Radio podcast interview questions

Not a final copy of my questions.

1. How did you become involved in pantomimes?

2. Do you think pantomimes that are amuetur produced are as popular as ones performed on the stage in Manchester?

3. How much work goes on behind the scenes that the audience don't see?

4. Do you think that if it was just left to amueturs that pantomimes would die out?

Even though these a pretty simple questions, they a open questions which will require a different response from each person. As they are open questions I can wait for the replies from the people and then pick up on things that they say and then ask them questions based on their response.

I can also get some of the following information:
What year - this can be what year they started participating in pantomimes, or which was their favourite pantomime, as they might have performed the same pantomime twice in different years.
Favourite pantomime - this is the same as the previous question, and then I can ask why it was their favourite pantomime.

Their experience.

Interview - 19/1/2014

I did a short interview with Rick at pantomime rehearsals on Sunday, the interview itself lasted for about 5 minutes, but I will probably edit this down.

The responses that he gave to the questions I asked were very detailed, and I only asked 2 questions, and I also asked him questions that were based on his responses that he gave.

Proposal

Proposal

Subject idea

The subject idea of my podcast is pantomimes. I will be looking at whether people involved in pantomimes find them rewarding and enjoyable and also looking back at the pantomimes they have starred in.

Genre

The genre of my podcast is going to be, like a desert island disc, but a bit less formal. There will be a few different interviews with different people, such as the producer and some of the cast and some of the people who work backstage.

Audience
The audience for my podcast is generally going to be aimed for people aged between 14-56 and aimed at men and women. This is because the topic that is going to be featured is probably going to appeal to both men and women.

Participants
The participants for my podcast are going to be people that I know, so my cast mates, I have already asked if they will take part in my podcast and they have agreed to do so. 

Intended station
The intended station that my podcast would most likely be featured on is Radio 2, like the Elaine Paige on Sunday show, where she goes through songs from the musicals, or on Radio 1, when they interview celebrities when they are promoting a film.




***Not finished yet.

Participants

Some of the people taking part in my podcast:

Nat: who has been in pantomimes for over 10 years, and is the cast and children's dance choreographer. 

Rick: a self employed gardener, first met him in 2011 when we did a production of Sinbad The Sailor and he played Mustafa KitKat. Always plays a comedy part, apart from one year he played a villain and was covering things in blue face paint for a week. 

Brian: the newest cast member to join in 2013, played his first role as a Leprechaun beside Rick. And now he's playing an Ugly Sister in Cinderella. 

Kate: Set designer, who is possibly the greatest set painter. Been painting the sets since before I joined in 2007 in my first pantomime Cinderella.

Participants

This is Rick, I am going to be interviewing him for my radio podcast. I first met him 2010 when we did a production of Sinbad The Sailor. And we became friends right away. He's passionate about taking part in anything and also reading, which is probably why we probably have become close over the past couple of years. 

He's a great joke teller and I'm very fortunate to have him take part in my radio podcast. 

Photo credit: Iana Surch, 2013

SurveyMonkey results

This graph shows the number of females compared to males that take part in pantomimes. 

 This shows that the number of people that take part in pantomimes are mainly aged between 16-19 in this survey.

These results show the occupations of the people who took part in the survey, most of them are either self employed, sale assistants, or working in administrative jobs.

These are the questions that I asked that have provided the above answers.

Secondary quantitive research

This is a review from The Reporter Feb/21/2013 for the Pantomime Jack and Jill.

"Birmingham University has found that watching pantomimes also has the same effect on people as watching Strictly Come Dancing or The X-Factor."- Source