In class we looked into audience research to find out what type of music people like and how they go about listening and purchasing their favourite albums. I drew up a questionnaire to help me conduct my research. Questionnaire 1. Name ___________________________________ 2. Age: 16 – 18 19 – 21 22 – 25 25 – […]

When analysing a music video it is important to use critical response. Here are the main questions you must consider when responding to a music video: What is effective about the music video? What doesn’t work? Does it appeal to the audience? What would you have done differently if you were producing the music video? […]

In class my teacher had asked all of us to create an individual mood board that showed our musical influences. I then went to the computer and download pictures of artists, band logos, and song lyrics that I like and also that are influential to me. Here is a picture of my mood board. On […]

With the knowledge I have picked up in class about Adrew Goodwin’s theory, (you can see this from my previous blog post) I will now analyse a music video of my choice. For this I have chosen to analyse:     The music video fits the genre as it is a pop/rock song. You can […]

Andrew Goodwin wrote the book “Dancing in the Distraction Factory” published in 1992 he disscussed music video as a form, which had not been done before. He also defined certain characteristics that make a music video successful, which is what I will be developing in this blog post. The 5 characteristics to make a music […]