2. Question One
Do you watch music videos?
Responses
a) Yes
b) No
Yes
c) Sometimes No
Sometimes
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.
3. Question Two
How often do you watch music videos?
Response
a) Once a day
b) Once a week Everyday
Weekly
c) Once a month Monthly
Other
d) Other: Please State
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.
4. Question Three
Do 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 Option Answer
Narrative 2
b) Performance videos Performance 2
Both 6
c) Both
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.
5. Question 4
How do you watch music videos?
a) YouTube
b) Music Channels
c) The Musicians Website Response
d) Social Networking Website
YouTube
This shows how the most
Music Channel
popular platforms for music
videos are YouTube and
music channels. This shows Musicians
Website
that all music videos are
easily accessible to the Social
audience from these places. Networking Site
6. Question Five
What are your favourite genres of
music?
Genres Tally
a) Pop
Pop 6
b) Rock Rock 3
Metal 1
c) Metal
Acoustic 2
d) Acoustic R&B 3
Other 1
e) R&B
f) Other: Please State.
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.
7. Question 6
What 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
From these results it‟s very clear Backing
Dancers
and audiences both enjoy narrative
(storyline based) videos and
performance based ones where they Seeing the
can watch the musician. Although storyline
progress
narrative videos were slightly more
popular in our survey, the results Watching the
show that weather or not the video musician
was narrative or performance based
would not particularly affect
8. Question 7
What makes you like an artist?
Response
a) Their talent
b) Their fashion sense
c) Their personality Talent
Fashion
Personality
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.
9. Question 8
Would you say you are influenced by your
favorite artists? If yes, how?
a) Yes Response Tally
Yes 2
b) No
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.
10. Question 9
Do you and your friends share the same music
taste?
a) Yes Response
b) No
c) Don‟t know
The response to this question Yes
illustrates how groups of people No
are often brought together by a Don't know
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.
11. Question 10
Would you listen to your favorite song more if
there was a music video for it?
Response
a) Yes
b) No
Yes
c) Unsure No
These results show how important music Unsure
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
12. Questions 11 & 12
Who 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.
