Questionnaire ResultsDaisy and Jayne

Question One

Do you watch music videos?

a) Yes

b) No

c) Sometimes

Responses

YesNoSometimes

This shows the popularity of the text, a music video, and will also show how people are likely to watch the music video, because all 10 of our questionnaires watch music videos, regularly or semi-regularly.

Question Two

How often do you watch music videos?

a) Once a day

b) Once a week

c) Once a month

d) Other: Please State

Response

EverydayWeeklyMonthlyOther

The majority of the people we asked, watch at least one or more music videos per week, showing there is a constant audience for the videos and therefore will be for ours too.

Question ThreeDo you prefer a narrative video (a video with a story) or a performance based music video (where you just see the artist/band singing and playing instruments) ?

a) Narrative videos

b) Performance videos

c) Both

Option Answer

Narrative 2

Performance 2

Both 6

This shows that most people are indiscriminant as to whether they watch a performance or narrative video, so doing either of these things will not limit the entertainment of the audience.

Question 4How do you watch music videos?

a) YouTube

b) Music Channels

c) The Musicians Website

d) Social Networking Website

Response

YouTubeMusic ChannelMusicians WebsiteSocial Network-ing Site

This shows how the most popular platforms for music videos are YouTube and music channels. This shows that all music videos are easily accessible to the audience from these places.

Question FiveWhat are your favourite genres of music?

a) Pop

b) Rock

c) Metal

d) Acoustic

e) R&B

f) Other: Please State.

Genres Tally

Pop 6

Rock 3

Metal 1

Acoustic 2

R&B 3

Other 1

These results show that pop is the most popular genre of music (60%): this is expected as it is the most mainstream. This is only a small sample group so results cannot be generalised, however our genre was liked by 20% of people, showing that there is definitely an audience for the genre.

Question 6What are your favourite parts of a music video?

a) Backing dancers

b) Seeing the storyline progress

c) Watching the musicians play instruments

d) Other: please state. Response

Backing DancersSeeing the storyline progressWatching the musicianOther

From these results it’s very clear and audiences both enjoy narrative (storyline based) videos and performance based ones where they can watch the musician. Although narrative videos were slightly more popular in our survey, the results show that weather or not the video was narrative or performance based would not particularly affect audience enjoyment.

Question 7

What makes you like an artist?

a) Their talent

b) Their fashion sense

c) Their personality

Response

TalentFashionPersonality

These results show that the overwhelming reason a person likes an artist is because of their singing ability, not due to other factors, meaning the music should be the focal point in our video.

Question 8

Would you say you are influenced by your favorite artists? If yes, how?

a) Yes

b) No

Response Tally

Yes 2

No 8

Much like the last question, these results suggest how the majority of people are interested in an artist because of their talent, not because of other factors which would influence them. The two people who did say ‘yes’ to this question stated that they are “inspired to seek out similar artists” and “follow their style.” Both being things which seem to occur quite naturally with any artist who has a particularly individual/defining style, but which may not be the soul reason why a person likes the artist.

Question 9

Do you and your friends share the same music taste?

a) Yes

b) No

c) Don’t know

Response

YesNoDon't know

The response to this question illustrates how groups of people are often brought together by a love of a similar thing, in this case music, also meaning that friendship could be a key message in any music video to appeal to these groups.

Question 10

Would you listen to your favorite song more if there was a music video for it?

a) Yes

b) No

c) Unsure

Response

YesNoUnsure

These results show how important music videos are to the music industry, as only 2 people said they would listen to their favorite song more without or regardless of a music video. This shows how songs which do have videos are often heard more, more likely to be listened to more than once and are overall a very powerful tool in the distribution of music.

Questions 11 & 12Who are your favorite artists/bands?

Are you influenced by them in any way? How?

The answers to the first question were very varied depending on individual preference. Results included: My Chemical Romance, Cher Lloyd, The Saturdays, Bowling for Soup, Oasis, Lady Gaga and Adele.

Four out of ten people said that their favorite artist(s) influence them either by style or more prominently, opinions and views on other things outside of the music industry.

These answers demonstrate how musicians have the ability to effect how people dress and to a certain extent their views and attitudes towards other people or situations.