These questions asked about participants relationship with the film and audience participation. For example: “What, if any, audience participation activities do you engage in?” and “Do you enjoy the audience participation at public screenings of The Room? Why or why not?”. The ideal participant would be someone who has attended at least on public screening of The Room and engages in audience participation activities. This subject would provide the most accurate data for answering why people engage in audience participation behavior. The original intent was to attend a screening of The Room and find participants there. Monthly screenings occur at the Clay Theater in San Francisco, so it would not be hard to find subjects. Ultimately however, no one at the screening both fit the model for an ideal participant and was willing to be interviewed. Instead of physical interviews, virtual ones had to be conducted. A questionnaire was created from the eight questions, using the tool Google Forms. To find participants, the questionnaire was posted, with a brief explanation of the goals of the project, on the subreddit r/theroom, an online community where fans of The Room gather to post news articles and start discussions about the film. The subreddit has over 7,000 subscribers, so it was likely that some would
These questions asked about participants relationship with the film and audience participation. For example: “What, if any, audience participation activities do you engage in?” and “Do you enjoy the audience participation at public screenings of The Room? Why or why not?”. The ideal participant would be someone who has attended at least on public screening of The Room and engages in audience participation activities. This subject would provide the most accurate data for answering why people engage in audience participation behavior. The original intent was to attend a screening of The Room and find participants there. Monthly screenings occur at the Clay Theater in San Francisco, so it would not be hard to find subjects. Ultimately however, no one at the screening both fit the model for an ideal participant and was willing to be interviewed. Instead of physical interviews, virtual ones had to be conducted. A questionnaire was created from the eight questions, using the tool Google Forms. To find participants, the questionnaire was posted, with a brief explanation of the goals of the project, on the subreddit r/theroom, an online community where fans of The Room gather to post news articles and start discussions about the film. The subreddit has over 7,000 subscribers, so it was likely that some would