Introduction

I will be making a podcast on film reviews and other film related topics like:• The top Genres of films• The top actors/actresses• How these factors affect films.

By Danielle Wood

Questionnaire

Questions.

• Age? Gender? Genre of film you prefer?

• If you have seen a specific trailer?

• Prefer DVD or Cinema? Which film you waiting to see?

• Interest in what actor/actress? Prefer Films or Plays?

Secondary ResearchTop 10 Favourite Films

1. Thor: The Dark World (Action/Adventure/Fantasy) 2. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (Action/Adventure/Sci-Fi/Thriller) 3. Ender’s Game (Action/Adventure/Sci-Fi)

4. Gravity (Drama/Sci-Fi/Thriller) 5. Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa (Comedy) 6. Carrie (Drama/Horror) 7.We’re the Millers (Comedy/Crime)

8. Captain Phillips (Action/Adventure/Biography/Crime/Drama/Thriller) 9. Labor Day (Drama)

10. The Wolf of Wall Street (Biography/Crime/Drama)

10 Least Favourite Films40. The Way Way Back (Comedy/Drama) 41. Dallas Buyers Club (Biography/Drama/History)

42. Turbo (Animation/Adventure/Comedy/Family/Sport) 43. The Purge (Horror/Sci-Fi/Thriller)

44. The Wolverine (Action/Adventure/Fantasy/Sci-Fi) 45. Frozen (Animation/Adventure/Comedy/Family/Fantasy/Musical)

46. The Croods (Animation/Adventure/Comedy/Family/Fantasy) 47. The Mortal Instruments: City Of Bones (Action/Adventure/Drama/Fantasy/Mystery/Romance)

48. The Starving Games (Comedy) 49.Rush (Action/Biography/Drama/Sport) 50. Kick-Ass 2 (Action/Comedy/Crime)

Secondary ResearchTop 10 Favourite Actors

1.Al Pacino 6. Denzel Washington

2. Christian Bale 7. Leonardo DiCaprio

3. Robert De Niro 8. Jack Nicholson

4. Russell Crowe 9. Sean Connery

5. Brad Pitt 10. Tom Hanks

Secondary Research10 Least Favourite Actors

40.Bruce Willis 46. Ben Affleck

41. Ryan Gosling 47. Matthew McConaughey

42. Clive Owen 48. Jamie Foxx

43. Jeremy Renner 49. Gerard Butler

44. Christopher Walken 50. George Clooney

45. Samuel L. Jackson

Secondary ResearchTop 10 Favourite Actresses

1.Kathy Bates 6.Glenn Close

2. Ellen Page 7.Mara Wilson

3.Ellen DeGeneres 8. Julie Andrews

4. Joan Cusack 9.Helen Mirren

5. Kate Winslet 10.Jodie Foster

Secondary Research40.Nicole Kidman 46.Emma Thompson

41.Thandie Newton 47.Ashley Tisdale

42.Carrie-Anne Moss 48.Kristen Stewart

43.Joely Richardson 49.Anne Hathaway

44.Talia Shire 50. Cloë Grace Moretz

45.Linda Hamilton

Secondary Research

Top 10 Genres

1. Sci-Fi 2. Action 3. Comedy

4. Horror 5. Adventure 6. Drama

7. Fantasy 8. War 9. Thriller

10. Mystery

Results

Secondary Results:

Thought Actors/Actresses affect a film being favored by the public.

Found out Genre affects it more.

Primary Results: People’s favorite Genre reside in the top ten genres.

Films they look forward to are more affected by genre than Actor/Actress.

Quantitative Research

The Genres correlate with the top 50 favorite films

Action: 34% of the films Adventure: 34% of the films Fantasy: 18% of the films Sci-Fi: 22% of the films

Thriller: 22% of the films Comedy: 38% of the films Drama: 36% of the films Horror: 8% of the films

Crime: 20% of the films Biography: 12% of the films Mystery: 6% of the films Romance: 8% of the films

Animation: 14% of the films Family: 12% of the films Sport: 4% of the films Musical: 2% of the films.

Quantitative Research

Questionnaire results linked to genre.

60% of the people questioned liked Sci-Fi films 80% liked Action films 40% liked Comedy films

60% liked Horror films 20% liked Drama films 80% liked Fantasy films 20% liked War films

60% liked Thriller 80% liked Mystery.

People asked: There were 5 people who took the questionnaire, 2 people between 13-18, 2 people between 35-55 and 1 person 56+

Qualitative ResearchIn my questionnaire I got a vary of responses such as:

Q: Do You prefer to watch a Film in the cinema or wait until it is on DVD? Why?A: Wait for DVD, Because I have a low attention span.

Q: Do You prefer to watch a Film in the cinema or wait until it is on DVD? Why?A: Watch in the Cinema, they have surround sound so it sounds better.Q: Do you prefer Films to Plays?

Why/Why Not?A: I prefer Films because of the fact films can be more exciting with the visual effects.

Q: Do you prefer Films to Plays? Why/Why Not?A: I prefer watching plays because if it is live in front of you, you feel more a part of what’s happening. Also they give us break intervals whilst films don’t.

Conclusion

For my Conclusion I have found out that Genre affects a film being the favorite more than the Actor/Actress starring.

I have found that the most favorite film is Thor: The Dark World and that the genres are Action, Adventure and Fantasy. These Three Genres are all in the top ten favorite genre.

Bibliography

www.thetoptens.com/best-movie-genres/

www.imdb.com