Conducting your Research

1.To find out what my audience thinks about the song that i have chosen i created a questionnaire.
2.
1. Do you like the artist Pink?

Yes

No

2. If yes do you like her new song So What?

Yes

No

3. If there was lyrics on the screen of the chorus would you like it?

Yes

No

4. If there’s was lots of flashing in the video would you change the channel or carry on watching the music video?

Yes

No

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5. Would you like the pink video to be?

Animation

Black and White

Color



6.Should the music video be?

Just pink singing

Acting and singing

Dancing

Live show

7. Should the video have a story plot to it?

Yes

No

8. If yes what should it be about?

________________________



9.. Age



11-13 14-16


10. Gender? 



Male



Female

11. Occupation

_____________________________


12. Ethnicity





White British

Irish



Other____________


Black British 

Caribbean

African



Other______________


Asian British

Indian

Pakistani

Bangladeshi



Other_______________



Chinese 


Other______________

Mixed White and Black Caribbean

White and Black African

White and Asian



Other________________


13. What type of music do you listen to? (Pick as many as you want)



Classical


Rock


Jazz


R&B


Techno



Other_________________

14. How would you describe your style? 

_______________________________


15. Who is your favorite musical artist? 



_________________________________


16. What do you like to do in your spare time? 



___________________________________


17. When listening to music on TV what channel do you listen to it on? (Pick as much as you want)

MTV 1
MTV2
MTV HITS
MTV R
MTV BASE
VH1
KISS
THE BOX
4MUSIC
TMF
SMASH HITS
BET UK

Other____________

18. Do you listen to music on the Internet?

Yes

No

19. If yes what website
______________________________

3.The video is going to be about pink looking for her boyfriend/husband and fights people that get in her way. When she finds him she sings the bridge and then she sings the rest of the song 2 him while shouting, at the end of the song she leaves him begging on the floor.

5.I won't have a budget but i have to get a camera to film the video.

7. The video will be filmed different parts of the school outside and in.

8. I have decided to film the video on Wednesday 4th February 2009 when i have a triple lesson of media and on Thursday 5th February when i have double media.

Research Techniques

1. Using libraries, search methods (indexes, catalogs)

Advantages :1. It will be quick to find what you want,

2.You can interpret different sources.

Disadvantages: 1.The information in the book might be outdated

2. The library might be far and will be hard to get to.


2. Using the internet, search methods (search engines)

Advantages: 1.There is lots different search engine you can choice from.

2.also there will more than one links so if one is not right you can click an other.

Disadvantages: The information on some search engines won't be right

3.Photocopying and highlighting key quotes and images

Advantages:1.You can share your work to as many people as you want. 2.Highlights the key points.
Disadvantages:1.The photocopy won't come out as good and won't be as clear. 2.won't be able to read the words..

4.Making Notes

Advantages: Can write the key points that will help you with what your doing.

Disadvantages: Can lose the notes anytime if not in a safe place.

5.Interviews (written, recorded)

Advantages: 1.Written interviews are good for you to right key points the person says 2. recorded interviews are also good as you can replay the interview anytime you want to.

Disadvantages: 1.You can lose the paper 2. the could not hear the person clearly.

6.Observations

Advantages:You can see for yourself what is happening

Disadvantages:You might forget what happened

7.Questionnaire

Advantages:The responses are gathered in a standard way, so questionnaires are more objective, certainly more than interviews.

Disadvantages:Questionnaires are standard so it is not possible to explain any points in the questions that participants might misinterpret.

8.Survey

Advantages:They can be administered from remote locations using mail, email or telephone.

Disadvantages:It may be hard for participants to recall information or to tell the truth about a controversial question.

9.Focus Groups

Advantages:Speak with your people before releasing a product to know if the ideas you've had so far will really work when released.

Disadvantages:Can be expensive and time consuming.

10.Meetings

Advantages:You can have a 1 to 1 with the person.

Disadvantages:You can get nerves also you can make a bad impression to the person your meeting.

Recording Reasearch

I just watched the new Rihanna-Disturba. I watched this on 21st October 2008, the link to the video is:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6zdhHLvT7k6

A just read a review of the video on digital spy. You can read the review on:
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/a127444/rihanna-disturbia.html

On Amazon.co.uk i found a book called: making music videos: everything you need to know from the best in the business.
The book was written by Lara M. Schwartz. The book reveals the 'nuts and bolts' of making a music video, including the technical and managerial skills that producers and directors must have. It also includes development, writing a treatment, budgeting, getting a crew, preproduction to shooting and post production. Also the book has some comments from some of the most biggest names in music-video production today.

What is research?

research is when you want to find out something for work or school of for interest, then you search it up on a search engine (Google, yahoo, wikipedia and ask jeeves). you also can research things using books, interviews,any internet sites, vox pops and many other things.