Analysing music video

The Music Video

our music video met all of Goodwin's points

Voyeurism

. artist performing with band members

Intertextuality

.reverse shot fro RHCP

. text cards from subterrain homesick blues by bob dylan

. paulo nutini - new shoes. concept of artist getting out of bed

. sweve cut between shots from Spaced (directed by Edgar Wright)

Lyrics/visuals

. fiona wears ski cap and vest

. artist presents shoe with line

. when Briarly holds cards up to match lyrics

. LA LA LA signs

. text appears with lyrics and multiple screens

Music/visuals

. Do Do Dos, matches signs with performance

. beat of the chorus. everytime there is a different chorus/verse the beat changes

Selling the Artist

. Max/main singer always main focus

. narrative bout him

. always in shot

. close ups of me face

. in the band, he's in the centre

. wear red which contrasts with other members which stands out

Genre

.Alternative Rock

. conventions of alternative rock is usually to have a band performing, different locations 

(minimum of 2), normal places

. clothing is casual

. abstract lyrics

. experimental

. surreal

. put effort into looking effortless

. referencing to illegality

. met all of these conventions

Todorov said about narrative structure, beginning middle and end with all loose ends tied up, which is true in the case of our music video as at the end the main character meets up with the lead singer tying the loose end of why the man got out of bed and went into town.

Robert Stam said that genres could be defined through the performer and through viewing the artist the audience know what to expect. This works with our music video as Max (main artist) meets all the conventions of an Alternative Rock genre therefore by viewing his performance the audience knows what to expect. 

Throughout the two years our skills have developed a lot. From our children's film to thriller and the music video, especially our editing skills. We have learnt how to match the visuals with music as in the children's film, all the footage was shot and then we just added whatever music we could find and hoped it would work. However when creating our music video we planned exactly what would work well and experimented different ways to see what worked the best. 

Also our planning has improved from our children's film as we weren't well prepared therefore the film wasn't continuous and looked less professional as our music video, which went exactly how we planned it to be. 

For our intertextuality our skills have developed as in our children's film we did not research as much as our music video.