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Title: Chatty Kathy: Enhancing Physical Activity Among Older Adults
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2. A relationship between the visuals either illustrating, amplifying or
contradicting the lyrics.
A contradiction of the lyrics is shown through Jessie J’s “Price Tag”. At this point in the video
the lyrics say “it’s not about the money, money, money” but Jessie is stood under a tree that is
made of money. In this scene she is embracing the money and this a complete contradiction of
the lyrics that are being said at that time.
On the other hand an amplification of the lyrics is shown through Radiohead’s “Weird Fishes”.
At this point of the video the lyrics say “yeah I’ll, I’ll hit the bottom” and you can see the
character falling towards the sea, about to hit the bottom. This scene then goes on to show a
series of character falling into the sea, amplifying the lyrics at the time of video.
3. A relationship between the music and the visuals again either
illustrating, amplifying and contradicting the music.
The music video ‘Do I Wanna Know’ by the Arctic Monkeys is a brilliant example of amplifying the beat of
the song with the visuals. This music video is based around sound waves that move not only to the beat of
the song but also to Alex Turner’s voice. This is a beautiful illustration of the beats within the song and
more lines and colours are added as the song progresses due to extra instruments being added.
4. Music genres have their own music video style and iconography.
Kiss have established their own iconic star image through the use of their makeup. The band are instantly
recognised everywhere due to this successful brand image and their trademark style.
Lady Gaga has also created a style of her own that means she is known worldwide for her wacky and
wonderful fashion sense and hairstyles. Her music videos are instantly recognisable due to her trademark
fashion sense.
Amy Winehouse has also created her star image with the classical ‘beehive’ hair-do and flicking eye
makeup that she wore everywhere without fail: her music videos, live performances and every marketing
photo shoot.
5. There is likely to be voyeurism, particularly in the treatment of
women, and close-ups of the main artist or vocalist.
Rihanna, Katy Perry, Miley Cyrus, Beyonce and Britney Spears have all used provocative angles to show off
their bodies in a voyeuristic way and they have also used sexualised close-ups to build up their brand
image and to promote sales in their singles. All of the images below are examples of sexualised and
provocative
music videos.
6. There is likely to be inter-textual references either to other music
videos or to films or TV texts.
Aphex Twin – Come to Daddy. This music video has inter-textual references to a scene in The Shining. One
of the scenes in the music video shows two of the “girls” skipping along and part of the over-layed music
at that point is taken from The Shining – the part of the film where this is played links directly to the scene
and you see two young girls skipping along a corridor.
Another inter-textual reference is with Blur – The Universal. This music video has references to the film
The Clockwork Orange where it refers to a nihilistic society and uses the weird and deranged actions from
this film within the music video. This is a link between the ideas that are conveyed within the music video
rather then a visual reference as with the example above.