ACT: Queen
TRACK: I Want to Break Free
Year: 1984
Director: Queen and Mack
Genre: Pop Rock
Main Audience: 18-40
Music Video:
1) Character Representation in this has been changed where by the male characters in this music video are now dressed up as women to enhance the title of the song and showing the problems at the time of release of this song
2) Main focus on the Star Treatment where by the main lead singer is the band member who is in the frame and shots the most and is centre frame showing his importance
3) The lyrics are lip synced in this video which enhances the realism and verisimilitude of the performance which is on the screen
ACT: Bloodhound Gang
TRACK: Bad Touch
Year: 1999
Director: God Lives Underwater, KMFDM and Eiffel 65.
Genre: Dance Pop
Main Audience: 17-25
Music Video:
1) Iconic monkey costumes which go with the theme and lyrics of the song to surggest the Discovery Channel which is an animal or nature channel on TV which is good because it catches the eyes of the viewers and the audience
2) Also with the monkey theme it shows the monkeys locking up the humans which is an archetype of what the monkeys normally have done to them and have them in cages which works well because it is out of the ordinary
3) It also shows the characters causing trouble which is what usually happens with monkeys and teenagers in the modern day so it is reflective in both parts
ACT: Blondie
TRACK: Call Me
Year: 1980
Director: Giorgio Moroder
Main Audience: Genre: New Wave
Music Video:
1) This Video is more of a performance based video which is based on and behind the scenes of the stage in which the main character or artist is shown she is centre framed and done so to show her significance
2) However the song does provide some narrative which fits in well with the lyrics as it shows some shots of people calling one another in aid of the title of the song
3) This Video is an older music video however the effects of the older camera footage proves to work quite well with the chosen back grounds and setting of which have also been chosen for the music video
ACT: Wings
TRACK: Band on the Run
Year: 1974
Director: Paul McCartney
Genre: Rock
Main Audience: 45-60
Music Video:
1) The slow pace of the song at the start is good to get into the music video this is also enhanced by the way the song changes tempo with the images on screen
2) As the song is older the video quality is not as good as music videos nowadays however the editing of this video makes it good to watch as it goes with the hill billy type music
3) The way the songs chorus and rest of the verses inter change with the way the music and visuals change work really well and make the song a good one to look at when picking up on common conventions
ACT: REM
TRACK: The Great Beyond
Year: 1999
Director: Pat McCarthy
Genre: Alternative Rock
Main Audience: 20-45
Music Video:
1) Good uses of the lip syncing toward the camera and the main lead singer is the key figure which appears in the shits the most and when he does he looks into the camera which achieves a sense of verisimilitude
2) The Editing of the whole music video works well with the slow pace of the song and when the music does eventually change the editing of the visuals then do change with it to make it look better and goes with the song
3) Also at the start when the camera zooms in on the corner shop this was quite effective however the camera looks to be on tracks or it looks to be a cartoon like visual on how it is done
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