Music Video Questionnaire Results

1. Music Video Questionnaire Results Shannon Jezzard and Sophia Doughty

2. We carried out a questionnaire in order to discover who our target audience are for our music video, album release and poster. We also tried to gather their opinions and preferences surrounding Indie Rock genre. The purpose of this presentation is to display the findings from our questionnaire. For our questionnaire we asked members of the public in the town center by our college. We asked a range of 20 people of different ages, employment status’ and interests. By doing this we were about to collect diverse results so we have an idea of what to include in order to appeal to our target audience.

3. Our Results For our product we initially decided to aim it at a 16-25 year old audience as we felt that this is the age range with the most interest in the Indie Rock genre. We also intended the audience of our product to be both male and female however when conducting our questionnaire we asked a few more females than males as we feel that our product be slightly more appealing to females. Most of our audience are students, some having part time work and therefore they will have a disposable income meaning that they will be able to afford the products that we are offering to them. Our audience also live locally where there are many shops available to purchase music therefore making it easier for the consumer.

4. From this set of results we have found that the majority of the people we asked do attend gigs and therefore have a great interest in music, which would help us advertise our product as it would be featured in music magazines. As the majority of our audience do have a great interest in music they would be more inclined to purchase and view our products. As most of our audience view music videos via a computer we will make sure that our music video is available to view on the internet either on the band’s website or on video streaming websites such as YouTube. As a few of our audience’s preferences are to view music videos on their mobile phones we can make sure that the video is compatible with this type of viewing and is accessible to watch, download and share via a mobile phone.

5. From these results we have discovered that the majority of our audience would prefer to purchase an album via digital download. This is a advantage for the producers of the album as they will not have to spend money on packaging meaning that there’ll be a greater profit made for the product. People will be willing to pay £9-£12 for a newly released album, however we have decided that this will be the price for the album in supermarkets and larger stores. The album will also be available and a slightly lower cost as a digital download as there will be no manufacturing costs for the CD. According to our results our target audience will be able to afford an album or two a month meaning that their disposable income will cover the costs for our product.

6. These results show that most of the people that we asked prefer to see a mixture of both band and storyline in a music video. As well as this we have found that the majority of people asked enjoy listening to the band Arctic Monkeys, from viewing their videos we have found that they incorporate both band and storyline in most of their videos and as result of this we would like to include these type of shots in our video. We have also found that people would prefer the music video we create to be in colouras well as involving fast paced shots and low key lighting. We will take this into account when planning and shooting our music video as this is what will draw in and appeal to our audience the most.

7. It is clear to see that The Maccabees album cover is the most popular out of all four, possibly due to the image as it is the most common reason for choosing the preferred cover. This album shows significant differences to the other three as it’s a hand drawn image which manages to reflect the genre of the album as it’s not a conventional cover. For our album cover design we will take this into consideration and create something a bit different that the traditional single image to appeal more to our target audience.

8. By looking at these results we have found that Florence and The Machine’s album advertisement is the most popular due to the image and layout. Although this was the favourite of the target audience we believe that the layout comes across as quite simple and displays the clear information for the audience to know.

9. Summary of our findings All in all our results have been very useful when deciding what to include in our music video, advertisement and album cover. We have managed to discover our audience preferences so we can create a successful product. Our results have also gave us an insight of what price to put our product at in order to appeal to the audience, this has been useful as we now know where the audience would purchase their music, the majority of which is online.