A2 Story Ideas Questionnaire

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A2 Story Ideas Questionnaire

Part of my media studies coursework this year is to create a 5 minute long short

film, which can be on completely anything. This allows a lot of freedom and has left

me needing inspiration for a story idea from you my target audience. What I have sofar is that I am looking to have a male quirky lead in a romantic comedy. My target

audiences are girls 16-30, who would not typically describe themselves as girly.

1) Which age demographic appeals to you the most for a lead male character?

(Circle one)

10-15 16-20 21- 25

2)

Part of my initial idea is to have a narration, revealing a chain of events

where perhaps we see the young mans steps to winning the girl. Can you

think of ways the character could attempt to try and impress her?

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3)

A further idea I have is to stray from conventions and produce something

more dark and comical. Perhaps the male lead goes to do a sweet gesture and

ends up gruesomely injuring her. Can you think of any other situations where

a typical Rom-Com could turn into something darker?

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4)

Which genres appeal to you the most? (Please mark 1-10, 1 being the most

unappealing and 10 being the most appealing)

Dark Comedy E.g. Hot Fuzz 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10

Romantic Comedy- E.g. Love Actually 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10


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Rom-Com Parody- E.g. They Came Together 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10

Comedy E.g. The Hangover 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10

Romance E.g. The Notebook 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10

5) What kind of female character do you think would work best with the genres

you rated the highest? (Please note down 3 adjectives with a brief

explanation)

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2)..

3)..

6) What kind of location do you think would make my short film come across as

stereotypically British? (Please Tick One)

Ordinary British Town (Bury St Edmunds)

Ordinary British Village (Horringer)

Ordinary British City (London)

7)

I want my film to reflect British culture and humor.

a)

Do you think there should be more than one location?

(Please give a reason for your answer)

There should/shouldnt be more than one locationbecause

b)

Can you think of any appropriate locations to match my ideas of British

culture and my ideas concerning genre?

(Please explain your answer)

8)

Something I have considered is making a post-modern short film where mynarrator interacts with my characters despite not actually physically being

present. Would you include this idea and could you think of any other way I

could make the film modern and unique?

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9)

What kind of cinematic features do you think would work well and are there

any you think would distract too much from the story? (Please Tick

Appropriately)

10)Finally, do you have any other ideas for a rough plot or any idea you just

generally think I should include?

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Cinematic

Feature

Use It Dont

use it

Unsure Further Explanation

Slow

Motion

Multiple

Split

Screens

Fast pans

to move in

time or to

new

locations

Time lapse

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A2 Story Ideas Questionnaire