Planning - Demographics (File Sharing) - Justin Timberlake

File Sharing

This information shows the popular locations where Justin Timberlake's music has been shared through different files. The most popular country is America followed by the United Kingdom. Evidently, Justin Timberlake's main target audience is based in America. However, it is important to remember than he operates on a global scale which shows how wide his audience actually is. This enables people to file share his music.

In our music video for our coursework, I think that that we need to keep in mind the methods of file sharing as well as the locations where file sharing is acceptable. 

Planning - Demographics (Age Distribution) - Justin Timberlake

Age Distribution

This shows the demographic of age distribution for our chosen music artist, Justin Timberlake. The table and graph shows that the most popular age distribution is 18-24 followed by 25-35, with the majority of the target audience being female. It is clearly evident that the target audience for Justin Timberlake are young women between the ages of 18 and 35. Although other people from different ages, male and female, listen to Justin Timberlake, it is important that he focuses on them and relates the music video and narrative to the target audience as they will understand it and buy/watch the song.

This information will enable our group to focus on a particular target audience and be able to relate to them. It will be beneficial if our group focus on the target audience in the ages of 18-35. These are young adults who will be able to relate to the narrative and enjoy the music video, allowing our group to receive high views.

Planning - Demographics (Fan Base) - Justin Timberlake

Fan Base

This shows the demographic of the Fan Base for our chosen music artist, Justin Timberlake. The graph shows that the most popular social fan base for Justin Timberlake is Twitter where he has 38.5K fans. It is clearly evident that Twitter is the most popular way for celebrities to gain followers and fans. Many people follow Justin Timberlake and it is important that he focuses on them and relates the music video and narrative to the target audience as they will understand it and buy/watch the song. It is a good way for fans to stay in touch with their chosen music artist as there are many ways which they can do this socially.

This information will enable our group to focus on a particular social fan base and be able to relate to them. It will be beneficial if our group focus on the different social networks where fans can follow their artist such as Twitter and Facebook. 

Planning - Demographics (Popular Social Networks) - Justin Timberlake

Popular Social Networks

 

This shows the demographic of Popular Social Networks for our chosen music artist, Justin Timberlake. The graph shows that the most popular social network is SoundCloud evidently as it has the most plays followed by LastFM. Although Youtube is popular, it does not have the most plays. It is clearly evident that the target social networking site is SoundCloud for Justin Timberlake. Although most people listen to Justin Timberlake on sound Cloud, it is important to remember that Youtube is the biggest Social Networking site.

This information will enable our group to focus on playing our video on the most popular social networking sites. 

Planning - Demographics (Location) - Justin Timberlake

Location

This information shows the popular locations where Justin Timberlake's music is played. The most popular country is America and the most popular city is New york. Evidently, Justin Timberlake's main target audience is based in New York in America. However, it is important to remember than he operates on a global scale which shows how wide his audience actually is. It would be good for Justin Timberlake to relate to this audience as it will keep them interested and attracted to his music.

In our music video for our coursework, I think that that we need to keep in mind the location of our target audience so we can relate to them and ensure that we obtain high views.

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Planning - Characteristics of Music Videos.

Characteristics:

• Generally music videos are between 3-5 minutes long. 
• Songs that are longer usually get compressed, so MTV can play more videos. 
• There are anomalies from the 60's and 70's ( Bohemian rhapsody). 
• Music videos demonstrate genre characteristics (eg. stage performance in metal video).
• There is a relationship between music and visual.