Goodwin's theory identifies key elements of music videos including demonstrating the genre's characteristics through style, illustrating the song's lyrics through visuals, amplifying the music with visuals, and commonly featuring voyeuristic treatment of women and many shots of the artists as demanded by record companies. The theory also discusses how music videos reference other media and often employ the "male gaze" by objectifying women from a heterosexual male perspective or portraying them as virgins or "whores", and identifies the four elements that comprise a star's public image.

2. Goodwin's theory identifies points that explain what a music
videos is about.
 Music videos demonstrate genre characteristics, so music
videos have there own music video style.
 The relationship between visuals illustrating the lyrics in the
song.
 The relationship between visuals amplifying the music.
 There is going to be voyeuristic treatment of women within a
music video.
 There are demands of the record company for many shots of
the artists.
 There are intersexual references to other media outlets such
as film, T.V and other music.

3.  A part of the male gaze theory suggests
that the camera/audience always
represents a heterosexual man’s
perspective of the scene objectifying
women.
 Another part of the male gaze theory
suggests that women are only portrayed as
one of two possibilities. Either a virginal
innocent character or a sexy “whore”. This is
called the virgin/whore dichotomy.

4. Identified that there are 4 elements to the star:
1. The real person
2. The performer of “roles”
3. The persona
4. An image