Video Analysis FYS

1. Music Video Analysis
Gender Roles
Song Title: _____Good _Girls Go Bad__________________
Artist: ________Cobra Starship____________________
Directions: As you closely watch the music video, answer the following questions with as
much detail as possible.
1. What are the men/women doing? (Dancing, sitting, swimming, etc.)
The women are dancing provocatively. The men are just singing and touching women.
2. How are the men/women dressed? How much skin is revealed?
The women are like wearing thongs and crop tops and mini -skirts, the men are wearing
full covering shirts and pants.
3. Are there more, fewer, or the same number of men as women?
There are two men and like 20 women.
4. Describe the body language of the men/women: are they sitting, standing, gyrating,
mugging, etc.?
The women are rubbing their parts on men and grinding and the men are holding their
hips.
5. Do the men/women have power? How do you know?
It looks like the men have the power because there are like 5 girls on one guy.
6. What³s the message of the song?
The message of the song is that the guys are so hot and so powerful with their sexuality,
they will make good girls turn slutty for them.
7. What type of music is the song?
This music is like funk pop.

2. Music Video Analysis
Race
Song Title: _______Only__________________
Artist: ___________Nicki Minaj, Drake, Chris Brown_______
Directions: As you closely watch the music video, answer the following questions with as
much detail as possible.
1. What races do you see represented?
The only race in this video are black and Hispanics.
2. Are there any dark skinned women shown? How many?
Yes there are only dark skinned women shown.
3. What is the race of the person at the focus of the video?
The person at the focus is black.
4. What are the black/Latino/Asian/white/Native American/Pacific Islander people
doing?
Everyone in this video is singing and dancing to music.
5. What³s the message of the song?
The message of the song is that there is only one person for everyone.
6. What type of music is the song?
This song is rap or R&B

3. Music Video Analysis
Sexuality
Song Title: ________My Humps .
Artist: _________Black Eyed Peas_____________________________
Directions: As you closely watch the music video, answer the following questions with as
much detail as possible.
1. Describe any sexually explicit body language:
The main woman is shaking her butt, and like grinding a lot.
2. Who is more sexualized • men or women? Both?
The woman is definitely more sexualized.
3. Are there sexually explicit lyrics or messages?
The main lyric is “My humps, my lovely lady lumps, junk in my trunk”
4. How are subjects of the music video dressed?
The woman is super provocative and the men are in like baggy clothes.
5. Describe the relationships between the men and women: Are they long or short term?
Casual or serious?
These relationships seem like sexual only.
6. What³s the message of the song?
The message is that this girl can get whatever she wants because she has a nice body.
7. What type of music is the song?
This is a rap song.

4. Music Video Analysis
Materialism
Song Title: ______Beverly Hills____________________
Artist: __________Weezer____________________________
Directions: As you closely watch the music video, answer the following questions with as
much detail as possible.
1. Describe the products that are highlighted in the video: (cars, jewelry, clothes, etc.)
The whole video has lots of clothes that are flashy, super nice cars, mansions, and the
song talks about wanting to be in Beverly Hills where all that stuff is given to you.
2. Are any brand names shown?
I could not see any brands.
3. How is wealth defined in the video?
The wealth is defined as popularity and by the things you have.
4. Are products mentioned in the song lyrics?
No products are really mentioned.
5. What³s the message of the song?
The main message is that if he was in Beverly Hills, he would be rich and happy because
he would be with movie stars and he would be popular.
6. What type of music is the song?
The song is alternative.

5. Music Video Analysis
Violence
Song Title: _____________City__________________
Artist: __________Hollywood Undead__________________________
Directions: As you closely watch the music video, answer the following questions with as
much detail as possible.
1. Describe any violent lyrics in the song:
“This city looks so pretty do you want to burn it with me till the skies bleed ashes and the
f***in skyline crashes”
2. Describe any violent body language:
There are a lot of people fighting and throwing things.
3. Describe any violent actions or weapons that are shown:
There is one scene when everyone, like hundreds of people, stop what they’re doing and
put guns to their heads and shoot themselves.
4. Describe any self-mutilation or violence:
The scene when everyone kills them self.
5. What³s the message of the song?
The song is about how bad everything has gotten, they just want to burn the city down.
Like when God burnt down Jericho because it had gotten so bad.
6. What type of music is the song?
Alternative rock is the music type.