Questionaire Answers

1) What type of genre would you like to watch the music video for?

Dance; 4

R&B; 4

Trance; 2

POP; 3

Gothic Horror; 1

2) Do you usually watch music videos for entertainment?

Yes; 9

No; 1

3) Are you a fan of the trance genre?

Yes; 7

No; 3

4) What kind of props do you think we should use in our music video?

- Objects relating to the song

- Guitars

- None X2

- Different outfits

- Glow paints X2

- Sticks

- Photos X2

- Car X2

- Paint

5) Which of these shots would you expect to see in a trance music video?

Close up; 6

Long shot; 4

Establishing shot; 5

Aerial shot; 4

Pan shot; 5

Other; 1

6) Would you expect frequent shots of the main artists?

Yes; 7

No; 2

Some; 1

7) Do you expect the use of transitions between shots in music videos?

Yes; 8

No; 2

8) What type of mise-en-scene would you expect to see in a trance music video?

Beach X3

Party X3

Young People

Changes in outfit

Dance routines

Exaggerated make-up

Cars

Houses

Forests X2

Different locations

Dark lighting

Flashbacks

Colourful surroundings

9) Would you like to see a narrative within the music video?

Yes; 7

No; 3

10) Would you prefer the visual footage to relate to the lyrics of the music video?

Yes; 7

No; 3

We created a questionnaire to hand our to potential viewers of our music video, we did this in order to get a wider perspective of ideas from other people outside of our group, with a wide range of taste in music genres. From these results we can see that most people like the trance/pop genre of our music video and that 90% of people asked watch a music video for entertainment, from these results we know to make the video entertaining. We additionally know that the audience would like us to use props such as paints, glow paints photos and objects in relation to the lyrics of the song. We have also learnt that the audience would lie us to use frequent shots of the main artist, but not for this to be the main focus of the music video, we would combine the artist shots with a range of medium, close up, pan and zoom shots. Most people also expect a trance music video to use transitions combined with a narrative and the footage to be in relation to the lyrics and genre of the song. Finally, the viewers would like to see the mise-en-scene to include a beach, a forest or a party scene most. After these more important surroundings people would enjoy seeing colourful outfits which change throughout the video, dance routines, exaggerated make up, well used lighting, flashbacks and colourful surroundings. From this questionnaire we have found that the audience has similar ideas to our initial ideas, and we would like to both include and elaborate on these ideas during the creation of our music video.