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- 1. Genre: Alternative, Indie
Goodwins Theory
2. Andrew Goodwin identified 7 key ideas that we should look for
to identify:
Music videos demonstrate genre characteristics (e.g. stage
performance in metal video, dance routine for boy/ girl
band.)
There is a relationship between lyrics and visuals. (Either
illustrative, amplifying and contradicting.)
There is a relationship between music and visuals. (Either
illustrative, amplifying and contradicting.)
The demands of the record label will include the need for lots of
close ups of the artist and the artist may develop motifs which
recur across their work ( a visual style.)
There is frequently reference to notion o looking (screens within
screen, telescopes, etc. ) and particularly voyeuristic (sexual)
treatment of the female body.
There is often intertextual reference (to films, TV programmes,
other music videos etc.)
Whether the video is primarily performance based, narrative based
or concept based and how elements of each is used in it.
3. Song: Kiss With A Fist Florence And The Machine
I am going to analyse a song called Kiss With A Fist by a band
called Florence And The Machine. This video is an example of the
Goodwins theory. The music video has inspired me with my music
video as this is within the same genre; so its contains similar
characteristics.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SmxVCM39j4&ob=av3e
4. Genre Characteristics
The genre characteristics for Indie genre has a huge variety of
conventions, the hue can be dark, bright orblack and white
depending on the tone of the lyrics.
Sometimesthe artists do not even feature in the music video for
their songs. However Indie music videos can beperformance based
either featuring the entire band, or simply featuring the main
vocalist. Narrative music videos in the Indie genre
aretypicallyquite arty, and symbolic, rather than spelling out
exactly what the lyrics say.
As Indie has a variety of conventions, in this music video the hue
is bright; this shows that this song is happy and fun. Although the
song is about violence, it is portrayed in a positive way; this
could be a reason of the flowers in a heart shape.
5. 2. Relationship between lyric and visuals
This isnt an illustrative video as there is no word on the screen.
This is a amplifying video as the lyrics reflect what is being said
in the video. We will make our music video similar to this video in
terms of the relationship between lyric and visuals.
A kick in the teeth There is a close up of the artist kicking high
up. This may be used to emphasis the kick and show how she kicked
high up to reach the teeth.
So I sit back and watch the bed burn
The artist is standing in front of the burning bed. This gives us
visuals of the burning bed.
Then I set fire to our bedThis shot repeats the burning bed and
shows the artist dancing. This shows her joy from setting fire to
the bed.
I hit you back This shot shows the artist punching someone. This
POV shot makes us feel part of the video and highlights the
punching.
6. 3. Relationship between music and visuals
The music and the visuals go together, the editing goes as the beat
comes. For example in the first image, it shows a shot of the
artist beating up things; as she hits something, it goes with the
beat. This shows that the beat from each beat of the song can
represent each hit in the fight of the couple. In the second and
third image the artist is dancing. As the song got closer to the
end, there was more instruments and more beats. When this happened
the artist started to dance faster to go in time with the
beat.
In our music video we will also make sure there is a relationship
between music and visuals. Similar to this video we may choose to
have faster actions as the beat gets faster or have a change of
scenery.
7. 4. Demand of close ups
Close ups are important with new artists as it establishes them.
The first image is the first shot of the artist. This extreme close
up of the artist establishes her and gives a connection with the
audience and allows them to also recognise her more with the eye
contact. There are many close ups in this video. As this is the
artists first music video this is essential to get her face known
buy the public. This close up is showing us the guy the artist
could be singing about.
In our music video we are also going to contain close ups of our
band. This is to help establish them as artists and to become more
recognised.
8. 5. Notion of looking and voyeurism
Notion of looking in music videos is where for example there may be
telescopes or screens within screens or jus people looking within
the camera. Voyeurism is a perversion in which a person receives
sexual gratification from seeing the genitalia of others or
witnessing others sexual behaviour.
The notion of looking in the first shot shows the artist and the
guy looking at each other. This shows that there is a sort of
relationship between them. As the artist looks like she is about to
hit him suggests shes angry with him and taking it out on him as he
may be the cause of it. How close the are may suggest a once
intimate relationship. In the second and third shot, the artist is
dancing shaking her hips. This may cause men to see her in a
sexually way because as shes dancing and wearing stockings, you can
roughly see her underwear. It is fully shown in the third shot as
wind is coming from underneath her. The wind may also make her look
more seductive as her hair is blowing and her skirt is going
up.
Our music video will also contain voyeurism to attract a male
audience.
9. 6. Intertextual reference
The intertextual reference in this shot is the light. These lights
are symbols of China.
In our music video we may decide to include intertextual reference
although we may not decide to do so, this is so there is a focus of
the band.
10. 7. Performance based, narrative based or concept based?
This video is a performance based as the artist is performing
throughout the whole video. This video can also be seen as concept
based as the concept is violence in a relationship.
We have decided to have more of a narrative based rather than
performance based as performance based will cost more
money.