To allow everyone to catch up on the previous six lessons, which can be found by clicking here, today we will be working on an extension task.
Catching up
Task: use today's lesson time to complete the work set over the last two weeks. You can find an index of tasks by clicking here.
Please make sure you publish each lesson as a separate blog post, and work through the lessons in order. Don't skip any!
Analysis of a music video
Extension - only complete this task once you have completed all other work set over the past two weeks!
For this task, you will analyse a music video. It can be any genre, from any era, be in any style, and be any length. It cannot simply be live footage from a gig, though many music incorporate live footage.
Watch the music video you have selected twice in a row. This will help you to make detailed textual analysis.
Now go through this list, and briefly answer the following questions (remember: you can copy paste these questions to your blog post)
Name of video:
Year released:
Record label:
Album:
Style of music video (narrative, performance or abstract):
- What group of people (if any) are predominantly represented in this music video? What message about this group of people is presented?
- Who is the target audience for this promotional video? How do you know?
- Outline three striking aspects of mise-en-scene
- Give one example of a hermeneutic code from this video
- Is this video conventional or subversive? How do you know? Give one example
- Does the music video make use of intertextuality? If so, how? And why?
- How does the editing of the video fit the nature of the song it accompanies?
- What aspects of this music video could you steal and use in your own music video?
Remember to publish your work after you complete it!