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Brandon fry
Genre analysis: Music video
Music videos are characterized by three broad types:
performance
narrative
conceptual
(Firth,1988). These types describe the form and content selected by the
director or artist to attract viewers and to convey a direct or indirect
message.
Performance videos the most common type (Firth 1988) feature the star or
group singing in concert to wildly enthusiastic fans. The goal is to convey a sense
of the in-concert experience. Gow (1992) suggests "the predominance of
performance as a formal system in the popular clips indicates that music video
defines itself chiefly by communicating images of artists singing and playing
songs" (pp. 48-49). Performance videos, especially those that display the star or
group in the studio, remind the viewer that the soundtrack is still important.
"Performance oriented visuals cue viewers that, indeed, the recording of the
music is the most significant element" (Gow, 1992, p. 45).
Narrative videos present a sequence of events. A video may tell any kind of
story in linear, cause-effect sequencing. Love stories, however, are the most
common narrative mode in music video. The narrative pattern is one of boy
meets girl, boy loses girl, boy gets girl back. Action in the story is dominated by
males who do things and females who passively react or wait for something to
happen (Schwichtenberg, 1992).
Conceptual videos rely on poetic form, primarily metaphor (Firth, 1988). The
conceptual video can be metaphysical poetry articulated through visual and
verbal elements. "These videos make significant use of the visual element,
presenting to the eye as well as the ear, and in doing so, conveying truths
inexpressible discursively" (Lorch, 1988, p. 143). Conceptual videos do not tell
a story in linear fashion, but rather create a mood, a feeling to be evoked in
the experience of viewing (Firth, 1988). Conceptual videos contain the
possibility for multiple meanings as the metaphor or metaphoric sequence
is interpreted by the viewer. "Thus the metaphorical relations between images
structured according to musical and visual rhymes and rhythms play a
suggestive role in soliciting multiple meanings from us, the viewers/listeners,
that resonate with our experience--something we can feel and describe"
(Schwichtenberg, 1992 p. 124)
Brandon fry
Understanding Genre: Analysis of Music Videos
Using the ideas covered above, fill out the boxes below after watching the music
video for ‘Call The Shots’ by Girls Aloud.
Use examples from the text to explain the extent to which it conforms to or
deviates from its genre.
In your analysis you should use examples from the text to explain why it uses
and/or deviates from convention.
Girls Aloud - Call The Shots –(dir. Sean de Sparengo2007 )
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPWUyAZZfK0&feature=artist
Key Theorists: A Reminder
Chandler:
Conventional definitions of genres tend to be based on the notion that
they constitute particular conventions of content (such as themes or
settings) and/or form (including structure and style)
Neale:
Genre can be defined by instances of repetition and difference
genre is part of a process of “mental machinery” between “industry, text
and subject.”
Brandon fry
Genre elements Conventions presented in the Call The Shots
Video
Performers/Characters
– representations,
stereotypes, behaviour,
body language, specific
pop stars
Performance as they sing and dance. All women in
the video represented as objectified and
independent. This goes against the stereotype. Shows
bad behaviour when burning the picture. Also men
are objectified such as the scene in the shower.
Genre Type:
Performance,
Narrative or
Conceptual? Are there
elements of each?
Describe them.
If there is a narrative,
what type of narrative is
it? (Linear/Non Linear?)
Performance based with the singing and dancing.
Narrative as there can be a storyline with the use of
the phone and burning the picture, however it is
more hidden. The genre can also be seen as
conceptual as they can be conveying the truth of a
storyline of some sort of affair as she burns the
picture.
Iconography – props,
symbolic codes
The burning picture is symbolic of a bad experience
with the opposite gender. White flags on the beach
showing innocence.
Setting- mise en scene At home alone representing the storyline then
moving to the beach in a peaceful area with just girls
there.
Technical and audio
codes – camera use,
editing, lighting,
diegetic/non diegetic
sound, sfx
Neale’s ‘Mental
Machinery’: How does
the text meet audience
expectations? How does
it conform to convention
and/or deviate from
convention?
Brandon fry
What ideologies are encoded in the music video? What does the pop genre seem
to say about what it is like to live in the world, as represented in the video?
Now repeat the activity with the following video:
Radiohead: Knives Out (dir. Michel Gondry, 2008)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJ1iMQA0egc
Genre elements Conventions presented in the Knives Out Video
Performers/Characters
– representations,
stereotypes, behaviour,
body language, specific
performers
Strange behaviour
Genre Type:
Performance,
Narrative or
Conceptual? Are there
elements of each?
Describe them.
If there is a narrative,
what type of narrative is
it? (Linear/Non Linear?)
Narrative genre as the video gives a sequence of
events on a train in the tv, the tv being in the hospital
room.
Iconography – props, When the girl plays the body in the operation game
Brandon fry
symbolic codes literally meaning shes having a operation
Setting- mise en scene Hospital area- doctors patients
Equipment and beds
Picture frames of the couple to show past memories
Technical and audio
codes – camera use,
editing, lighting,
diegetic/non diegetic
sound, sfx
Handheld camera showing a documentary
Low lighting used at most times
Neale’s ‘Mental
Machinery’: How does
the text meet audience
expectations? How does
it conform to convention
and/or deviate from
convention?
What ideologies are encoded in the Knives Out video? How do the ideologies
presented in the Radiohead video differ from a conventional pop video? What
does the genre of alternative rock seem to say about what it is like to live in the
world?
Homework: Write a 500-800 word analysis, commenting upon how each video
conforms to or deviates from music video conventions. Are there any similarities
in style/content? What are the main differences?
Remember to quote the theories and theorists that we have studied so far.
Deadline: Friday 16th March

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Music video genre_analysis

  • 1. Brandon fry Genre analysis: Music video Music videos are characterized by three broad types: performance narrative conceptual (Firth,1988). These types describe the form and content selected by the director or artist to attract viewers and to convey a direct or indirect message. Performance videos the most common type (Firth 1988) feature the star or group singing in concert to wildly enthusiastic fans. The goal is to convey a sense of the in-concert experience. Gow (1992) suggests "the predominance of performance as a formal system in the popular clips indicates that music video defines itself chiefly by communicating images of artists singing and playing songs" (pp. 48-49). Performance videos, especially those that display the star or group in the studio, remind the viewer that the soundtrack is still important. "Performance oriented visuals cue viewers that, indeed, the recording of the music is the most significant element" (Gow, 1992, p. 45). Narrative videos present a sequence of events. A video may tell any kind of story in linear, cause-effect sequencing. Love stories, however, are the most common narrative mode in music video. The narrative pattern is one of boy meets girl, boy loses girl, boy gets girl back. Action in the story is dominated by males who do things and females who passively react or wait for something to happen (Schwichtenberg, 1992). Conceptual videos rely on poetic form, primarily metaphor (Firth, 1988). The conceptual video can be metaphysical poetry articulated through visual and verbal elements. "These videos make significant use of the visual element, presenting to the eye as well as the ear, and in doing so, conveying truths inexpressible discursively" (Lorch, 1988, p. 143). Conceptual videos do not tell a story in linear fashion, but rather create a mood, a feeling to be evoked in the experience of viewing (Firth, 1988). Conceptual videos contain the possibility for multiple meanings as the metaphor or metaphoric sequence is interpreted by the viewer. "Thus the metaphorical relations between images structured according to musical and visual rhymes and rhythms play a suggestive role in soliciting multiple meanings from us, the viewers/listeners, that resonate with our experience--something we can feel and describe" (Schwichtenberg, 1992 p. 124)
  • 2. Brandon fry Understanding Genre: Analysis of Music Videos Using the ideas covered above, fill out the boxes below after watching the music video for ‘Call The Shots’ by Girls Aloud. Use examples from the text to explain the extent to which it conforms to or deviates from its genre. In your analysis you should use examples from the text to explain why it uses and/or deviates from convention. Girls Aloud - Call The Shots –(dir. Sean de Sparengo2007 ) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPWUyAZZfK0&feature=artist Key Theorists: A Reminder Chandler: Conventional definitions of genres tend to be based on the notion that they constitute particular conventions of content (such as themes or settings) and/or form (including structure and style) Neale: Genre can be defined by instances of repetition and difference genre is part of a process of “mental machinery” between “industry, text and subject.”
  • 3. Brandon fry Genre elements Conventions presented in the Call The Shots Video Performers/Characters – representations, stereotypes, behaviour, body language, specific pop stars Performance as they sing and dance. All women in the video represented as objectified and independent. This goes against the stereotype. Shows bad behaviour when burning the picture. Also men are objectified such as the scene in the shower. Genre Type: Performance, Narrative or Conceptual? Are there elements of each? Describe them. If there is a narrative, what type of narrative is it? (Linear/Non Linear?) Performance based with the singing and dancing. Narrative as there can be a storyline with the use of the phone and burning the picture, however it is more hidden. The genre can also be seen as conceptual as they can be conveying the truth of a storyline of some sort of affair as she burns the picture. Iconography – props, symbolic codes The burning picture is symbolic of a bad experience with the opposite gender. White flags on the beach showing innocence. Setting- mise en scene At home alone representing the storyline then moving to the beach in a peaceful area with just girls there. Technical and audio codes – camera use, editing, lighting, diegetic/non diegetic sound, sfx Neale’s ‘Mental Machinery’: How does the text meet audience expectations? How does it conform to convention and/or deviate from convention?
  • 4. Brandon fry What ideologies are encoded in the music video? What does the pop genre seem to say about what it is like to live in the world, as represented in the video? Now repeat the activity with the following video: Radiohead: Knives Out (dir. Michel Gondry, 2008) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJ1iMQA0egc Genre elements Conventions presented in the Knives Out Video Performers/Characters – representations, stereotypes, behaviour, body language, specific performers Strange behaviour Genre Type: Performance, Narrative or Conceptual? Are there elements of each? Describe them. If there is a narrative, what type of narrative is it? (Linear/Non Linear?) Narrative genre as the video gives a sequence of events on a train in the tv, the tv being in the hospital room. Iconography – props, When the girl plays the body in the operation game
  • 5. Brandon fry symbolic codes literally meaning shes having a operation Setting- mise en scene Hospital area- doctors patients Equipment and beds Picture frames of the couple to show past memories Technical and audio codes – camera use, editing, lighting, diegetic/non diegetic sound, sfx Handheld camera showing a documentary Low lighting used at most times Neale’s ‘Mental Machinery’: How does the text meet audience expectations? How does it conform to convention and/or deviate from convention? What ideologies are encoded in the Knives Out video? How do the ideologies presented in the Radiohead video differ from a conventional pop video? What does the genre of alternative rock seem to say about what it is like to live in the world? Homework: Write a 500-800 word analysis, commenting upon how each video conforms to or deviates from music video conventions. Are there any similarities in style/content? What are the main differences? Remember to quote the theories and theorists that we have studied so far. Deadline: Friday 16th March