Question 1
The majority of the people we asked weren't fans of westerns however as expected those that were were male or older. Even though not everyone I asked was a fan of this genre I hoped that by taking on board their views I could create a film opening that appealed to a wider audience.
Question 2 and 3
The usual plots that people had recognised includes: good overcoming evil, action, guns, cowboys, theft, chases. These seem to be the general ideas that people had and they were the prefered plots. We will bare this in mind, this coincides with our initial narrative ideas so we wont need to change that. I think that the reason it fits with it is as we researched the genre and generic conventions beforehand so had an idea of what to include.
Question 4 and 5
The stereotypical characters that the people surveyed thought featured in westerns are: Strong fit cowboys, good guys, evil guys/devious baddies, indians, horses. This also fits with my narrative as it (my narrative structure) features many of these c haracters. In our opening we have goodies (cowboys), badies and horses so covering 4 of the mentioned character types. For this reason i don't feel that we need to change our narrative structure as we include the majority of suggested characters. There weren't any characters that people thought were missing from westerns either.
Question 6
There were several ideas for the opening of westerns including: a shoot out in a bar, a chase, horses, rolling landscapes but all of the people we asked said that the opening should include action. This fits with my opening as, though the opening does not feature a shoot out at a bar, it does include action and this was the most popular response. For this reason i see no reason to change our narrative structure.
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