Research methods

Below I will be talking about the potential researching methods I will use based on their advantages, and the ones that I want to reject due to their disadvantages. There are four possible methods that I could use throughout my project, which are shown below:

Primary:

Primary research is based on work done by a individual. It can be collected through various ways, such as questionnaires, surveys, observations and interviews. 

Advantages of this method are that the researcher will receive direct feed back from participates that took part in it, and also it is highly controlled, which means that the information is relevant to what you are finding out about, there are no questions that aren't specific to the information needed. i think i will be focusing on using this research for my evaluations, when I will be interacting with other people in order to get their opinions.

Secondary:

This type of method is based on research which someone else has carried out and published, which is mainly accessible for others to use. This kind of data can be found on the internet, in books, in the library and in newspapers. An main advantage for this method is that it isn't expensive, may not even cost to view and it doesn't take much time to find as the work is already done for you, all you need to do is search for it, which should already be ready to find especially on the internet. I will be using a lot of secondary research within my project as it will help me research certain things I will be writing about, such as history of my texts, the brand of my text and the directors that are relevant for my genre. However, I will have to be aware that there could be a  possibility that the information is out of date or not reliable.

Qualitative:

This method is based on work that has a lot of detail and is more in depth in regards of peoples attitudes, behaviors and opinions to certain topics. This information can be found through very elaborative answers from interviews and emails. An advantage of this method is that certain people can be studied in more detail allowing different information to be found about them and there views, this can obviously be used within my evaluation when asking people their opinions on our short film; this could give us ideas for improvements or things we did well

Quantitative

 This method is normally based on numbers and statistics of what your researching. These can be done from closed questions in interviews, surveys and questionnaires. The main advantage for this type of researching method is that it is highly reliably and trustworthy, and the results can be finalised easily.

I can use this for my project, as they can show how many people liked our short film, and maybe how many people also disliked it. I can also use this by finding out reviews and statistics on other short films.