My Questionaire results

From the 20 questionnaires I handed out these were my results:


Question 1 -
What is your gender?
50% male, 50% female


Question 2-
What is your age?
18 of the 20 were 17,
1 was 16 and 1 was 18.


Question 3-
What is your favourite music genre?
Rock- 3
Rap- 6
Pop- 7
Hip-Hop- 4
Other (please specify)- 0


Question 4-
Why is it your favourite genre?
It pumps you up- 6
You find it easy to listen to- 2
You like to sing along to it- 12
Other (please specify)- 0


Question 5-
Do you watch music video's or do you just listen to the song?
Yes I watch the music video- 17
No I just listen to the song- 3


Question 6-
Why is this (relate to Question 5)?
75% was to do with it being 'entertaining'
10% was as they think it 'helps understand the lyrics'
15% was because they don't like the music videos.


Question 7-
How important is a music video to Indie Pop songs?Why?
Very important- 17
Important- 2
Not very important- 0
Not important at all- 1
Why:
85% said it helps the get a insight to the story.
10% said its easiest to do.
5% said they don't want to watch them.


Question 8-
What do you enjoy to see in a music video?
15 said something along the lines of 'a good story that's easy to follow'
2 said something that 'links to the lyrics'
2 said 'characters that fit the songs story'
1 said 'a good looking character'


Question 9-
What is your favourite music video?
50% said 'Rap god' by Eminem.
10% said 'Straight outta compton' by NWA.
30% said 'Baby' by Justin Beiber.
5% said 'See you again' by Charlie Puth.
5% said 'Most girls' by Hailee Steinfeld.


Question 10-
What is a good location for a Indie pop song?
70% said a empty house.
20% said outdoors/ a street.
5% said a roof top.
5% said a blank room.

Focus Group

In our focus group there were 3 main subjects we wanted the audiences help with;

• Location (Roof, Forrest, Empty house and the Street.)
• Costume (Indie Chill, Edgy Rock and Casual clothes.)
• Band Names (Blank Canvas, Elemental, Reflections of Habit and The Shallows.)

From these three sections we gathered these results.
Location - Empty house & streets
Costume - mix of all 3 throughout.
Band Names - Blank Canvas.


The focus group full video is below.

Intertextuality

Definition:

The shaping of texts' meanings by other texts/ Where a text refers to another text.
This was introduced by Kristeva - Kristeva argued against the idea of text as a isolated entity.

Some texts refers directly to each other for example remakes of films, extra-diegetic refers to the media. An example of this is in 'The Simpsons' and many amusing contemporary TV ads. The interpretation of these is influenced to the audiences knowledge before watching it.

How can this be linked to Music videos?

Intertextuality is used in many music videos;

One example of this is in Robbie Williams song 'You know me'

In this song the whole theme is a 'Alice in Wonderland' styled theme while Robbie Williams is dressed up as a rabbit. This created a intertextuality between the music video and the movie.

Another example of intertextuality in a music video is in Taylor Swifts 'Love Story'.

In this there is a Romeo and Juliet theme throughout with Taylor Swift playing the 'Juliet' role. This makes a intertextuality link between the old play/movie and the music video.