Andrew Goodwin's theory analyzes the music video for DJ Snake's "Middle" and how it uses visuals and music to represent the protagonist's feelings. The video shows the main character looking lonely and sad when the music is slow and melodic, emphasizing how alone he feels. His facial expressions match the upbeat and happy music when the beat drops. The lyrics about time freezing and views from a window ledge directly connect to how lonely and sad the protagonist appears in close-up shots. While the urban costumes, painted faces, and graffiti-covered streets depict a dangerous city scene, this style represents the fun and lively portrayal of EDM festivals.

1. Andrew Goodwins theory
The middle-DJ Snake

2. Music and visuals In the video whenever the music goes
back to this melodic pace with the singer
singing we see the main protagonist in it
looking lonely and sad. The slow pace in
music acompanied by the wideshots of
him looking lonely really empahisise how
alone he actually is. His facial expressions
also match the music as he looks
unhappy. But as the beat drops and we
get into the hook hes happy so the music
is a representatio of how he is feeling

3. Lyrics and visuals
“Staring at two different views on your window ledge
Coffee is going cold, it's like time froze”
These lyrics link in massiveley with how the protaginist is feeling and the constant
close ups showing his facial expressions sad and lonely. So i would say that the
lyrics and the visuals defiently do link in.

4. Characteristics
The costumes of the characters in this i would say definitely do not fit in with the
genre of the music. The music is EDM where as i would say that the people in the
video give off a very urban outfitting with there face paint and coloured hair etc.
Also that of a very urban scene with the night streets and lots of graffiti and the
face paint especially gives off this feel of an urban scene. The very built up areas
covered with crime show the city to be dangerous.

5. Intertextuality
In this video there is clear reference to superheros the whole thing is based on
superheroes and that is emphasised by the scenes of flying and extreme special
effects when using teleport etc.
You could say that
spiderman is referenced
with the extensive use of
comic books and
drawings on the wall

6. Demands of the label
There is no clear demands of the label itself but you could infer that the use of the
facepaint and vibrant colours is a good representation of how EDM is portrayed.
EDM festivals often involve lots of facepaint and the music is very energetic so
having this paint on and these urban situations give off that it's representing EDm
and dance genre as a fun and lively genre and also a happy genre that its upbeat.