1) Male or Female?
I think it's important to know what gender our interviewee was. This would show if there was a distinction between what girls like and dislike in music videos, and if gender actually changed people's ideas about what looks good in a music video.
2) Which of these features in a music video do you think are becoming boring?
This was the main idea behind our survey. We did not want our music video idea to be predictable, boring or unoriginal. So by asking what people found boring gives us an understanding of what not to do. Our options were; Dancing, Romantic Storylines, Sexualised Imagery, Dark Storylines, Special Effects. Romantic Storylines was seen as most boring, followed by Dancing, then Sexualised Imagery, then Dark Storylines and last was Special Effects. This order doesn't surprise me considering the music videos that are made and released nowadays. They are mainly focused on dancing and sexualised imagery
3) What would you like to see more of in music videos?
Our options were the same as the question before: Dancing, Romantic Storylines, Sexualised Imagery, Dark Storylines, Special Effects. This question would again show us maybe what path to go down for our music video, it would definitely make us think outside the box. Our results showed that people would like to see more Dark Storylines, then Dancing, then Sexualised Imagery, then Special Effects and last Romantic Storylines. This result surprised me because of the assumption that girls would want more romantic story lines, but it seems that both boys and girls want darker story lines portrayed in music videos.
4) What is your favourite genre of music?
Our options for this question were: Pop, Rock, Rap, R&B, Indie, Dance, House. It was important for us to see what our interviewees listened to and what genre they were basing their answers on. Because there is a massive difference between typical conventions of an R&B video and the typical conventions of a Rock video. Most of our interviewees' favourite genre was Pop, then Indie, then R&B, then Rock, then House and last were Dance and Rap. This result doesn't surprise me because of the sudden surge of indie music in the pop charts.
5) Rank these prolific music videos in order of preference
We compiled a list of iconic music videos, ranging in genre and whether they were storyline or dancing. The list was: Frozen - Madonna, Telephone - Lady Gaga Ft. Beyonce, Single Ladies - Beyonce, Billie Jean - Michael Jackson, Thriller - Michael Jackson, Stan - Eminem, Take On Me - aHa. These music videos to us are really iconic and most people will have seen them. Our results show that the most iconic music video to our interviewees was Thriller, then Telephone, then Single Ladies, then Billie Jean, then Stan, then Take On Me, then Frozen.
Excellent work here. You have written in detail the reasons for your questions and you have shown the answers appropriately in your Kizoa presentation. SG
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