Results from Questionnaires

Target Audience Research

 

We gave out 15 questionnaires and got several different answers concerning our music video.

 

Q1. The genre of our song is pop-punk, what conventions do you expect to find in a pop-punk music video?

 

3  said party (answers include house party, people dancing etc)

5 said spoof

3 said Rebbellion

12 said clothing

3 said performance based video

10 said appearance (answers include tattoos, piercings etc)

 

Q2.  What clothing do you expect the band members to be wearing in a pop-punk music video?

 

7 said baggy jeans

4 said skinny jeans

2 said cut jeans

2 said ¾ shorts

7 said T-shirts

5 said skater shoes

 

Q3. Our idea for a music video is a spoof/parody of other artist’s image and music videos, what do you expect in a spoof/parody music video?

 

10 said humorous (answers include humorous facial expressions, comedy and humor)

10 said mocking other artist’s (answers include mocking celebrities, role playing, intertextuality, copying/alluding, political figures)

3 said special effects (answers include magicians, explosions)

 

Q4. In your ideal music video, what artists would you like to be included?

 

5 said Lady Gaga

2 said Kanye West

2 said Rick James

2 said Green Day

2 said Miley Cyrus

1 said Take That

1 said Blink 182

1 said Ozzy Osbourne

Q5 Do you think a spoof/parody video would work for a pop-punk music video?

 

12 said Yes

3 said No

 

Q6 What style video do you prefer?

 

6 said amplification

5 said illustrative

4 said contradicting

 

Q7. What type of narrative technique do you prefer to see in a music video?

 

3 said Enigma

3 said Linear

2 said Non-Linear

7 said Multi-Strand

 

Q8. Which of the following do you prefer to see in a music video?

 

3 said emotion

3 said good story

6 said humour

3 said special effects

 

Q9. Do you prefer a music video which you can relate to, and why?

 

9 said Yes

Reasons: Makes the music video more appealing to the audience, makes it more memorable, easy to relate to in real life situations.

 

5 said No

Reasons: A music video is mainly just for marketing purposes, other people said they didn’t mind if they could relate to a music video or not.

 

Q10. What type of shots do you prefer to see in a music video?

 

5 said Close ups

4 said long shots

1 said point of view shots

5 said racking shots.