2. Genre
The music video I will be applying Jason’s theory to is The
Wombats ‘Tokyo (vampires and wolves)’. This song is
classed as indie/alternative rock song, it was released on
24th September 2010. This video features the band in
Tokyo, staying out late, drinking and being with lots of
women. This song has a small performance section but it
is not very long it mainly focuses on the narrative. The
conventions shown are seen in other music videos but it is
different, so it is not the same as any other music video
out there. This video has a lot of references to society,
being out with your friends, getting drunk and not caring
about anything. This only represents people aged 18–22
as people in this age group tend to go out a lot, so it does
not represent any other people in society.
3. Genre
The music video that I will be comparing to ‘Tokyo’ is
Wheatus’ ‘Teenage Dirt bag’. This song is classed as
alternative/indie rock genre as well. This music video is not
similar to ‘Tokyo’, as the narrative they have both been
given is different and they do not have any similarities apart
form the performance stage. The differences in the
conventions are from what the characters do, so in ‘Tokyo’
the characters do what everybody their age does, they go
out drinking, but in ‘Teenage dirt bag’ the characters
perform they add a narrative to make it more interesting
and they try to make it funny to watch.
4. Narrative
The video begins with a state of normality, nothing strange
is happening, its just three guys hanging out in a car and
being bossed around by their manager. The disruption
occurs when the characters run away and start to party, the
disruption then carries on for a couple more minutes whilst
the manager tries to find them. The attempt to repair the
disruption comes from the manager searching for them so
they can get back on schedule. The return to the normality
occurs at the end of the video when the characters pass
out and are then found by the manager who puts them in
the car. There is a slight narrative to the music video, but
only if the audience looks for it otherwise it is not very
noticeable.
5. Narrative
As there is no conflict in the music video Strauss’
theory does not apply.
Although they are in conflict with there manager as
they are trying to avoid him as they do not want to do
any work, but the conflict here is not very strong and
it is not the focus of the music video.
6. Representation
The stereotype in the music video is from the way the
characters act, they are in their early twenties and they like
to go out and get drunk. This is a common stereotype of
most people this age, that they like to party all night and
wake up in the morning barley able to remember what
happened the night before.
Gender has not been strongly represented in the music
video, the male characters do not act masculine or
dominating, so no gender related stereotypes are shown
but the females in the video are stereotypical, they act like
they love the band members, they want to be with
them, when really they just want their money.
7. Representation
The statement talks about how women are only there to
make the men look good and to more of a male appeal to
the video. This is true for this music video, the women are
only there to make the men look better and to make them
appear more dominating when that is not their real look.
So yes, this look is apparent in the music video and it is
well represented.
