The document discusses several key elements that are analyzed when summarizing a music video: 1. Music videos demonstrate characteristics of their musical genre through elements like stage performances, dance routines, or aspirations. 2. There is usually a relationship between the lyrics and visuals, whether the visuals illustrate, amplify, or contradict the words of the song. 3. The tone and atmosphere of the visuals also typically reflects the music through illustration, amplification, or contradiction.

1. Analysing a music video

2. 1. Music videos demonstrate genre characteristics.
(e.g. stage performance in metal videos, dance routine for boy/girl band,
aspiration in Hip Hop).
2. There is a relationship between lyrics and visuals.The lyrics are
represented with images.(either illustrative, amplifying, contradicting).
3. There is a relationship between music and visuals.The tone and
atmosphere of the visual reflects that of the music.
(either illustrative, amplifying, contradicting).
4. The demands of the record label will include the need for lots of close
ups of the artist and the artist may develop motifs which recur across
their work (a visual style).
5. There is frequently reference to notion of looking (screens within
screens, mirrors, stages, etc) and particularly voyeuristic treatment of
the female body.
6. There are often intertextual reference (to films, tv programmes, other
music videos etc).

3.  Genre:Alternative
rock/Symphonic rock
 Characteristics:
 Some special effects
 Usually calm setting, but
changes when beat kicks
in
 May be black and white
 Sometimes has a
narrative
 Close up of artists and
characters shown in video

4.  “Doesn’t it feel, like our
time is running out?” On
this lyric the lead singer
(Patrick Stump) Is tied to
a chair in dark black out
room. Like a torture
chamber
 This song is about the
world falling apart and
those who love rock
(This case known as
“Young Bloods”) need to
do something about it

5.  When the chorus starts and the beat kicks in
it shows the lead singer being tortured.The
rest of the time it shows the rest of his band
mates being captured. Lip syncing shows
emotion and pain he’s feeling.

6.  In this cause the record company for Fall Out Boy have
created three music videos which follow on from each
other.They are known asTheYoung Blood chornicles and
when completed there will be 11 in total.This is to
promote the band as no other band has band music videos
for a whole album.The songs so far are:
▪ My Song’s know what you did in the dark (Light em up)
▪ The Phoenix
▪ YoungVolcanoes

7.  The whole music is set around the band and
them being kidnapped/ tortured.This shows
that they are important.

8.  The Opening to the
song is similar to one
of a film showing
that there is another
part to the song in a
different music
video. It also has the
title to the song in
large letters