(Planning) Music Videos Questionnaire

This is a questionnaire  template which I have created with the intention of utilising the feedback to  gage what audiences like and dislike about specific genres such as:  house.  Recieving  feedback from the audience is extremey positive and has several benefits such as circulating and gerenating furtehr ideas and developing ongoing ideas which could potentailly be used for our muscic video.

Name: …………………………………………….

Gender (Please Circle)     Male          Female

Age 10- 15                  16 – 21              22 – 27              28+

Occupation:   Student              Employed             Unemployed             Retired

What is your ethnicity? (Please Circle)

 Black African            Black Caribbean             White American        White European             Asian                   Other    

Do you like House Music?  (Please Tick)

Yes         No

Why does house music appeal to you?

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What do you think is conventional to the house genre?

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What do you feel should be shown in a music video of the house genre such as Disclosure - You & Me?

Concept                Narrative                   Performance 

Do you feel that a house music video artist/band should show a star image?  (Please Circle)

Yes                        no

What type of house music appeals to you?

Afro House           electronic House           House              Deep House

How does House music make you feel? (Please Circle)

Up Beating/ Hype                   Smooth and Relaxing

What do you Think makes a good house music video? (Please Circle)

Lighting                                  Costume                            Location          Characters

 Is there any artist that you feel dominates the house genre? (Please state artist and song)

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Do you feel the house genre is mainstream? (Tick One)

        Yes                          No           

Do you feel it’s becoming more popular over the years? (Please Circle)

Yes                             No  

What do you feel is a suitable location for a house music video? (Please Circle)

Club                bar             House            Streets           

What themes do you feel would be conventional to the house genre? (Please Circle)

Love                       Party                             other

Narrative and lyrics should have a relate to the lyrics? (Please circle)

Yes                       No

 Do you feel a house genres should show Intertextual references in their music video? (Please Circle)

Yes                no

Do you feel Women display in notion of looking? (Please Circle)

Yes              No

How do want the video to make you feel? (Please Circle)

Happy                       relaxed                     excited

Ages of the characters that should be in it? (Please Circle)
10 – 15             16 – 21                22 - 27             28 – 33                 34+

From culminating my results from the questionnare, I have used the data to create graphs . I have taen this apprapch on order to have a clearer perspective of my discoveries about the house genre and audiences reaction to this genre.  From doing this, I can see what type of things the audiences prefer about house music videos. This can help me think more specifically about what my group and I will need to input into our own music video.

Do you like house music? As you can see below, I have put the results into a graph and  from this I can identify who I am most likely looking to target in my music video.

Do you feel a music video should have a star image in the `House` genre? From the results, I am able to identfy if  I should portray a star image in my music video .


How do you A house music video must be shown ? I asked this question because I feel that I could see what type of storyline  I should portray and develop  in my music video  to attract  a wider target audience.



Should house music video show an intertexual reference ? I  asked my audience this question because I questioned whether I should  create a hype in my music video.  The results determined not to as it wouldn't really be conventional to the `house` genre.


What type of feeling do you get from listening to `house` music?

This enabled me to  think about the type of  song that I have picked  and consider what I  would include  in my music video. Would I create more hype through the lyrics and visuals, or use more of the technical elements?


I want to now what type of feeling do  you get from listening to house music because I  am questioning whether my song can attractand maintain the audience.



I asked this question because I wanted to know exaclty what audiences feel are the hardest part in  a `House` genre. This is becuase I would like it to be conventional to the house genre and make it appealing to the audience.



Their is different type of `house` music and I feel I would like to know twhich is most appealing to the audience . This is why I chose Ben Perace - What I Might Do. This is because the audience contributed more votes on the original house music.



Here are some of the results I've recieved from the audiences from the house genre.  This is a beneficial process because it shows what column is liked more by the audience. This gives  me and my group ideas which we can think about using in our music video making the music video successful.