1. Music Video Analysis
Gender Roles
Song Title: Candy Shop
Artist: 50 Cent Ft. Olivia
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.) Women are walking
around provocatively and also on the bed dancing, dancing, end of the video has a woman
working at a fast food restaurant obviously frustrated with her job
2. How are the men/women dressed? How much skin is revealed? Women are dressed in
lingerie, one is dressed up as a doctor/nurse, and man is covered
3. Are there more, fewer, or the same number of men as women? More women
4. Describe the body language of the men/women: are they sitting, standing, gyrating,
mugging, etc.? 50 cent is rapping, the women are all over him dancing and being proactive,
somewhat gyrating
5. Do the men/women have power? How do you know? The man has the power because the
women are willing to do whatever for him
6. What³s the message of the song? The video portrays the message that the men have all the
power and money while women are working minimum wage/ are just a sexual object for control
7. What type of music is the song? Rap
Music Video Analysis
Race
Song Title: Pretty Fly for a White Guy
Artist: The Offspring
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? Caucasian, African American, Mexican

2. 2. Are there any dark skinned women shown? How many? Yes, all the women in the video
have dark skin
3. What is the race of the person at the focus of the video? Caucasian
4. What are the black/Latino/Asian/white/Native American/Pacific Islander people doing?
Break dancing and partying by the pool
5. What³s the message of the song? A white guy is making a fool of himself by trying to do
stereotypical activities of other races, and all the girl say he is pretty fly for a white guy,
implying the white guys can’t be fly.
6. What type of music is the song? Punk rock
Music Video Analysis
Sexuality
Song Title: Baby One More Time
Artist: Britney Spears
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: The way the girls in the video are dancing
2. Who is more sexualized • men or women? Both? Women
3. Are there sexually explicit lyrics or messages? “Show me, how you want it to be/ Tell me
baby”
4. How are subjects of the music video dressed? Like school girls who show skin, shirts tied up,
and pigtails
5. Describe the relationships between the men and women: Are they long or short term?
Casual or serious? Short term and casual
6. What³s the message of the song? She’s lonely and wants the boy back
7. What type of music is the song? Pop
Music Video Analysis
Materialism

3. Song Title: Material Girl
Artist: Madonna
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.) red
corvette, red carpet event, long dress, tux gloves, fan, fur coat, diamond jewelry, every guy wants
her, throwing money
2. Are any brand names shown? Name brand car
3. How is wealth defined in the video? Wealth is superior. If you are wealthy, then you are liked
and wanted
4. Are products mentioned in the song lyrics? no
5. What³s the message of the song? That she wants a boy that can give her a world of money
and if he can’t then she won’t want to be with him
6. What type of music is the song? Pop music
Music Video Analysis
Violence
Song Title: Love the way you lie
Artist: Eminem ft. 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: talks about putting his hands on her, hitting, spitting
in each other’s face, pulling hair, scratching, clawing, biting, throwing them down, pinning them
down, tying them to the bed & setting the house on fire
2. Describe any violent body language: Eminem’s rapping body is defensive, angry mad, the
people in the video are fighting, mad
3. Describe any violent actions or weapons that are shown: pushing, shoving, hitting, throwing
on the bed, hitting the wall, pushing into the wall, burning of the house
4. Describe any self-mutilation or violence: no self-mutilation, but violence and fighting,
screaming, setting house on fire

4. 5. What³s the message of the song? Some people find the message of the video to be promoting
domestic violence and fighting, but with each artist’s history with domestic violence the video
could show the harm of fighting in a relationship and that maybe walking away sooner in a
relationship is better than later
6. What type of music is the song? Rap