Showing posts with label Music Videos. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Music Videos. Show all posts
Thursday, 8 September 2011
ROCKSTAR
Features | Observation | Examples |
Genre Characteristics | There are women and men in these video and at all different ages, which tell me that a lot of people will like this video. | The whole video. |
Relationship Between Lyrics and Visual | The video has some relevance to the lyrics | When they talk about playboy there is a typical girl with big boobs and blonde hair outside the playboy mansion |
Relationship Between Music and Visual | There is so relationship in the video, when the lyrics say about cutting his hair he then grabs his hair implying that he has cut it. | ‘Cut my hair and changed my name’ in the video. |
Artist close-ups and star image motifs | You only see Nickelback at the end of the video and even then I would say that’s a mid shot. | Right at the very end of the music video. |
Reference to the notion of looking | ||
Intertexual reference | NO | |
Video category | Disjuncture | The video don’t have anything to do with the music. |
Why did you choose the text you are analysing?
Because it a very good music video and song. I like the way that they have thought out side the box when making this video.
In what context did you encounter it?
I just tried to think of an interesting music video while going though my iPod and Rockstar by Nickelback came up.
What influence do you think this context might have had on your interpretation of the text?
Well I think it has gave us more ideas on the sort of music video we could do.
Which conventions of the genre do you recognize in the text?
Disjuncture is the genre of this music video because the video has nothing to do with the song.
To what extent does this text stretch the conventions of its genre?
It doesn’t really stretch the convention of the genre.
Where and why does the text depart from the conventions of the genre?
Probably when the act on some of the lyrics so you know what it’s about or when you see Nickelback in concert at the end.
What sort of audience did you feel that the video was aimed at (and how typical was this of the genre/style of music)?
Guessing that the video was aimed at people that like listening to Nickelback music. And for me he comes under the category of quite a rocky genre. So he would be targeting people that like rock music.
What sort of person does it assume you are?
Well if I am watching a Nickelback music video guessing a guy that likes Nickelback music.
What responses does the video seem to expect from you?
That a lot of people want the same things in the song and that everyone wants to be the big shot in life
How open to negotiation is your response (are you invited, instructed or coerced to respond in particular ways)?
Yeah I would say that’s it’s an inviting video because the people that are singing it are smiling so it gives you an inviting feeling. (But that’s just me)
Is there any penalty for not responding in the expected ways?
Well if you don’t like the music then you would get bored and therefore not entertained.
How typical do you think this video is of music videos?
Not very because it’s a very unusual video, but a typical rock video would be them at a concert in my eyes with lots of guitars and drums.
Monday, 5 September 2011
The Ramones- R.A.M.O.N.E.S.
Song Analysis
Features | Observation | Examples |
Genre Characteristics | This is just a performing video where the Ramones just sing the song and a concert | The video shows them doing the performance. |
Relationship Between Lyrics and Visual | They are not syncing the word because they are performing at their last concert. | The music video. |
Relationship Between Music and Visual | All of the word and song are at the same pace of the video. It visual shows them singing the song. There is different shot in the clip, | The whole video. Some from high up and from the crowd to make you feel like your there. |
Artist close-ups and star image motifs | They are together in the video performing as a band, there is some close ups on the lead singer. | Parts of the video. |
Reference to the notion of looking | ||
Intertexual reference | N/a | n/a |
Video category | Illustration |
Why did you choose the text you are analysing?
Because it’s an obvious example of an illustration music video and I want all my songs analysis to be different types of music. It is also the kind of music I like.
In what context did you encounter it?
When Father Cartwright shown the music to me a couple of years ago and I had an interest in it, and then decided to download the album onto my iPod.
What influence do you think this context might have had on your interpretation of the text?
Well I thought it made us see that we can do any video we want if we try hard enough. It also made us see that you don’t have to do something really complicated to get a good grade; you can make it short and simple.
Which conventions of the genre do you recognize in the text?
Illustration because they are doing a performance at a concert with a big audience.
To what extent does this text stretch the conventions of its genre?
It doesn’t stretch the genre at all because it’s just a simple illustration performance and fits into the genre quite nicely.
Where and why does the text depart from the conventions of the genre?
It doesn’t depart from the convention of genre.
What sort of audience did you feel that the video was aimed at (and how typical was this of the genre/style of music)?
The type of audience I think it hits is a mix between punk and rock and of course people that are fans on The Ramones music. However they do a lot of different pace of music and that could apple to most people.
What sort of person does it assume you are?
Well I imagine it assumes you are a person that likes to hear and watch The Ramones perform.
What responses does the video seem to expect from you?
I would think that it would want you to watch and listen to their music but that only if you like the music.
How open to negotiation is your response (are you invited, instructed or coerced to respond in particular ways)?
I guess that it makes you wanting to listen which is a way of feeling invited. But other than that its just a music video so I cant see why you would get that much feelings off of it.
Is there any penalty for not responding in the expected ways?
Not really because if you get bored by the video then you wont react the right way as a person who like the video. But you can’t get that bored of the video because it’s only 1minutes 30seconds long.
How typical do you think this video is of music videos?
As some music videos go this can be quite typical but its just a performance but others have a proper video for their music video.
Tuesday, 30 August 2011
'Otis' by Kanye West and Jay-Z
Note: We're not entirely sure whether this is illustration or amplification - though it's probably the latter.
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