1. Unit 29 – Music Video Production
Music Video Analysis Worksheets
Music Video Analysis - Gender Roles
Song Title: _Miss Independent __________
Artist: ________Ne-Yo___
Directions: As you closely watch the music video, answer the following questions with
as much detail as possible.
1. What are the men/women doing? (Dancing, sitting, swimming, etc.)
Ne-Yo represents a boss man at a company who is interested in a strong woman who also
works at the company as a boss. The two are shown in meetings through out the video/
shown doing normal boss things, Ne-Yo, (as interested in the woman boss) is shown
sometimes slyly glaring at the woman who is independent.
2. How are the men/women dressed? How much skin is revealed?
The woman and Ne-Yo are dressed like a stereo typical business men and women.
3. Are there more, fewer, or the same number of men as women?
There is more women than men.Showing that Ne-Yo could flirt with any woman in the
office but only chooses one because she stands out to him.
4. Describe the body language of the men/women: are they sitting, standing, gyrating,
mugging, etc.?
the women are flirty towards Ne-Yo but Ne-Yo’s attention is only on the boss woman.
5. Do the men/women have power? How do you know?
The women have power because of Ne-Yo singing about her saying she is independent.
6. What’s the message of the song?
That Ne-Yo respects her independence and wants her as a woman and not to dominate
her.

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Music Video Analysis Worksheets
7. What type of music is the song?
R&B-the video is narrative based.
Music Video Analysis - Race
Song Title: _____Who Gon Stop Me
Artist: ________Watch The Throne (Kanye-West&Jay-Z)
Directions: As you closely watch the music video, answer the following questions with
as much detail as possible.
1. What races do you see represented?
African/American.
2. Are there any dark skinned women shown? How many?
No.
3. What is the race of the person at the focus of the video?
African/American, (Kanye + Jay-Z).
4. What are the black/Latino/Asian/white/Native American/Pacific Islander people
doing?
Kanye West and Jay-Z are rapping on the track.
5. What’s the message of the song?
Its about the African/American community in America with Kanye West and Jay-Z
representing them, rapping about the abuse of their community and being victimised.
They want to stand up to the abuse and end it.

3. Unit 29 – Music Video Production
Music Video Analysis Worksheets
6. What type of music is the song?
Rap.-the song has no video.
Music Video Analysis - Sexuality
Song Title: ___Roar
Artist: ____Katy Perry
Directions: As you closely watch the music video, answer the following questions with
as much detail as possible.
1. Describe any sexually explicit body language:
Katy Perry is dressed as a safari type tour guide, then changes into wearing a bikini type
animal clothing , showing her inner animal (she’s strong). There is also a man with her,
who takes selfies showing his arrogance, saying he thinks he better than Katy Perry but
isn’t because shortly after this, he is killed by an attack in the jungle.
2. Who is more sexualized – men or women? Both?
Women are more sexualised in this video because Katy Perry is the main woman who is
dressed like a queen on the jungle.
3. Are there sexually explicit lyrics or messages?
The title ‘Roar’ sums up the song, showing she is the strongest person alive in the jungle.
The lyrics say, ‘and yourgonna’ hear me roar, louder, louder than a lion, because I am a
champion’ saying that people will listen to her and she wont back down until she’s heard,
saying women are strong and powerful.
4. How are subjects of the music video dressed?
The two characters at the beginning are dressed like safari tour guides, then Katy Perry is
the remaining character through out the song, she then goes onto be dressed like Tarzan,
in an animal print short dress.

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Music Video Analysis Worksheets
5. Describe the relationships between the men and women: Are they long or short term?
Casual or serious?
The relationship between Katy’s character and the other male character doesn’t long,
they get off a crashed plane, the guy takes pictures of his self, showing his is only
interested in his self, while Katy is more of the background character until the male gets
attacked by a jungle animal.
6. What’s the message of the song?
That Katy’s character is going to be heard whether people like it or not, that its her time to
be heard.
7. What type of music is the song?
Pop-the video is performance and narrative based.
Music Video Analysis - Materialism
Song Title: __Gold Digger
Artist: ___Kanye West ft. Jamie Foxx
Directions: As you closely watch the music video, answer the following questions with
as much detail as possible.
1. Describe the products that are highlighted in the video: (cars, jewelry, clothes, etc.)
The clothes worn by Kanye West and Jamie Foxx are probably designer as they look
expensive and the women dancers, are dressed skimpy, probably designer underwear
type.
2. Are any brand names shown?
No
3. How is wealth defined in the video?

5. Unit 29 – Music Video Production
Music Video Analysis Worksheets
By the lyrics, ‘Met her at a beauty salon
With a baby Louis Vuitton
Under her underarm’
And Kanye’s status of wealth.
4. Are products mentioned in the song lyrics?
Jennifer Lopez is mentioned, Mercedes Benz is mentioned and Louis Vuitton is mentioned.
5. What’s the message of the song?
That this girl that has Kanye’s interest might be only liking him for his money therefore
making her, a ‘gold digger’.
6. What type of music is the song?
Rap-the video is performance based.
Music Video Analysis - Violence
Song Title: Love the Way you Lie
Artist: Eminem and Rihanna
Directions: As you closely watch the music video, answer the following questions with
as much detail as possible.
1. Describe any violent lyrics in the song:
And right now it's a steel knife in my windpipe
I can't breathe but I still fight while I can fight
I love it the more I suffer, I suffocate
I laid hands on her, I'll never stoop so low again
Just gonna stand there and watch me burn

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Music Video Analysis Worksheets
You swore you'd never hit 'em; never do nothing to hurt 'em
Now you're in each other's face spewing venom in your words when you spit them
But your temper's just as bad as mine is
You're the same as me
I'll lay my fist at the drywall
2. Describe any violent body language:
In the video, Megan Fox plays the woman, who has her hands like a prayer, then opens
her hands to reveal fire, then closes her hands to put the fire out, and in the video, the
story of the couple are pushing each other to represent the violence of the relationship.
3. Describe any violent actions or weapons that are shown:
Pushing against walls whilst shouting in faces and crying into each other arms, no
weapons.
4. Describe any self-mutilation or violence:
A violent relationship and fire in hands representing the dangers of hurting yourself,
‘playing with fire’, the couple also sit in despair about the situation they’ve got there
selves into, this is shown by holding their heads in their hair and the weary faces.
5. What’s the message of the song?
When you love someone too much, that you become obsessive over everything you do,
that things become violence and everything starts falling apart, but you refuse to admit
things are going badly.
6. What type of music is the song?

7. Unit 29 – Music Video Production
Music Video Analysis Worksheets
Rap/R&B-the video is narrative and performance based.