Audience Questionnaire

Music Video Questionnaire 

I created a questionnaire to find out which aspects of a music video the public liked along with what my target audience would appreciate in a music video. Although some responses may be a joke others were helpful.

This gave me an idea of the demographic regarding gender and age.

Although here there is a joke response it shows that the majority liked watching music videos.This was helpful as it showed that the majority of people liked the same/similar genre as the song I chose.


Although my music video will not heavily follow a narrative I will ensure one is definitely included.

I can not include the artist in my music video but I will include an actress that looks similar to the artist so that the viewers can relate to her as the lead singer.

What aspects are important for you in a music video?19 responses

aesthetic

Adidas, nike top brands man u know

Cohesiveness with the song

beginning. middle. end. the content and the narratives realism. quality of image and how obscure/weird/different the vid is compared to other videos of its genre.

A aesthetically pleasing colour pallet, maybe a cliff hanger is the video is from an album

cohesion with music

Good vibes ;)

The artists' vision being realised

Cinematography, storyline and colour

visuals - aesthetic, colour, set design. editing - interesting editing techniques; spilt screen, transitions, etc

Narrative

These comments allow me to have a good insight to what people would like to have featured. Visuals are featured here as the things to ensure to include. 

What colour schemes would you expect to see in a music video from your preferred genre?21 responses

pastels, vibrant colours, natural colours (like sunlight and trees)

Grime

Orange/red - Blue - Green

rock- a lot of black rap - red and blue alternative - green, purple and blue

Any aslong as the colours work well together.

Black and yellow black and yellow

muted simple colours

Maybe edgier darker colours

Simplistic

Blue. Teal. Orange.

bright colours and pastels

This gives good insight to what colours to use.

This was a helpful split to know that although my video might be 'distracting' it might not distract to much from the song. I will ensure that it assists the song by editing it to the beat of the song.

This shows that a music video when done well can definitely lead to the promotion of the song. 

This was helpful as it showed a lot of people had heard of some of the similar artists.


















As 61.5% of the responses I got back like some of the related artists, it shows me that the responses shown for what people like to see in music videos tells me what my target audience would appreciates in a music video.

What do you expect to see in psychedelic/alternative music video?19 responses

Drugs (2)

bright colours, trippy visuals, concept rather than narrative

Drugs

a lot of weird and wonderful stuff

Not sure

Psycoatjs

Alternative fashion

Cool colours and aesthetics

psychedelic stuff

Trippy visuals Garish colours Special effects Some lip synching

Nice colours, special effect or filters perhaps, characters, beautiful locations?

The Unexpected/Surprises

Trippy editing

Lots of colours

Uniquely edited visuals

Trippy visuals, bright colours, weird images

Surrealism, progression, futurism.

This is helpful as it gives idea to what people expect to see, colours are prominent in the suggestions, I will definitely try use a range of bright colours. 

What would put you off from watching a music video?18 responses

boring concept or bad song

No fresh kicks

Failiure to be engaging to the audience

nothing really

Justin Bieber

Immoral stuff

Americans

Too long

Drugs

Too much confusion

thumbnail, title of song, if it is slow starting with no action or plot

If it looked like the artist was on an ego trip

If I didn't like the music, if it looked like it was purely trying to make the artist look cool or rich or something

Unoriginality

These suggestions have some good ideas, it's important to look at the first impressions that the video would show such as the thumbnail. The person featured would also not have star treatment. 

Although this questionnaire only took a small sample from people from mainly teenagers it has helped to see what I should include such as colour schemes and what to stay away from including.

From this I'm going to ensure the colours in my video match the suggestions of including a story and featuring an actress like the artist.