Analysis 1

1. Introduction
● Which video are you analysing, who is it
by and, if you know, who directed it?The video I am analyzing is the scripts, the man who can’t be moved.
● What genre does the music belong to and
what broad characteristics of that genre
does the video have?The music belongs to the genre of indie rock, the characteristics of the music video to indie rock is a raw and unexpensive music video.

2. What is the relationship between lyrics and visuals?
● Work through the song and identify ways
in which the lyrics are illustrated or
amplified or even contradicted by the
visuals.Throughout the song mainly during the chorus, the lyrics are exactly conveyed into the visuals. They just keep it normal so there are no special effects or there are no big pyros or mad things through the video, the lyrics say 'Cos if one day you wake up and find that you're missing meAnd your heart starts to wonder where on this earth I could beThinking maybe you'd come back here to the place that we'd meetAnd you'd see me waiting for you on the corner of the streetSo I'm not movingI'm not movingIn the music video they are really sat on a corner.
3. What is the relationship between music and visuals?
● Does the video cut to the beat?Yes the video cuts to the beat everytime the beat gets a bit faster it changes at the same pace, when the drum beats gets faster the beat of the visuals goes with it.
● Are solo instrumental bits illustrated by
the video?yes when you hear a solo part the video cuts back to the instruments being played normally a zoomed in shot of the instrument rather than the player.
● Does the video change pace with the
music? At some parts the music video changes pace with the music video.
● Give examples to support your points.

4. Are there close-ups of the artist and star image motifs?
● How is the record company looking to sell
this track?The music company are trying to sell this track as a raw track with a no tricks raw music video so people enjoy listening to the music and enjoy watching the video that is being offered to them.
● What image of the artist/band is being
offered?There is a raw look to the band something that you don’t see much with music bands or artists. The band just look like normal people and are singing about a normal life which everyone else leads. You see them with normal people on normal streets.
● How does this video relate to previous
videos by the artist?this music video is similar to the other videos made by the band and the music company, the band appear the same and they have the same sort of video.
● Are there motifs which have been used
previously? Or does this video represent a
change of image?The video doesn’t have any motifs and there are no changes of image the band are portrayed in the same way.

5. Is there reference to the notion of
looking?

● Do you get the sense that the artist is on
sexual display or that other people in the
video are used in this way?There are no sexual references in the video there are just the members of the band
● Does camerawork, costume, dance or
something else imply sexualised display?No, he has lost the person he loves so there are no sexual references
● Are there other references to ‘looking’
such as screens within screens or
binoculars, cameras, etc?Yes, you see a news crew and the lead singer appearing on the television
● Give examples and consider why these
features have been chosen.

6. Are there intertextual references?

● Do these relate to other music videos, to
aspects of the star’s image or to
completely separate texts such as TV
programmes or films?No the video is fresh and new with no other ideas just there own and they don’t copy other people they just
● How are they used?they aren’t

7. Is the music video performance-based, narrative-based or concept-based?
● How much of each?This music video is based on the narrative and performance theres is no concept to it.

Music Video History

Music and moving images have always gone together,

20's and 30s was a very expermiental time with earlier music videos been shown on early juke boxes called soundies in america and the european types scopitones.

The early sixties was the start of the baby boom after so many wars there was a decreased population and alot of young people where coming back from war and alot of people were having babies.

also in the sixties mordern art began to influance alot of different things and music was one of them with music artisits making artistic songs and 'Promos' also a drug culture came about.

in the 70's the start of top of the pops with live acts on and when the acts were on tour in and around britian or in and around the world the top of the pops used to show the artists music video.

The 80's saw the start of one of the most iconic music companys MTV it originally started in amercia and then started broadcasting in the UK later in the 80's also the changes in technology and gaps in market made music videos boom.

In the 90's the boom in music videos became even more intense and more money went into making the videos, also black artists got the break they deserved and there first music videos came out, in the 90's the start of other music channels like smash hits and Q these started as music magazines.