Music Video Vox Pop and analysis

1. What basic qualities do you like in a music video?

- Becky Boyfield - "I enjoy narrative and performance"
- Jessica Shea - "Seeing what stories they come up with"
- Mrs Conley - "I like to see a lot of performance, particularly if it's flamboyant"
- Georgina Stevens - "It has to be really good recording with proper equipment, so you get a clear image"
- Callum Thompson - "If it's entertaining and keeps me wanting to watch it"
- Miss Yemc - "Something a bit different...something that I've not seen before...interesting story, interesting visuals"
-Kuziva Mutisi - "Something that grabs my attention and is memorable"
- Aaron Bailey - "Something that's eye catching and keeps your attention all the way through"
 
From the responses to this question it is clear people like to see things that capture their attention and keep it them interested. We can see that most of the audience enjoy narrative and performance story lines that contribute to the entertainment of the music video. my music video will have both narrative and performance that will describe the lyrics.


2. What style of music video  you prefer, narrative or performance?

- Becky Boyfield - "Both"
- Jessica Shea - "I like both but I think I prefer narrative"
- Mrs Conley - "Performance, I don't like it when they have a film in the front with all the talking. I can't stand anything with cartoons in"
- Georgina Stevens - "Narrative because I think you can get more into a music video when it's telling a story"
- Callum Thompson - "Narrative"
- Miss Yemc - "Narrative but possibly a mixture of both. A purely performance one wouldn't interest me"
- Kuziva Mutisi - "Performance"
- Aaron Bailey - "Narrative

The majority of people said they preferred a narrative story line, however there were members of the audience that said they enjoy a performance storyline as well.

3. When you think of Indie genre, what comes to mind?
-Becky Boyfield - "Acoustic guitars and a country side, homely location"
- Jessica Shea - "Quite laid back and relaxing"
- Mrs Conley - "The Stone Roses"
- Georgina Stevens - "Small scale bands, so things like 'The Little Comets' and 'The Foals' that progress into a more mainstream style"
- Callum Thompson - "Alternative rock and stuff people don't normally listen to"
- Miss Yemc - "Something a bit different, so an interesting visual style, something memorable, something that I've not seen before"
- Kuziva Mutisi - "A lot of guitars, very bright and creative"
- Aaron Bailey - "More casual than most genres, lots of guitars"

The responses were all very different, the people we asked have different tastes to what they think of Indie music videos.

4. How do you usually discover your music, print or web?
- Becky Boyfield - "The web"
- Jessica Shea - "Usually web"
- Mrs Conley - "Website called 'Bandcamp where you can explore new music videos and artists and music festivals"
- Georgina Stevens - "The web"
- Callum Thompson - "Web"
- Miss Yemc - "Web"
- Kuziva Mutisi - "Web"
- Aaron Bailey - "Web"
From these responses it is clear that nobody discovers their music on the web, they discover it normally on the web, this will be website like YouTube and other music stations like Spotify or ITunes.

5. What is your favourite music genre?
- Becky Boyfield - "Indie or Alternative"
- Jessica Shea - "Mostly pop, a bit of rock as well"
- Mrs Conley - "Rock and a bit pop"
- Georgina Stevens - "Indie"
- Callum Thompson - "Classic Rock"
- Miss Yemc - "Dance Music, electronic and indie a little bit"
- Kuziva Mutisi - "R&B"
- Aaron Bailey - "Indie"

We can see from these results that there is a range of different preferences in terms of genre, but Indie did come up most often which shows this genre appals to most people.