How do you and your peers use film?

To find out how my peers use film, they were asked to answer questions in a survey which I collected the results from. There are 22 people in the class and all of them watch films regularly.

The majority of the class has been to the cinema over 10 times this year – which was probably due to a new cinema being opened downtown a few months ago – but very few of the students surveyed buy popcorn and drinks, which I think is because buying food from the cinema costs a lot and people of my age don’t have much money.  I have been to the cinema many times in the past year, and I went to see the same film multiple times because I liked it so much and wanted to make the most of seeing it in 3D while I could. I don’t buy any popcorn or drinks because I go to the cinema many times and I can’t afford to get more than entrance to the film each time.

I watch Hollywood action/adventure films the most in the cinema because I love the genre and I tend to watch them in 3D because I am unable to watch films in 3D outside of the cinema and I think that the 3D makes action films better. 17 people in the class also watch more Hollywood films and are influenced most by the trailer, which I can associate with myself as I will watch the trailer of a film to decide if it’s worth watching. I think that TV trailers are better than other forms of advertisement, such as posters, because they show parts of the films but also leave you in suspense and wanting to know what will happen.

14 people in the class watch films online rather than on DVD and 13 of them stream films illegally. Although I buy many DVDs, I also tend to watch films mainly online via my tablet as the DVD may not be released yet or it may be too expensive. My family isn’t subscribed to a company like Netflix because we are able to find films online for free and it seems pointless.

Nobody in my class, including myself, makes their own films and posts them to sites such as YouTube. I do like to watch other people’s films online but I wouldn’t consider making my own because I am much younger than all the other film makers online.