Questionnaire

I have created a questionnaire asking the public various questions surrounding female singer/songwriters which relates to the artist of our music video, Kate Nash. I will upload an example of a completed one once I have distributed them.

Questionnaire on female singer/songwriters
1)Name your favourite female singer(s)?

2)What do you like about them?

3)What is their music genre?

4)Are you a fan of Kate Nash?

5)If yes, what do you like about Kate Nash?

6)What attracts you to an artist?

7)What is your favourite CD album cover?

8)Why do you like it?

9)What do you like about your favourite female singers recent music video?


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Lily Allen CD cover

With this album cover the first thing I notice is the large black letter ‘L’. This could represent her name, Lily or, the word love and a lot of her songs are centred on love and relationships. Further evidence of this is the album title which is ‘It’s not me. It’s you’ which is a twist on the favourable break-up line ‘It’s not you. It’s me.’ This shows us that this album might focus on the break up of a relationship where Lily is very blunt and feisty in her words. It is unclear whether she is pushing love away or wanting to be surrounded by it as she’s lying in the groove of the ‘L’ but has her legs pushed up against it and her arms stretched out protecting her. Her face looks quite content as she has a soft smile and her eyes are closed. This could represent that she is at peace and is happy but it could also show that she is blocking the rest of the world out of her mind. The colour black is harsh and represents darkness and unhappiness; however the pink softens it and gives it a girly touch. Her pink dress is very pretty and sophisticated too showing she has matured as a woman and in her music as before she would wear dresses and trainers and her last album cover was based on the youth of today with bicycles and big gold hoop earrings. Whereas, in this album cover she is very grown up and the fact that’s she’s wearing no shoes shows she is comfortable in her surroundings. The head piece she is wearing is usually worn at a funeral which adds a sombre note to the cover which could reflect the ‘death’ or ending of a relationship.

Katy Perry album cover analysis

Katy Perry’s album cover to ‘One of the Boys’ is very girly and has an old fashioned twist to it. The first thing I noticed was the name ‘Katy Perry’ which is in a typography which is reminiscent of the writing used in old 50’s adverts. It is bright pink which is a contrast to the blue of ‘One of the Boys’. The main focus is on her name and the photo of Katy Perry. The title of the album suggests that she feels comfortable in the presence of boys or that she is a bit promiscuous and is always with the boys she’s now part of their group. However, the rest of the album cover is a juxtaposition of this statement as it is very feminine with a lot of the colour pink and flowers. I think the image is based around a 1950’s wife with the white picket fence, record player, and clothes. There is also voyeurism here as she is dressed in short shorts and is lying across a sun lounger. So maybe the title of the album is saying boys would want her to be ‘one of them’ meaning they would want her to hang around with them. Her face is looking straight into the camera showing us that she is very confident and has nothing to hide.

Adele CD cover analysis

This is Adele’s album called ‘19’. The first thing that I notice is the black of the background and the outline around Adele’s face. The fact that we cannot see her whole face shows that she is hiding her true identity. Also, as her face is half in shadow, half in light means she could be hiding something or has a dark side to her character. Her eyes are closed too which supports the idea that she is hiding something as the eyes can reveal a person’s feelings but as we cannot see her, it means we are stopped from seeing her truth. Her eyes being closed could also signify that she doesn’t want to look at the world and is shutting herself out. It is a very simple CD cover with just block colour, the artist’s name, title and photo. The white of the name and title stands out against the harshness of the black. ‘ADELE’, is written in block capitals in a bold typography whereas ‘19’ looks more handwritten. This could reflect on the fact that the songs of the album are all written by her. I think that when this album was being produced/released, Adele herself was around the age of 19 which means the album could be about her life up to the age of 19.