Codes and Convention + Audience Research

Audience Research

Today in class, 20 minutes i have spent doing an audience research for my music video.
It was more of an extra work outside class because I had to explore what other people think about my track for the music video.
The questions are open questions, therefore the answers should be wide range and should give a lot of feedback of whether the song links to our ideas or not. 

Here are the questions:

1) What genre of music would classify this as?

2) What type of audience would you imagine listening to this type of music?

3) Would they listened to this music? Explain their answer.

4) What sort of music video would you imagine this having (ask them to be detailed).

I have asked my friends both male and female to listen to my music and give me feedback on the track and what they believe should be in the music video.


The first one was Prim:
- She classified the genre as pop.
- she suggested that the type of audiences is mainly young girls and teenagers. But could also attract older audiences as well.
- She said that she would also listen to this track or this genre because it is relaxing and not boring.
- She believed that in this music video there should be couples going to the beach together, or going on holiday.
The atmosphere is positive throughout the song.


The second one was Mint (sister):
I wanted to interview her because she is a little younger than me and I wanted to know if she had the same style or similar tastes like people in older year groups.
- Firstly she classified the genre as pop
- Secondly, she said that the target market for this music is mostly young, female teenagers or adults.
- Thirdly, she would listen to this track because it is very soothing and its a type of music most people would find nowadays
- Lastly, she believed that the music video would have some perverted things in it. But other than that she suggested that there should be girls dancing and singing or telling a story through music.

The third one was Teekay and Bam:
- They firstly believed that the genre is edm and pop.
- They suggested that the type of audience is female teenagers.
- They would love to listen to this music, 
Bam said why not? but Teekay said that its a trend nowadays with these kind of genres.
- They feel that the lyrics are very "sexual" therefore the music video should include things with implicit meanings, also because the lyrics has starving many times, they believe there should be couples eating strawberries, whip cream etc.


The fourth one was Pete:
- Pete said that the genre is pop as the rhythm is downbeat.
- Pete suggested that the audiences are definitely "Millennial"
- He would listen to this track or the kind of music because its upbeat, cheerful, fun
- He thinks that the music video should be cheerful, fun and set at the park or somewhere with bright imageries.