3. Genre Characteristics
• Rihanna –Man Down is a mainstream pop song, which is
rihanna’s genre type.
• She has a performance of location of her home country/town
which implies it could be linked to a truthful story about hr
past. Also whenever she is reflecting, she is perked on the
edge of her bed, where most personal matters occur and
where you can be at peace.
4. Visuals and Lyrics
• Lyrics refer to the video on occasions such as
during the chorus.
• During the flashback scenes, the lyrics do not
match up to the visuals as she is seen to be
happy around others but she is singing about
a ‘Sticky situation’ which does not fit.
• But towards the end of the video, the last
scenes reflect lyrics and the mood of the song.
5. Visuals and Music
• Change of location- Whenever she is reflecting
during the music she is seen on her bed.
• When the tempo increases and her ‘Bad Boy’
characteristics come through the location
changes to a club where these are portrayed
and occur.
6. Selling the Artist
• She is wearing everyday clothes this shows that that this
event could have taken place and is linked to her real life.
Throughout the video her costumes changes, for instance
when she is happy at the start she is wearing bright clothing,
then towards the end when she is being confronted by a
superior figure, her clothing changes to darker colour’s
showing vulnerability and sadness.
• This video shows of her ‘good image’ whereas she is
portrayed as the good girl gone bad, she has gone back to her
older ways as she is seen to be the victim in the crim.
8. Voyeurism
• Throughout the video she doesn’t look
directly into the camera. This shows that the
storyline is quite secretive as she doesn’t
directly address the audience. This tells us
that the video/story is very personal.
10. Genre Characteristics
Rihanna – ‘Rude boy’ is also a mainstream pop song
which is her genre.
The video is made in a studio using a green screen, this
shows that the video is aimed directly at the audience
as she has used a studio just for the intention of the
video where as in her ‘man down’ video she was in her
home location.
