Audience Research Questionnaire

Audience Research Questionnaire.

1) Gender.

Male

Female

2) How old are you?

0-12

13-16

17-20

21-24

25-30

31-34

35-40

41+

3) what is your occupation?

Student

Employed

Unemployed

Other:…………………………………….

4) What is your favourite music genres? (tick more than one if necessary)

Rock

Metal/ heavy metal

Indie

Punk

Alternative rock

Acoustic

Reggae

R&B

Hip Hop

Dance

Rave

Techno

Drum‘n’Bass

Dubstep

Folk

Other: ……………………………………….

5) How do you purchase your music?

Cd’s

Internet downloads (itunes, napster etc)

File sharing (e.g. limewire)

Other:……………

6) And why?

……………………………….........................................

7) Do you ever illegally download music?

………………………………............................................

8) If so, why?

………………………………..................................

9) How do you listen to music? (Circle as necessary)

Mp3/mp4

Radio

Online (YouTube etc..)

TV/music channels

Mobile phone

Other:……..

10) how often do you listen to the radio?

Everyday

1-3 times a week

4-5 times a week

5+ times a week

Never

11) How do you find out about any new/unsigned music/artists/bands/videos that you may like?

Friends/Word of mouth

Radio

T.V

Internet (Myspace etc)

Reviews

Gigs

Advertisements

Other:…………………….

12) Do you enjoy watching music videos?

Yes

No

13) If so, how often do you watch music videos?

Once a week

2-4 times a week

5+ times a week

13) How do you consume music videos?

TV channels

Youtube

Myspace

Other………………………………...........

14) Would you ever buy music magazines or visit bands websites to check on upcoming events and for interviews/info about the band/artist?

Yes

No

If yes, why?

………………………………......................................................

15) Does the way bands you enjoy listening to/watching dress effect the way you dress?

Yes

No

If yes, why do you think this is?

……………………………….............................................

16) In your own opinion do you think the looks and the way the artists/actors look in a music video is important?

Yes

No

17) How important is it that the narrative of the music video relates to the lyrics in the song?

Very important

Important

Doesn't matter

Don't care

It is not important

Shooting Schedule

Below is what scenes and when we are filming together as a group. This is to help us stick to our deadlines and be finished filming in time to start editing.

In the end we did not use a church, or a shop window for filming locations, but found all of the other locations effective.

Casting - Revised

As our original plan did not go ahead, and we could not get a big cast all in one place at one time, we decided to cut down the number of actors we were going to use and use myself and Guy Walker.
We used myself because i knew i would be reliable to my group and we needed a female actor. I also had no problem with being on camera.
We chose Guy because we knew he is a commited actor as he has been acting with Norwich Theatre Royal for a long time, therefore knowing he is used to being on camera and performing in front of people, would listen to our directions and we also knew he was reliable as he is a good friend, so i trusted him to be where we needed him to be on time without letting us down as we had this problem with other actors before we revised our plans.

Guy Walker -

Charlotte Hodges -

Costumes - Revised.

As the music video will no longer be shot at the beach, we have changed our costume ideas.

We decided to opt for using fashionable, but everyday clothes to give a modern up to date feeling for our music video. An example of this would be, dark shoes and jeans with a t-shirt or polo shirt with a hoody for the boy, with a hoody if it is cold. Skirts and tights with strapped tops and cardigans, or a mini-dress for the girl. We also used these clothes because they are similar to our own dress sense. The choice for these clothing is to give a casual every-day look to the couple, as the settings filmed are supposed to be natural and real.

Grey hoody- We chose a grey hoody to go with the casual theme of our video, the genre acoustic generally means that the artists just dress comfortably, how they feel comfortable, yet in a stylish way. The grey hoody fits into this, as is it for comfort, but also is a key fashion item for men that is very popular amoung young male teenagers, an example of a music video that includes a male wearing a grey hoody is;

Blue straight leg jeans - These jeans represent being casual, we did not want to use skinny jeans, that in fashion represent those into indie music, or big baggy jeans, but the straight leg for a casual look. Also another key piece of clothing in young male teenagers, that dress in a casual sense. We decided it was crucial to use this item of clothing as it does and always had represented popular culture.

Polo shirt- This is an important piece of clothing in our music video as it connotes a casual look and does not connect necessarily to a particular genre in music, but can be worn by anybody in to any kind of music. For example if you logged on to a popular fashion/teenagers clothes shop it would always advertise a polo shirt as they are a part of a popular culture. An example of where a polo shirt could be seen in a music video is; Jamie T - Sticks 'n Stones.

Black shoes/pumps/trainers - these connote a casual look by not being too fancy and can be worn for everyday wear, and fit the teenage look by having a style and label that is generally worn by teenagers, you can find this type of shoe on popular shoe websites such as schuh.

These outfits may be stereotypically casual and for teenagers but we feel that this fits the genre and style of our song and ideas for music videos well, and can contribute to making our video look the best it possibly can, whilst sticking to originality of an persons individual sense of style.

Female Costumes -

For the female in our music video we went for the same style, high street fashion but casual. Such as in the video for;

Below is a picture on a mini skirt, a popular item of clothing for young women, we chose this because it represents a young culture and a feminine look, a skirt of this look has been used in many music videos in the past, such as pop bands, or women in a boy bands video and they are used because of the shaping of them to make a womans body look 'sexy'.

Plain strappy top - We chose this to be the base of most of the womans costumes as it is simple and casual and fits in with our chosen look, the use of this is to show that many acoustic songs videos include a look that are not dressy. So a strappy top is the basis of the casual look, a top like this is shown in the video; therefore this is why we thought it would be a good choice for ours, as the music is also in the same genres.

Cardigan - This is to be worn over the top of a strappy top, the cardigan was chosen because it is in the style of a causual look and will look right on our female lead - it is also featured in many fashion magazines at the present time showing it is an up to date casual look.

Props - Revised

Firewood - As before the use of a fire will be included in our film to show the spark between the two people, it will symbolise romance and love. The light of the fire also matches in with the lyrics of our song - and goes with the title of the light shining.

Photographs - These will be of me and Guy together. We need these pictures to show they were a couple. The boy will throw this photos on the fire to show how he wants to forget about there relationship and the pain he is going through getting over it, and being without her. Pain is shown in this way in many music videos - not necessarily throwing them onto a fire, but in the bin, or ripping them up, so is a recognised way of showing he wants to forget the pain.

A tree swing - Our group decided this had featured in other music videos and films to show a happy time and the time they spend together enjoyable. We managed to locate a swing at my friends house. We always decided to used this because we thought it was quite original, although i have seen it in films before i have not in a music video and is very rare so we thought it would fit well.

Mobile phone x2 - This is to show the couple do not want to be apart and when they are all they want to do is talk because they miss each toher. It shows that when they were in a relationship they were strong and inseperable.
Later on in the video one of the mobiles phones is to show the girl rejecting a call from the boy. This is to show how the relationship has broke down and it is her choice. We chose some of their communication to be via mobile phone as our demographic which is a young audience will relate to this as it is a piece of modern technology.

Alcohol, Whiskey - the alcohol is to symbol depression and sadness when he is missing the girl after she has left, this is often used in films and to represent someone being depressed or upset. In music videos such as;

A phone box - This is used when the boy calls the girl and she rejects it. The boy being inside a phone box can also show how he is stuck and alone. Again, we thought this idea was original as it is an older way of communicating with people therefore not used much in modern music videos.

A suitcase - This is for when the girl is leaving the boy behind and moving away. It emphasises on the point that she is leaving for good, or at least a long time. But the point of this shot is to leave a slight sense of unknowing about where, why and how long she will be gone for.