Interview Analysis

1. INTERVIEW ANALYSIS
Eleanor Waring

2. Q1: WHAT EMOTIONS AND CHARACTERISTICS DO YOU EXPECT TO SEE IN
AN INDIE MUSIC VIDEO?
The interviewee claimed that there would be a lot of emotion featured in an indie music video.
This could suggest there is a wide range of different and intense emotions usually featured in
indie music videos. We can incorporate this into our ideas and feature a range of different
emotions in the music video. The participant also said that he would usually expect to see sad
emotion featured in an indie video, this infers that sadness is the theme of most indie videos,
which we can bare in mind when creating our video because we may need to have a theme of
sadness too because it fits in with the genre of the band.

3. Q2: WHAT COMES TO YOUR MIND WHEN YOU THINK OF THE BAND ‘THE
SCRIPT’?
The interviewee said that The Script have a lot of emotional songs. This implies that the
audience of The Script listen to their songs in emotional times, not in times of celebrating or
partying. This is important because, from this, we understand that the songs from the artist we
have chosen are meaningful and emotional. Therefore the music video will have to
compliment this in an appropriate way.

4. Q3: WHAT MEANING DO INTERPRET FROM THE SONG ‘THE MAN WHO
CAN’T BE MOVED’?
The answer to this question was that the song involved a relationship which was sad, possibly
about a breakup. The song’s meaning to the audience appears to be about a relationship
failing, using this it gives us an idea for the video we will recreate. We could involve a couple
who are in a relationship which is breaking down, however we could use the audience's
interpretation as a way to make a twist in the video. For example we could focus the music
video on something other than a relationship breakdown so that the audience will be more
intrigued by the video and therefore are more likely to watch it more and consequently
widening the audience for the band.

5. Q4: WHICH OTHER ARTISTS DO YOU VALUE AND WHY?
The person we interviewed said they value bands such as The Wombats, The Blossoms and
The Foals. This gives us a insight into what other bands the audience enjoy. All of these bands
are indie bands, therefore it fits in with the genre of music we are studying. We can research
these bands and gather ideas and common conventions used in their videos, which will
ultimately inspire our final product.

6. Q5: IF WE WERE TO RECREATE THE MUSIC VIDEO FOR ‘THE MAN WHO
CAN’T BE MOVED’ WHAT FEATURES AND CONTENT WOULD YOU EXPECT
TO SEE?
The participants said he would definitely expect to see the band featured in the video, this
infers that featuring the band in an indie music video is a common convention for this genre.
Also the interviewee said that he would expect the video to feature sad emotion. This inspires
our group to include a storyline in the music video which has a sad theme to it as this is
expected from the audience.

7. Q6: WOULD YOU EXPECT TO SEE THE BAND FEATURED IN AN INDIE
MUSIC VIDEO?
The person interviewed said they would expect to see the band featured in the music video as
it is a common convention for the chosen genre. This gives us ideas for our video as the band
could be included in the video in a numerous amount of ways, such as, playing live as a band,
playing a role in the storyline or simply just featured in the background of the ongoing
storyline.