Vox pops

As a method to extend our research we asked various students and members of the public particular questions about our topic. We felt that these results would benefit us in our documentary in terms of reliability. Here are some of the locations we visited and the questions we asked....

Questions: 1. Do you play video games?

                   2. How many hours a week do you play video games?

                   3. Name your favourite video game

Solihull

At first we struggled to find results that would be helpful to us due to the fact that the people we approached did not play games at all. However as we continued to ask, our communication skills developed and we were able to extend our questions further in order to receive more interesting results. For example each individual interviewer would extend further on the specific answer that was given. 

Interviewer: Do you play Video Games

Vox Pop: No, not really 

Interviewer: Why is that?

Vox Pop: Well I just don't find them interesting really, I guess its because I just find them pretty boring. 

We felt that this technique would lead to more detailed answers that could be useful to include in the documentary. 

Sixth Form

We found it to be a great advantage to interview Sixth form students for two main reasons. One being that video game companies used 16-18 year olds as a prime target audience for their products, therefore `students around the college are likely to have a strong opinion on the matter. Secondly we have very easy access to these students due to many of them being either acquaintances or friends therefore they would be willing to do an interview. As a group we feel that the student's answers to our questions is some of the most important footage we have.

Interviewer: Do you play video games?

Vox Pop: Yes

Interviewer: What video games do you play?

Vox Pop: Mario Kart

Interviewer: How often do you play video games in a week?

Vox Pop: Probably about an hour a week