Questionnaire

I have printed these questions out and will be asking people to fill them in.

1. Do you enjoy music within the Rock genre?

2. Can you think of any artists who may be a part of this genre?

3. What clothing/accessories would you expect to see a female artist of this genre wearing?

4. Which type of music video do you prefer?

Amplification (Mostly lip syncing and sound beats with a lot of the lyrics reflected in the action.)

Illustration (Doesn’t always reference the lyrics of the song, yet retains some meaning.)

Contradicting (Where the video is not related to the song.)

5. Do you feel female artists could still look visually attractive whilst wearing a ‘trademark’ face paint/makeup?

Yes No

6. Do you enjoy seeing a narrative run throughout a music video?

Yes No

7. When watching a music video, what do you prefer to see?

A mix of performance and narrative.

All Performance.

All Narrative.

8. When watching music videos, which of the following camera shots do you enjoy seeing most and why?

Mechanical/Crane Shots

Crash/Cut Zooms

Point Of View Shots

9. Are there any particular features you would expect to see in a Rock video? If Yes, what features?

Yes No

Typical Audience Profile

Performance Paramore Hey!Monday Flyleaf FemaleVocalist Tour
Love Happy Beach Flashbacks Black&White
Cheating Lies Unfaithfull Loser
Pop/Rock Fun FollowingTheHeart Rain
Friends SplitScreen Boy&Girl GoodTimes BadTimes Contrasts
MeatShots Summer

A typical audience member at a show like this would be between 14 and 18 and is probably into bright colours and softer music. They would also generally be quite creative and artistically talented. Some would have facial piercings and bright coloured hair, others just dress the part, such as skinny jeans. Other bands that would be in the same genre or music type as what I am looking at is Fall Out Boy, Cobra Starship, Panic at the Disco, VersaEmerge, and The Ready Set.

Emailing Enquiry to Band Management

The image above is a screenshot of the email we sent to the bands management.

The song we've chosen to use is 'Fences' by 'Paramore'.

info@flysouthmusic.com

Magazine Advert Analysis

All of these magazine adverts for albums have typical elements that is generally seen in most album advertisements.

For example, the date of release is posted at the bottom of the page, and this is a general quality in magazines.

Another similarity between these advertisements in particular, is that the band whose album they are advertising has their logo posted in the center of the page on a large scale, as people are familiar with this image and will associate this with the band in question.

Another typical element is that the bands name has been displayed in a larger font at the top of the page, immediately getting the message across. It also has the bands website across the bottom of the page in small print, that will contain further information.

To categorise genres when it comes to album advertisements, you usually see that when it comes to the rock genre, the advertisements generally don't contain an image of the band themselves.

Music Video Analysis Powerpoint (Aerosmith - Love In An Elevator)

Aerosmith

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9 Frame Analysis

The music video I have used is 'Pretending' by HIM. I chose this video because it has a different and interesting way of using camera angles to achieve a certain look, in this case, it gives the feeling of a rollercoaster ride.

The video is purely just performance, and doesn't have any storyline to it.

As you can see in each frame there are very different camera angles, including high angles, long shots, side angles, close ups etc. And the video itself can give a feeling of motion sickness!

The setting it's in is not relevant, in fact the video is not relevant to it's lyrics at all.
The mise en scene has no hidden meanings or relevance to the song either.

The whole video is mainly based around cinematography, and the interesting angles it uses.

Lip Synching Video

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