Completed Questionnaire & Conclusions

Media Research Questionnaire: Tattoos & Piercings Results

Q1) Are you:
Male: 7
Female: 13

This affects the results of the questionnaire as there is not a 50/50 split between males and females, making it bias towards females.

Q2) How old are you?
15 – 19: 11
20 – 24: 3
25 – 29: 4
30 – 34: 1
35+: 2

We targeted our questionnaire at a young audience due to scheduling which is why the questionnaire was filled out more by younger people.

Q3) Name three favourite colours:
Blue: 4
Red: 13
White: 3
Green: 1
Pink: 11
Purple: 1
Orange: 2
Yellow: 5
Black: 20

The two most popular colors are black and red, making this the colour scheme for the programme.

Tattoos

Q4) Do you have any tattoos?
Yes: 7
No: 13

Although tattoos are still less common, I think these results show an increse in the popularity of tattoos showing that the topic of the documentary will be directly interesting for some people.

Q5) If yes to question four, what is it and why did you pick it? E.g. Celebrity, symbolism, religion etc.
Star Sign: 1
Name of a loved one (wife/husband/child): 2
Looked nice: 3
All my mates got it: 1

This shows that most people that filled out the question view tattoos as something nice to look at, although quite a lot did get them for significant personal reasons.

Q6) If no to question four, would you ever consider having a tattoo?
Yes: 4
No: 3
Maybe: 6

This again I belive shows the increse in popularity of tattoos, making it a suitable and current topic to make a documentary on.

Q7) What are your views on people with numerous tattoos?
Freaky: 5
Weird: 7
Intimidating: 2
Cool: 1
Up to them: 3
Art: 2

These results show that extreme body tattooing is still seen as being unusual which should help keep the documentary entertaining and interesting throughout for the audience as it is not something you are in contact with daily.

Q8) Name three celebrities that you associate with tattoos
David Beckham: 23
Kat Von De: 21
Rihanna: 11
Steve-O: 3
Ozzy Ozbourn: 1
Brett Michaels: 1

The top two most popular celebritys associated with tattoos are David Beckham and Kat Von De, therefore I will try to feature them in the documentary.


Piercings

Q9) Do you have any piercings?
Yes: 15
No: 5

Piercing is shown to be a lot more popular than tattooing still which is not surprising, but also the high percentage of people with peircings means the subject of the documentary should be appealing to a large audience.

Q10) If yes to question 9, where is it and why did you get it?
Ear: 12
- School only allow earings: 7
- Popular: 3
- I like it: 2
Nose: 1
- Celebrity
Eyebrow: 2
- Favorite Band: 1
- Liked it: 1

This shows that subtle peircings are more common and that the main reason people get them is due to only them being allowed in school.

Q11) If no to question 9, would you ever consider getting a piercing?
Yes: 2
No: 3

This shows that only 3/20 people would deffinatly not have a peircing showing that there is a large potential audience for the documentary.

Q12) What are your views on people with numerous piercings?
Looks alright: 5
Over the top: 9
Not permentant so its okay: 6

Extreme body peircing seems to be viewed as slightly less shocking that full body tattooing, although most people do view it as being over the top meaning also that it should be entertaining and interesting for the audience to watch.

Q13) Name three celebrities that you associate with piercings
Rihanna: 17
David Beckham: 31