Audience Survey

Media survey-Music Videos

Survey URL: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/RWGC87J

Survey data

Why do you think this?

•        A way of adding visuals, such as telling a story that fits with the song
•       Sometimes videos have nothing to do with the song and are pointless
•       Song can be played by itself but a video cannot be enjoyed without the music
•       The videos aren’t related to the song most of the time
•       I associate music with feelings, not visual images
•       I often get emotions that the artist is feeling by watching the music video of a song
•       I generally just listen to music as background whilst looking at other things
•       Most people listen to sic on the go few people watch it or rate a song on its video

Do prefer it when the video has the band performing the song, the song being played over a narrative or a mix of both?

•       Narrative as I can watch the band live d I wanted t see the  but a narrative keeps be hooked
•       Mix of both (X5)
•       The band performing the song
•       The song being played over a narrative.

What kind of story is being told in the narrative music videos that you have seen, does it link to the song or foes it have very little relevance?

•          (PP) something about a couple, but some a bit more meaningful with real life problems in them
•      Sometimes
•     A bit of both
•   Most of the time there isn’t a story, and it has very little relevance
•      Often depressing or humourous, little relation to the actual music
•      Usually it is linked with the song however occasionally the video wil have little relevance
•      Boy meets girl is very common, as is drug use; generally there are tiny links.
•      Some relevant, some aren’t.

Do you prefer the narrative to last as long as the song or longer?

•       As long as the song x8

What kind of story would you expect to see in a music video featuring a song about a failing relationship? What do you expect to see in the end?

•       A sad one about how the relationship ended. At the end a shot of how sad the person is
•       Upsetting and tragic. With an emotionally oppressive denouement.
•       I would expect to see sadness, possibly regret and the distressed state of the couple as the relationship tumbles through the stages of decline. At the end I expect a breakup to occur or possibly a re-kindling of the relationship, which would bring much joy to the viewer.
•       Spilt milk, people crying, shouting At the end there would be something like a new person
•       Two lives that are happy when apart and then there’s reoccurring sense of them together and they just end up arguing. End with mutual break-up, smiling hug.
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