Results of Questionnaire 1

Here of the reuslts of our questionnaire

1) Gender

• Male: 23
• Female: 27

I tried to get a balance in the gender of people i asked, to get more accurate research.



2) Age

• 16 and below : 12
  
• 18-25: 14
• 25-35: 13
• 35+ : 11

Again i wanted balanced research so tried to get people of a range of ages.




3) Favourite Genre

• Pop : 10
  
• Rock : 7
  
• Classical: 2
  
• Indie: 9
  
• Hip Hop Or Rap: 5
• R&B: 12
  
• Dance : 5

The favourite genre here appeared to r&b, this was important in choosing what type of genre my own music video would be for.



4) What Music videos do you prefer?

• Abstract: 17
  
• Narrative: 33

This showed me it was important to have a story line throughout my music video, an exciting but simple narrative which was easy for my audience to follow.



5) Do you like to see Special Effects or Animations in music videos?

• Yes: 37
  
• No: 13

It was important for me to use some kind of effects in my own music video, to make it seem more professional. Adding effects would make it more exciting and different to sustain the audience attention.




6) What is the most appealing thing in a music video to you?

Because of the wide range of answers I've just put up a couple that were popular.

• A lot of people said the actual story line, something that's intriguing to watch and keeps them watching.

• Another popular one was the mis-en-scene, the costumes of characters, the locations etc.

• And finally the special effects used, something that makes it stand out an does something different than others.

Ultimately i learnt from this it was about making your music video different unique but also have a good narrative almost like a mini film.


7) Does a good music video enhance the song?

• Yes: 39
  
• No: 11

I saw here how important a good music video was to the promotion of a track, having something for the audience to identify a song with and something that would stick in there mind. If they like the video they're going to continue to listen to the song and vice versa.


8) What is your favourite music video?

Again there wasn't one fixed answer for this, there was so many different ones.
I've chosen to put up a few that kept re-occurring.

• Firstly 'Beyonce - Single ladies' was extremely popular.

• Along with 'The King of Leon - Sex is on fire'

9) What makes it your favourite?

• Beyonces video was popular for the dance routine, the simple idea of 3 woman on a white background doing one dance.

• The King of Leon's song was said to be a favourite because people just loved the song. They also liked the location and the dark feel it had to it.

From this I've learnt that dance routines that can be copied by everyone are extremely beneficial to a music video but also, the location of a music video are just as important.


10) Whats the worst thing to put in a music video, what you wouldn't like to see?

Again i had a number of answers but the most popular ones were:

• cartoons or animated figures

This was because it was hard for the audience to associate with them and didn't sustain there attention as much as real life figures.



By doing this Questionnaire i feel i gained a lot of information about what made a good music video and what made a bad music video. It definitely pointed me in the right direction as what to include in my own music video.