Music Video Analysis Flashcards
1
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What do music videos demonstrate?
A
Genre and characteristics.
2
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What is the relationship between lyrics and visuals?
A
Illustrative, amplifying or contradicting.
3
Q
What’s the relationship between music and visuals?
A
Illustrative, amplifying or contradicting.
4
Q
What’s a motif?
A
Something which artists (for example) may develop a visual style across their work.
5
Q
Record labels will include the need for lots of _________
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Close ups.
6
Q
What is the notion of looking?
A
Screens within screens, telescopes, etc.
7
Q
What does intertextual references mean?
A
References to films, tv, programmes, other music videos, etc.
8
Q
What are certain aspects of the Riptide music video?
A
- links lyrics to music video
- women are sexualised and looked down on
- the woman singing gets more distraught as it goes.
- only involving women.
9
Q
Riptide facts…
A
- indie folk pop
- it was Vance joy’s first single to be released in USA (originally from Australia)
- platinum selling single
- directed by Dimitri Basil and Laura Gorun
- almost 100 million views on YouTube.
