Features Genre Characteristics Relationship between lyrics and visuals?

Observations Indie Lip syncing, dancing, other shots.

Relationship between music and visuals?

Instruments and dancing

Are there close ups of the artist and star image motifs? Is there reference to the notion of looking? Are there any intertextual references? Is the video category illustration, disjuncture or amplification? How much of each?

Artist singing, and the dancers

The male gaze

Hypnotism Amplification

Examples Vintage shots/old clips, bright colours The old clips and images relate to the lyrics of the song, eg. Brian, top marks for not trying shows an image of a well toned, tanned man, apparently carefree. Most of the video shows the band playing the instruments in time to the music, and the dancing is in time also Close ups of the artists are usually taken from behind or to the side Close ups on the dancers, and dancers wearing tight fitted clothes Video of a hypnotised woman, and illusions Uses both performance of the band and narrative with the lyrics