This document provides an analysis of the Jeffree Star music video "Get away with murder". It summarizes that the video experiments with gender as Star dresses as a woman in pink wigs and revealing clothes. The imagery is dark with blue and pink tints and features a lot of sexuality. The lyrics and visuals correlate, such as when Star says "I can't control myself" while dressed as a woman. The video uses eye-level shots and close-ups of sexual scenes to make the audience feel like voyeurs and create tension. It references Lady Gaga for the visual image and 18+ films for its sexuality.
1. Jeffree Star – Get away with murder Electronic/experimental
2. GENRE CHARACTERISTICS Experimenting with Gender (A man dressed as a woman) Costume – big make up, pink wig, slutty women's clothes. A man acting and being treated as a woman. A lot of sexuality The images are rather dark and have tinted colours to them such as blue and pink.
3. RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LYRICS AND VISUALS ‘I can't control myself’- I feel like someone else’ – Jeffree is dressed as a woman. ‘Can you feel me breathing down your neck?’- An image of a mans neck/chest. ‘It feels like a part of me is dead’ – a reflection of the artist in a broken mirror. ‘It's time to spill your guts’ – the artist holds up a chainsaw.
4. RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MUSIC AND VISUALS To begin with there is only one beat of sound playing, and we see Jeffree walking on his won. As more beats are heard the men walk towards Jeffree. As a fast sound effect has been added the images switch in time with the sound effect. As the background music says ‘hey, hey, hey’ the people in the shots dance/move to the beat of it.
5. DEMANDS OF THE RECORD LABEL Many shots of the artists, including close ups and mid shots.
6. REFERENCE TO NOTION OF LOOKING VOYEURISTIC TREATMENT Eye level – used to make the audience feel as if they are at the scene. Close ups of the sexual shots – used to create tension and discomfort for the audience.