Analysing Music Videos

Lazy Song – Bruno Mars • How are the band/artist represented? Is this similar across the videos?

The artist is represented as a monkey and it is shown to be comedy.

• What relationship exists between the images and the lyrics in the chosen videos?

The artists and the dancers so dance moves which clearly shows the lyrics.

• What relationship exists between the music and the images?

The artist and the dancers dance in a certain way depending on the beat of the music, so this is a big link between the two.

• Are there any inter-textual references to other media forms? If so, who/what?

N/A

• Is it possible to see any common features in music videos?

Most common features in music videos is obviously acting and dancing to represent the lyrics of the song. This video follows this convention.

• What taglines or catchphrases are present?

N/A

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLexgOxsZu0

Bittersweet Symphony – The Verve

• How are the band/artist represented? Is this similar across the videos?The artist is represented in a care free way. This is shown by him walking down a busy street and not been phased by anybody walking past him.

• What relationship exists between the images and the lyrics in the chosen videos?The images and lyrics don’t link together very well considering the actual video. This is because the artist is just walking down a street, singing about everyday life. The images doesn’t mirror the lyrics.

• What relationship exists between the music and the images?There isn’t a link between the music and the images, which is unconventional for a music video. The artist is just continually walking down a street, and this doesn’t change regardless to the music.

• Are there any inter-textual references to other media forms? If so, who/what?N/A

• Is it possible to see any common features in music videos?Common features in this music video is he obvious, where you can see the artist singing, however he isn’t dancing, because it doesn’t fit the genre of the song.

• What taglines or catchphrases are present?N/A

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lyu1KKwC74

Dakota – Stereophonics

• How are the band/artist represented? Is this similar across the videos?The video cuts from the band singing and performing to acting. The chorus, which is the most catching part of the song, is shown with the band singing and all attention is on them. The rest of the song is of acting explaining the lyrics of the song.

• What relationship exists between the images and the lyrics in the chosen videos?The images relates to the lyrics well, as you can see the band singing the lyrics. The images explain the lyrics by the acting which is in the music video and also how the band present themselves.

• What relationship exists between the music and the images?In the video, there is car which travels fast throughout the video. This links to the music because the beat of the music is also fast. Also, where there you can hear a guitar playing, you can see the band actually playing.

• Are there any inter-textual references to other media forms? If so, who/what?N/A

• Is it possible to see any common features in music videos?There are the usual common features in this video. This is because acting is in this video and also the band actually performs for the audience to see.

• What taglines or catchphrases are present?N/A

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUHjDJxkcSE

Naïve – The Kooks

• How are the band/artist represented? Is this similar across the videos?The artist is represented in a different way than modern artists today. This is portrayed through the style of clothing and the actual music video. All the video is acting and nothing that you would expect to see in a music video, as there is no dancing etc.

• What relationship exists between the images and the lyrics in the chosen videos?The link between the lyrics and the images are that you can see the artist actually singing the lyrics. The acting parts also represent what the lyrics meaning.

• What relationship exists between the music and the images?The music fits with the images. When the pace of the music changes so does the acting on the music video.

• Are there any inter-textual references to other media forms? If so, who/what?N/A

• Is it possible to see any common features in music videos?Nothing else is different in this music video other than the acting explaining the lyrics.

• What taglines or catchphrases are present?N/A

http://new.music.yahoo.com/videos/TheKooks/Na%C3%AFve--36235926