1) The author created a word cloud from audience comments on their punk music video to evaluate how viewers responded. Many comments referenced aggression and violence, key conventions of punk music and culture that the video aimed to portray.
2) Viewers also left positive comments calling the video "brilliant" and "inspiring" due to comedic elements and a rebellious narrative, suggesting the author successfully appealed to their target punk music fan audience.
3) Audience feedback commented on the successful use of lip-syncing by the actor, a convention of punk music videos, though some noted it was slightly out of time at points, an aspect the author would improve.
1. In mymusicvideofeedback,Iselectedkeywordsfromthe commentsof mymusicvideoand
placedthemintoa wordcloudto give an overall ideaof how mytarget audience foundthe music
videoandany additional commentstheydidhave onthe videoitself.One frequentlymentioned
theme inthe commentswascommentsinthe semanticfieldof angerorviolence.ThiswaswhatI
was lookingforasmy musicvideoisof punkmusicgenre,whichthese conventionsare keyexamples
of the musictype andthe punkculture itself.Judgingbythe amountof commentsaboutaggression
and violence Icanbegintoevaluate thatI perhapscreateda successful mediaproductwhich
conformedtothe conventionsof punkmusicvideos.Manypeoplealsoagreedthatthe copyright
free footage whichIgainedpermissionfromthe ownershelpedgainamore ruggedfeel tothe video
withthe message behindthesevideoslinkingwiththe lyricsinthe video,forexamplethe cheetah
attackinga gazelle whenthe lyricssay“the hunter”.Ibelievethat aspectsof myvideolike this
helpedtoconformtothe general conventionsof punkmusicandtherefore attractmytarget
audience of listenersof punkmusic,leadingtoanoverall successful mediaproduct.
Many people inthe audience feedbackalsocommentedonthe videocallingit
complimentarywordssuchas“brilliant”and“inspiring” due tothe comedicaspectsof the music
videoincludingthe beggarscene andalsothe “youkeepit,we don’twantit” montage of clipsto
showa rebelliousandanti-establishmentnarrative.Ibelieve thatadjectivessuchasthiscommenting
on mymusic videogivesthe videoapositive lightandperhapssuggeststhatIhave appealed
correctlyto my targetaudience afterreceivingpositivefeedbackfromthemrepresentingmyvideo
as successful asI have managedtoappeal to mymain targetaudience.
2. Varioustechnical aspectsof the musicvideo were commentedoninthe evaluation
commentingonthe successful use of lip-syncingof myactor and theyfeltthatinpunkmusicvideos
a keyconventionislipsyncingwhichIbelieve wasusedsuccessfullyasinotherpunkvideossuchas
‘AmericanIdiot’byGreenDayand ‘CheerUpLondon’by Slaves,thisprovedthatmyvideo
conformedtokeyconventionsof a successful punkmusicvideo.Onthe otherhand,some disagreed
sayingthat the lipsyncingwasto some extentoutof time invariousplacesthroughout,thiswould
be somethingwhichIbelieve Iwouldchange if Ihadthe chance to recreate myvideobymakingmy
actor perhapslearnthe lyricsbetterintime tothe musicinorderto gain a more realisticand
professionallookingmediaproduct.
