Music Videos (Teenage Dirtbag and Avril Lavigne) Flashcards
Examples of camerawork in music videos?
distinctive shots
camera movements
Examples of editing in music videos?
- pace
- effects
- distinctive juxtapositions
Examples of misc-en-scene in music videos?
setting/location
lighting
costume
hair
make-up
performance
What are some of the genre conventions in music videos?
fast-paced editing
use of setting/location
What are performance videos?
artist singing the song, direct address to camera
What are linear narrative videos?
music videos that tell a story
Analyse the media language presented in Wheatus - Teenage Dirtbag:
saturated colour, controlled camerawork, slower-paced editing connote mainstream music video,
misc-en-scene= set in America suburbia
connotes ‘everyday’ experience, can relate
Analyse the media language presented in Avril Lavigne - Skater Boi?
extensive use of camera work, desaturated colour, high contrast, fast-paced editing connoted the energy of youth rebellion and the bustle of the ‘big city’
fast-paced editing connotes a sense of urgency
How do both music video present reality and outline values and messages?
both music videos use everyday locations and costumes to connote a sense of naturalism/realism
TD= male teenager fantasising about his love interest and wanting to be accepted
SB= youth rebellion against the system, counteracts the views of women, main singer is seen as powerful, dominant- views might find her aspirational
What stereotypes are presented in the music videos?
stereotypically represent attractive people
both stereotypically represent love and attraction as heterosexual
TD= stereotypical representation of women as love objects
SB= anti-stereotypical representations of women- seen as an authoritative figure,
Feminism Ideology:
- patriarchal society encourages sexual - attitudes and represents women as wives and mothers/sexually objectified
- represents women as weak and subservient to men
