Evaluation 3.What have you learnt from your audience feedback?

The demographic of channel 4 is that a programme:

-Demonstrates innovation,experiment and creativity in the form and content of programmes
-Appeals to the tastes and interests of a culturally diverse society.
-Makes a significant contribution to meeting the need for the licensed public service channels to include     programmes of an educational nature and other programmes of educative value exhibits a distinctive character.

Our first idea was that we would have a scene which introduced as much about our soap as possible. Firstly the character would enter a car. We had the idea that our non-diegetic sound (theme tune) would play as we press the radio button. From there we cut all the bits that are not worth seeing and have a tracking shot of the location. From there we zoom in onto certain characters and give the audience an idea of their roles. At the end we decided to have our character picking up and putting the sign down on the ground then entering his house. We have contacted Peter Lane through our family members and he has agreed to lend us a sign for our trailer.  Our main aim was to try and introduce our target audience to the soap in general by using a character in a similar situation.

 

Research: Questionairre.

1.       Do you enjoy watching soaps?

Yes (9)  No (1)

2.       Would you enjoy a soap directed for a younger audience?

Yes (10) No ()

3.       Do you prefer modern or traditional soaps? Why?

Traditional (3) Modern (7)

People preferred modern soaps as they were more current and easier to relate to.

4.       What time do you usually sit down and what television?

Between (6-8) 4

(8+) 6

5.       Do you watch channel 4 often?

7 people said they did but only for Hollyoaks.

6.       Is E4 a channel that interests you?

The majority of people said that they watched e4 for repeats and also for soap advance. Which meant that they watched Hollyoaks a day in advance.
7. Do all the titles make sense?
Yes (3) No (7)
8. Is there a range of characters?
Yes (4) No (6) most of the people said they would prefer if there was more females.

5 Males, 5 Females, Aged 16-18

My questionairre showed me that the majority of young people would accept a soap which is more focused on teenage life. Some said that they would prefer traditional soaps however the majority said they were cliche and that the storylines were farfetched. Many people said they would rather sit down after 8 oclock as this was the time they had to relax. Channel 4 wasnt a popular channel however most of the males said they would only watch hollyoaks for the attractive female purpose. As a result when creating our soap we are going to take these aspects into account.

We decided to make a few changes as a result:

Changing the title of 'Cultural Differences' to 'Different Conflicts'.

We added a young attractive female to entice a male audience.