Analysing Conventional Music Videos

Analysing conventional music videos

A perfect day Elise

·         Temporal editing, cuts between narrative

·          surreal aspects e.g. Cross on the wall

Rabbit Pudding – Rabbit

·         Intertextual reference of Alice in wonderland

·         Genre characteristics of heavy metal – insects, dark gritty feel, fast paced

Gotye – somebody that I used to know

·         Jerky movements & lined drawings add to the dysfunctional relationship between the two characters

·         Close ups throughout of the artist singing

·         Stop motion

·         Unconventional but still includes conventions of a music video such as identifying with the artist, lyrics matching visuals