Summary of Research

Me:

In my research I found out the while a lot of people in the demographic that is our target audience enjoy dramas and a lot of them enjoy dramas on e4 they enjoy seeing comedy within these dramas as they feel it makes the show more entertaining. I think this is defiantly something we will have to consider incorporating into are drama. I asked a question in a focus group saying, “do you prefer a storyline that runs though out an entire series or a few episode or a narrative structure were the storyline is different every episode” and the answers I got back were mixed. However, one answer I got back was both. This is defiantly a sensible option when considering how the narrative structure will go. In my secondary research I studied books to see if I could apply any knowledge of people who have being in the media business a long time. Some of the aspects for production seem helpful which we can apply when making our program however the information I gathered for audience doesn’t seem relevant and it seems as though my primary research would be more helpful for that. Although, the media book I read did say I was going about the right way for information.

Hannah: http://mediahannahw.blogspot.co.uk/

In Hannah’s research a lot of people in her online questionnaire said they preferred characters that they can relate too and a lot people in the same questionnaire said they enjoyed paranormal dramas, this could be something to consider when thinking about storylines. Also a popular answer was that a lot of people would watch real life drama, this makes me think about my storyline for my drama and how I should write it so it is as ‘real life’ as possible.

Jake: http://mediajakehashdi.blogspot.co.uk/

For Jake’s research, he analysed a popular show on E4, with the same target audience as what our show is aiming for. This can be helpful as the show is very popular and we take the techniques used in this show and apply them to our own show to make it as popular as possible. He also looked into reviews for similar programs which can be helpful as this gives us an insight into what audiences like and what they dislike. He also researched into production companies and how they function and the tactics they use when creating a show, this can be helpful as it will make the production of our show more efficient. For his primary research he phoned up production companies such as Clerkenwell Productions and got them to answer question regarding our research. The answers he got back were very useful and gave us a wider insight into how these top production companies go about making their shows and appealing to their target audience. This will be most useful as we can defiantly apply this knowledge into our own show.     

Nathan: http://sullymedia.blogspot.co.uk/

For Nathan’s research he firstly looked into the type of camera (Nikon D3100) we will be using to film our show. This can be very helpful as Nathan should now hopefully be able to operate the camera which should speed up production. Nathan also analysed the webpage for Misfit (a popular show on e4) which will be helpful, as another part of our task is to create a 3 page webpage for our show, using techniques off Nathan’s analysis we should be able to create a successful website that attracts more viewers. He also conducted audience reviews of shows similar to the ones we are going to make, this is helpful as it narrows down are target audience (as the research suggests that more male are interested in drama on e4 such as Skins, Misfits and Deadest) into a more specific target audience and even though we will not solely base are show towards this audience we can still take in this demographic to increase the popularity of the show.