Music videos could come up as an industry in component one section A, the unseen part of the first exam. If music videos come up for media language, it will be a 15 mark question, and you will be asked to analyse an unseen video that will be screened in the exam room. If music videos come up for representation, it will be a 30 mark question that will ask you to compare a music video with something else you have studied, not necessarily a music video. Please note that advertising, music videos, newspapers, film marketing, and potentially anything could come up for the unseen print and audio-visual texts in component one. This can be tricky to get your head around, so make sure you're prepared!
Introduction to music videos
Introduction to music videos and the set texts (video)
How to apply celebrity and metanarrative to the music industry (video)
Postmodernism and music videos (video)
Beyoncé - Formation (2019 +)
How are themes of conflict encoded in the video to Formation by Beyonce? (video)
Applying pick and mix theory to Formation (video)
How are representations of women encoded in media products? (video)
How can audiences ‘pick and mix’ the ideologies and messages of Formation?
Exploring how Beyoncé's self representation has shifted over time
How does Formation explore complex representations of black identity?
Applying Gilroy to Formation (video)
Hyperreality, bricolage and Formation (video)
Sam Fender - Seventeen Going Under (2025+)
Vance Joy - Riptide (2019 -2024)
A textual analysis of Riptide (video)
Applying binary oppositions (video)
Riptide and the representation of women (video)
Riptide and intertextuality (video)
How to use theory when discussing the representation of black and minority ethnic groups (video)
Comparing the representations in Riptide to White Noise by Will Wood