My survey has received much more responses than I originally had planned for, it has received 81 responses, this gives me some very reliable results to take from it in order to develop my product. The results were as follows:
1. ‘How familiar are you with the classification system for 12a films?’
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Very
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13.58%
11
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I am vaguely aware
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25.93%
21
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I know of the 12a rating, but do not know what classifies a 12a film as 12a
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54.32%
44
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No idea
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6.17%
5
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From this question I have confirmed my suspicions, that the majority of people are aware of the 12a age rating and 12a films, however they are unsure of what makes a 12a film 12a. Therefore the guidelines need to be much clearer, and I believe my service can help make these guidelines much clearer, providing clear visuals in order to illustrate how much violence etc is present within the 12a film.
2. ‘What do you want to protect young children from the most in film? (Tick all that apply).’
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Violence
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91.03%
71
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Sex/Nudity
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75.64%
59
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Bad Language
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55.13%
43
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Drugs
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76.92%
60
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Disturbing imagery
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88.46%
69
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Negative ideals
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42.31%
33
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Controversial content
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17.95%
14
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This was one of the most important questions to me, as I was previously unsure as to what people felt children needed protection from. The results from this question would allow me to tailor my service to prioritise certain characteristics (violence/sex) etc over others. From the results I can see that people feel violence is the top one that needs to be clear when I provide warnings, the next is disturbing imagery, then drugs and then surprisingly fourth is sex/nudity. I have also discovered which characteristics to maybe not focus on, e.g. negative ideals and controversial content – unless it is something particularly extreme.
3. ‘Are health warnings important for films? (E.g. Epilepsy, PTSD etc)’
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Yes
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79.01%
64
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No
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3.70%
3
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I don’t know
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17.28%
14
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The answer for this confirms my thoughts that films need health warnings if certain people are going to be at risk from suffering during a movie. I will make sure to include a section for this on my service.
4. ‘Do you believe films should have trigger warnings?’
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Yes
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40.74%
33
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No
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8.64%
7
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Only in extreme cases
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25.93%
21
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I don’t know
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24.69%
20
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This was also an important question to me, as trigger warnings are quite a controversial topic when it comes to films, and whether to include them in my service was quite a difficult decision to make given both the good and bad press that trigger warning websites get. However the results from my survey show that the majority of people believe that films should have them, with the next highest percentage being for people saying that they should only be present in extreme cases. Interestingly, only 8% of people said they shouldn’t. This has allowed me to tailor my service, and I shall thus be including trigger warnings within my service.
5. ‘Do you believe the 12a rating should be abolished?’
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Yes
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4.94%
4
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No
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34.57%
28
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I don’t know
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23.46%
19
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Keep 12a, make it less vague
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37.04%
30
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This last question was to get a feel of people’s feelings towards the current 12a classification system. The highest percentage of people said that 12a should be kept, but the guidelines for it should be made clearer – and interestingly only 4.94% of people said that the 12a rating should be abolished – meaning that there should definitely be a market for my service, as it doesn’t look like people want 12a to disappear any time soon, they just want it changed, and in my opinion my service can help make the guidelines clearer, and could lead to a better understanding of the classification.