3. Genre Characteristics-
Alternative Rock
• General Characteristics of genre:
Low key lighting
Jump cuts
Performance based with whole band
A narrative with performance concept
Clothing- leather jackets, jeans etc
• Characteristics In Parklife:
Many comedy elements eg : double glazing salesman shouting out window telling person to loose weight
(0:54)
No performance based with whole band
Special effects used eg : upside down car (02:13)
4. Relationship between Lyrics and
Visuals
• Every time the
audience hear the
lyrics ‘Parklife’ we
immediately see
visuals that show the
word Parklife. This
allows the audience
to remember the
name of the song and
it is catchy.
5. Relationship Between Music and
Visuals
• The music has quite a
fast tempo especially in
the chorus, there is a
strong relationship
between the music and
the visuals especially at
(03:11) where the band
members open and close
their umbrellas to the
beat of the music.
6. Star Image
• In this music video very
unusual conventions have
been used and one very
unusual element is that the
protagonist is not a band
member, but is actually Phil
Daniels who is a salesman and
the main focus of the music
video, whereas the remainder
of the band make cameo
appearances. Star image is
shown through the use of
close up shots of Phil Daniels.
7. Intertextuality
• The way Blur are
crossing the road is
similar to the Beatles
crossing Abbey road
and it allows the
audience to make
links and recognize
elements of similar
artists.
