Primary Audience Research

Questionnaire

1.     1.  The genre of our song is pop-punk, what conventions do you expect to find in a pop-punk music video?

2.     2. What style clothing do you expect the band members to be wearing in a pop-punk video?

3.     3. Our idea for a music video is a spoof/parody of other artists image and music videos, what do you expect in a spoof/parody music video?

4.     4. In your ideal parody music video, what artists would you like to be included?

5.     5. Do think a spoof/parody video would work for a pop-punk music video?

Yes/No

6.     6. What style of narrative technique do you prefer to see in a music video?

a)    Amplification videos (Retains a link with the video through lip syncing, or matching the beat of the music)

b)    Illustrative videos (The video directly represents the lyrics, i.e. As the lyrics say I’ll drive in my car, the character in the video gets in his car)

c)     Contradicting videos (The video contradicts the lyrics in the song)

7.     7. What type of narrative technique do you prefer:

a)    Enigma (There is a mystery, unresolved problems etc, in the music video

b)    Linear (The music video is chronological order)

c)     Non Linear (The video is not in chronological order, flashbacks might be included in the video)

d)    Multi-strand (More than one story is shown in the music video) 

8.     8. Which of the following do you prefer to see in a music video?

a)    Emotion                        

b)    Good story (with a deep meaning)     

c)     Humour

d)    Special Effects

9.     9. Do you prefer a music video which you can relate too, and why?

Yes/No

10.  10. What type of shots do you prefer to see in a music video?

a)    Close up  (of the artists face, or body 

b)    Long shots (showing the scenery, location of the music video)

c)     Point of view shots (showing what the character in the music video would see)

d)    Tracking shots (the camera follow or tracks a certain action)