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Andrew Goodwin

5 key aspects of music videos

 

 

Thought beats –seeing the sound  - pace of the video – shows the pace of the song 

Narrative and performance – storyline – related to the lyrics – going to reflect the narrative

Performance- shows the artist, dancers, people, fans

The Star image – the look of the artist- representation of the artist in a specific way. Body language, clothes etc  - what they are known by – an image – eg Elvis, 

Relations of visuals to song

Technical aspects of music videos 

 

 

 

Songs fail to give us the whole narrative- we get the gist of the meaning but then we tend to make up our own idea of what is being told.

MVs should have coherent repeatability. Narrative abd performance work hand in hand – makes it easier for the audience to watch over and over m without losing interest  

Lip sync and other mimed actions remains the heart of the music   

 

 

RELATIONS TO VISUALS OF SONG

ILLUSTRATE m- images to illustrate the meaning

AMPLIFY  - makes it bigger, louder

DISJUNCTURE  - this is where the meaning of the song is completely ignored. – random shit in the video – clashes with the song completely. But is effective – but hard to do successfully

Lady Gaga – Just Dance

“ Just Dance” is Lady Gaga’s first music video. Because of this she has to establish her image and type of music to the world.

The video is of her entering a house with people sleeping after partying the night before, she then starts up the party again.

The video portrays her as someone who enjoys to party in a crazy manner, is energetic. Her clothing and behaviour makes her stand out and  becomes her star image. She keeps this image in later videos, making them more crazier

Narrative and performance

Lip syncing - looking at the camera,
she also shows a narrative of her past and struggles, and she is telling her story from her own point of veiw