Analysis of responses to focus group

I picked my focus group to answer a set of questions related to the mockumentary genre. All my respondents were young males aged 16 to 17. All of them were fans of the mockumentary genre, and I selected them based on their knowledge of this genre. They all had in common a belief that mockumentaries were successful because they parody real life situations, while often still carrying a serious political message.

Then when they were asked about which type of people on the political spectrum like mockumentaries, everyone said a mix of everyone from both sides of the political spectrum like mockumentaries with the exception of one candidate. This candidate said that left wing people are more likely to enjoy the genre because they are more politically engaged. However, the lack of political correctness in some mockumenrary films such as Borat might appeal to right-wing audiences.

Now for the final question, we asked if there would be any problems with filming a mockumentary in a school. This was the most practical question that I included to help me make decisions regarding my teaser trailer. Three out of the four answers said that some problems could arise when a mockumentary is filmed in a school environment. The reasons why people have said that is because you might need to make fun of stereotypes like the studious nerd, to the intellectually challenged bully, in order to make the humor work. Some people might get offended by this. Also, someone said that schools are a place where sensitive issues should not be mocked because of the way this can affect students' well-being.  However, overall the respondents thought that people will enjoy the film and that the school setting would work well in terms of playing-off stereotypes.

Limitations
One of my limitations when I was gathering data from my results was that I did not ask a broader range of people. All of the respondents were male. They all gave similar answers: for example, to the first question 'What makes mockumentaries so successful?', they all agreed that the humour comes from parodying real life situations, which people can relate to and make fun of. The reason for the narrow range is because I go to a school, where most pupils are boys. To remove this limitation, I would spent time finding girls to interview and in general asked more people so I got a better range of results. 

Influence of focus group on planning for trailer
The influence of planning this trailer has made me decide that people like mockumentaries because they are mocking real life situations, and therefore I will attempt to make the style of my teaser trailer as realistic as possible, which is helped by the fact it is being filmed inside an actual school.  The respondents found that mockumentaries that contained scenes they could relate to were the funniest, but perhaps this was because I only asked a narrow range of school-age people.  I will therefore try to focus equally on stereotypes about teachers and students to appeal to a wider audience.