appropriate music, young presenters. These are the features which is going to attract
them, to watch the documentary,