In the first question of our questionnaire we asked
‘What is your favourite Romantic Comedy of all of time?’ We discovered that the
majority of our audience answered with the movie ‘About a boy’ we suspect this
is because it is a stereotypical, British, Romantic Comedy, featuring Hugh
Grant which brings us nicely on to our second question.
We then asked
our audience, ‘In a Romantic Comedy you have seen, who is the best male
character/actor?’ The majority of our audience answered with Hugh Grant, we
suspect this is because he is in many Romantic Comedies and has a lot of
experience in being the stereotypical male lead. He is also good looking,
charming and funny; his British accent captures American audience because they
notice the difference and find it appealing.
We then asked our audience, ‘In a Romantic Comedy you
have seen who is the best female character?’ The majority of our audience
answered, Cameron Diaz, we suspect the reason for this is because she is a
stereotypical, good looking actress and her American accent attracts people to
watch, also her blonde hair is an obvious attraction for a majority of people,
especially men.
In our fourth
question we asked our audience ‘Ideally what certificate should a Romantic
Comedy be?’ 60% of our audience think that the certificate should be a 12; we
think this may be to attract a wider audience, therefore more people will be
able to watch it therefore increasing the potential profits made.
In question
five we asked our audience, ‘What colours would you associate with a title
sequence of a Romantic Comedy and why?’ Pink, white and red were the colours
that people related to the most in this question, possibly because they are all
related to love/romance. Also white is a connotation of innocence which
suggests that the film is pure and nothing scary will happen whereas red and
pink congers up love and passion.
In our sixth
question we asked our audience, ‘What music would be most effective in a
Romantic Comedy?’ A huge majority of our audience answered with ‘A happy,
upbeat song!’ which is possibly because Romantic Comedies are stereotypically a
jolly/enjoyable genre to watch and the music suits well with what happens. Also
it shows that the couple that fall in love in the film are happy together and
nothing is going to go wrong.
We then asked
our audience ‘What would be the best setting for a Romantic Comedy?’ For this
question the majority of our audience answered with ‘In a big city’ we suspect
this may be because previous Romantic Comedies have been set in cities and it
is a stereotypical place to fall in love. It is also very romantic to be in,
London, Paris, New York with your boyfriend/girlfriend.
For our eighth
question we asked our audience, ‘How influential should the supporting
actors/actresses be?’ 70% of our audience answered with, ‘very!’ we think this
may be because in a Romantic Comedy, supporting actors often add to the comedy
side to the film, for e.g. the male lead often has a best friend who leads him
astray making it funny attracting more people to watch it like in Notting Hill.
For our ninth
question we asked our audience, ‘What is more important in a Romantic Comedy,
the comedy side to it or the love story?’ 70% of our audience answered with
‘Comedy!’ we suspect this is because people like to enjoy and laugh whilst
watching a film as many romances that are not Romantic Comedy tend to be the
complete opposite, e.g. ‘Titanic’.
For our tenth
question we asked our audience, ‘What is the stereotypical look of the two main
characters in a Romantic Comedy?’ The majority of our audience answered by
saying, ‘They should both be good looking’, we think this may be because in
previous Romantic Comedies many of the leading roles have been good looking,
successful and have been in a good career. We suspect that the reason for the
majority of our audience choosing ‘good looking’ is because many people
stereotype two people in love to be good looking and happy. People tend not to
be influenced by two people who are not as attractive and interesting.
After giving our questionnaires to a majority of
people we are still sticking to our original idea of creating a Romantic
Comedy. Many of the answers we have been given have gave us ideas and have
influenced us more to create our film. We have a good idea of the characters we
are looking for and the story line we would like to achieve is quite clear
after reading what many people like to see in a Romantic Comedy.
