Quesionnaire, Analysis and Necessary Actions

Here is my questionnaire, it asks questions to give me answers to questions such as preferred genres, what they like to see in music videos, gender and age.

Questionnaire for Music Video Research

Circle the appropriate answer

What gender are you?

• ·      Male
• ·      Female
• ·      Other
• ·      Prefer not to say

Analysis

The results from this question shows that there is a pretty much even balance of genders with there being 10 females and 9 males. Which is in general and pretty accurate depiction of society as a whole. In addition to this there is also we see one person who choose to answer other which again helps with the accuracy of the questionnaire as of not everybody being male or female.

What is your favourite genre of music video?

• ·      Rock
• ·      Indie
• ·      Pop
• ·      Electronic
• ·      Alternative
• ·      Rap
• ·      R&B
• ·      Other

Analysis

The results from these questions show us that most people value the indie genre as their favourite, this may because of the age of the people who took the questionnaire being reasonably low. The least popular genre was spread between R&B, Alternative, Electronic and other. This is what I would have expect however the R&B result was unexpectedly low. This may have been the result of the ethnicity of people who took the questionnaire. Pop, Rap and Rock were in the middle ground which is to vbe expected. However as of the name pop (popular), you would have expected for it to have the most followers but of course it didn't.

How often do you watch music videos? 

• ·      Everyday
• ·      Once every two days
• ·      One a week
• ·      Once a fortnight
• ·      Once a month
• ·      Once a year
• ·      Never

Analysis

From the results we see people don't tend to watch music video that often with the most popular option being once a fortnight with 4/20 people choosing this option. Which shows us that music videos on a whole are not that popular. However you could say that the joint second most popular option was everyday with 3/20 people choosing this option. Showing that some people obviously get their music by watching music videos. But yet again this can be countered by the fact 3 people also only watch them once a month

How old are you?

• ·      17 or under
• ·      18-20
• ·      21-25
• ·      26-35
• ·      36 or over

Analysis
These results show that the majority of people are aged 17 or under with 6 of the twenty choosing this option. Furthermore there were only 6, 21 year olds and above out of the twenty who took the test. So this means when I make my video that I ensure I represent people twenty or under.

Have you ever heard of JAWS?

• ·      Yes
• ·      No

Analysis

There are only 1/4 of people who took the questionnaire who new who JAWS the band I'm using are. This is possible the people who's favourite genre was indie as the lie in that genre or even some from the people who liked the rock genre. This was expected as JAWS are only a small band so 15 of the twenty not knowing them is no surprise.

What are your hobbies and interests?

Please state:

Analysis
The results for this question show us that the majority of peoples have the favourite hobby was listening to music with 6 of the 20 people answering this way which may be why so few people watched music videos often as they likely had no interest in the videos themselves. Secondly we see film making with 3 of the twenty people which is most likely the source of the people who would regularly watch the music video that was quired in an earlier question.


What type of shots do you prefer?

• ·      Extreme close up
• ·      Close up
• ·      Medium shot
• ·      Long shot
• ·      Extreme Long shot
• ·      Establishing shot  

Analysis
From this we see that most people prefer to see close-ups and medium shots, so I will take this into account when doing my shot list to ensure there is majority of these types while avoiding establishing and extreme long shots.

       Could videos follow a narrative?

• ·      Yes
• ·      No
• ·      Partially

    

Analysis
Overwhelming people like videos to follow a narrative which I'm thankful for as my video also follows a narrative.

Should lyrics have a relationship with visuals?

• ·      Yes
• ·      No
• ·      Partially

Analysis

there is an overall equal split between people who want to see a link between a narrative and visuals and not. Through I will ensure I have some link and also have non at all at times.

Who are your favourite artists?

Please state

Analysis
Drake, The Red Hot Chill Peppers and Kanye West were peoples favourite artist which seemed strange as Drake is R&B was very unpopular in the genre question. But I expected The 1975 as of the high percentage of people who enjoy the indie genre. There were two people who answered JAWS which is good for me as if that represent society I will please a large majority of people.



What will I do with these results?

Because of what I've found I'm going to take certain actions these being-

• I will ensure I appeal to the ages from 20 down as they are the people who tend to watch the most music videos.
• Also the video will be of this age as this age group tend to favour the indie genre. I know this because of earlier research into the genre.
• I will also look at artist such as The 1975 and Drake and try incorporate the styles of their music videos into mine as people find these their favourite artists.
• Finally I will ensure I have some relationship with the visuals and lyrics