Arctic Monkeys - I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor: Blog tasks

 Arctic Monkeys: Audience


1) What do we know about the Arctic Monkeys audience? Think demographics, psychographics and how they got into the band.
 The audience of artic monkeys are likely to be a white, middle class and young. Psychographic groups might be reformers and explorers

2) What audience pleasures are offered by the music video for I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor?

It includes diversion and the son is upbeat and fast paces

3) Pick out three particular shots, scenes or moments in the video that would particularly appeal to Arctic Monkeys fans. Why did you choose those moments?

 a) The opening shot of the band walking down the stairs, which establishes their cool and confident demeanor
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b) The shot of lead singer Alex Turner singing directly to the camera, which creates a sense of intimacy and connection with the audience 

 c) The shot of the crowd dancing wildly and singing along to the chorus, which captures The excitment at a artic monkey concert

4) How did fans take a leading role in making Arctic Monkeys famous back in 2005?

They handed out cds and gained followers of myspace

5) How are fans positioned to respond to the band? What does Arctic Monkeys want fans to think about their video?
 They want to them to think they are at a real show

Arctic Monkeys: Industry

1) How did the Arctic Monkeys first achieve success and build up their fanbase?
 They used to give away to fans burnt CDS

2) Why was P2P file sharing and MySpace an unexpected aspect to Arctic Monkeys' early success?
 It encourages people to talk and share their music which gained them popularity

3) How does the rise of Arctic Monkeys differ from how BLACKPINK were formed and became famous?
 They were school friends and wrote songs based on their lives and what they save in the nights out in Sheffield 

4) Who is Arctic Monkeys record label and how many copies did they sell of their debut album? Why did they choose an independent record label?

In the first week of release they sold over 82,000 units and they chose to be an independant record label because they wanted to be independant and not be bossed around

5) Looking at the wider music industry, has the internet been a positive or negative development for record companies and artists? Why?

They had an positive effect in term of exposing new and unusual artists to the market and a very negative effect on compensation paid to said artists.

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