Technology in Film Survey (For College)

[Wooderson]

Please be as honest as possible.

1. How old are you?
13-15, 15-18, 18-21, 21-26, 26-30+?

2. On a scale of 1-10 how much do you rate Film as a form of entertainment?

3. What are your favourite genres of film?

4. How often do you go to a cinema to watch a film?

5. How do you feel about the prices of going to the cinema?

5. Do you prefer going to the cinema or watching films at home?

6. Name one of your biggest Pro's and biggest Con's of watching films in a cinema.

7. What do you think producers can do to increase the amount of people that go to the cinema?

8. Off the top of your head, name one film that relies on modern technology in order to entertain?

9. Do you feel too many films are being produced in 3D at the moment?

10. Many feel that the future of film is the switch to 48 frames per second, your thoughts on this?


Feel free to skip any questions you can't answer, thanks.

[Nice]

1. 17
2. 7/10
3. Thriller, drama, adventuressss!
4. once a year if not even less
5. Expensive but i can understand why
6. Pro: Big screen & good sound.. Con: People might disturb you
7. No idea, mind blank about this *shrug*
8. Dredd
9. Yes
10. *shrug*

[Paddy™]

Spoiler below!

1. How old are you?
26-30.

2. On a scale of 1-10 how much do you rate Film as a form of entertainment?
10.

3. What are your favourite genres of film?
Drama, documentary, comedy, horror.

4. How often do you go to a cinema to watch a film?
Never.

5. How do you feel about the prices of going to the cinema?
Too high, especially in this day and age.

5. Do you prefer going to the cinema or watching films at home?
Prefer to watch films at home.

6. Name one of your biggest Pro's and biggest Con's of watching films in a cinema.
Pro: potentially a much greater immersive experience.

Con: prices, other people.

7. What do you think producers can do to increase the amount of people that go to the cinema?
Nothing. With the current availability and relative cheapness of high-end home entertainment technology, I don't think cinemas have any advantage over watching films at home, other than perhaps a feeling of "communal enjoyment".

8. Off the top of your head, name one film that relies on modern technology in order to entertain?
Transformers.

9. Do you feel too many films are being produced in 3D at the moment?
Yes.

10. Many feel that the future of film is the switch to 48 frames per second, your thoughts on this?
I have no clue! XD

When do I get my $8 for doing this?

[Draug]

Spoiler below!

1. How old are you?

13-15, 15-18, 18-21, 21-26, 26-30+?
18-21

2. On a scale of 1-10 how much do you rate Film as a form of entertainment?
9

3. What are your favourite genres of film?
sci-fi, fantasy, horror

4. How often do you go to a cinema to watch a film?
every 2 months

5. How do you feel about the prices of going to the cinema?
too high

5. Do you prefer going to the cinema or watching films at home?
home

6. Name one of your biggest Pro's and biggest Con's of watching films in a cinema.
pro: great sound
contra: high price

7. What do you think producers can do to increase the amount of people that go to the cinema?
-

8. Off the top of your head, name one film that relies on modern technology in order to entertain?
Pacific rim

9. Do you feel too many films are being produced in 3D at the moment?
No.

10. Many feel that the future of film is the switch to 48 frames per second, your thoughts on this?
Would be great.

[Deep One]

1. 15-18

2. 8

3. Thriller, fantasy, horror

4. 1-3 times/year

5. Prices are too high

6. +social benefits
+audio
+
big screen
-3D glasses are heavy and uncomfortable, especially if you wear glasses
-price tag
-people who talk/eat loudly

8. Man of Steel

9. You can always watch the 2D version if you don't like 3D, so I don't think it matters.

10. "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" was in 48 fps, right? To be honest, I didn't like it. It looked way too "real" and smooth. But yeah, it's gonna take over 24 fps.

[Wooderson]

Just want to let you know Robo, you're the first out of about 12 people to say no on Q9 and agree to Q10.

[Prelauncher]

1. 19

2. 9

3. Horror, drama and thriller

4. Once a month or less, it varies.

5. The prices are usually why I don't go.

5. If there's a home cinema avaliable then I'd rather watch at home. If not then I'd rather watch at the cinema due to the in many cases superior equpiment.

6. Like previous posts: Pro; video and sound quality etc. Con; tickets, the risk of annoying people.

7. Producers? I dunno, make sure to market the movie as much as possible?

8. Avatar. Absolutely gorgeous in 3D at the cinema but almost everything in the movie has been done better in other movies.

9. Yes. Many movies seem to be in 3D because of 3D. If a movie is made in a way that the 3D enhances the experience (like the Hobbit) then I say go for it. But if the 3D is just added in post-production just for the sake of having 3D so they can say "oh we use 3D" I'd rather keep it in 2D because usually this means sacrificing overall video quality.

10. Great. It makes the movie look better so it would be stupid to complain.

[Ashtoreth]

My answers:

Spoiler below!

1. How old are you?
26-30.

2. On a scale of 1-10 how much do you rate Film as a form of entertainment?
9

3. What are your favourite genres of film?
Thriller, Crime, Horror, Drama, Documentary, Historical.

4. How often do you go to a cinema to watch a film?
I used to go once or twice a month when I was working, but in the last 12 months I've only went to the cinema twice.

5. How do you feel about the prices of going to the cinema?
I think it's too expensive in general.

6. Do you prefer going to the cinema or watching films at home?
I prefer going to the cinema when I know that there won't be many people watching (i.e., small venues/alternative cinema), otherwise I prefer watching films at home.

7. Name one of your biggest Pro's and biggest Con's of watching films in a cinema.
Pro's: The quality of image and sound; the comfort.
Con's: people making noise (talking, eating popcorn, etc.); the air conditioning sometimes not being correctly adjusted.

8. What do you think producers can do to increase the amount of people that go to the cinema?
No opinion.

9.Off the top of your head, name one film that relies on modern technology in order to entertain?
Can't think of any right now.

10. Do you feel too many films are being produced in 3D at the moment?
Yes, I'm not a fan of 3D, it gives me headaches after half an hour watching.

11. Many feel that the future of film is the switch to 48 frames per second, your thoughts on this?
No opinion.

[Bridge]

1. 18-21.

2. 10.

3. Comedy, film noir and courtroom drama.

4. Once or twice a month.

5. Too expensive.

5. I prefer going to the cinema.

6. Pros: Big high-resolution screen, large sound, complete darkness Cons: Other people, inability to rewind, localized subtitles.

7. Make better movies.

8. RIPD.

9. Yes. The technology isn't there yet.

10. If it works better than 24, then I support it. If not, 24 doesn't bother me at all.

[i3670]

1. How old are you?
18-21

2. 9.

3. Drama and some special forms of sci-fi

4. Depends on what movies are available

5. Reasonable

5. Home

6. Pro: Fresh popcorn. Con: People.


7. Produce good movies Story is more important than action IMO

8. Modern technology when showing the movie such as 3D or surround sound? Or modern technology for the movie to be made?

9. I feel that it is a gimmick

10. I thought we could only register 24 frames/second. So I guess it'd be redundant.