AS Media Studies Looking at Structure of Music Videos

Analysing Music Videos

We are going to analyse a range of music videos. Use this grid to record your
analyses. You will be asked to feedback your ideas.

Artist/song
title
Briefly
summarise
the
narrative
in this
video
What is the
central
artists/arti
sts
position
within this
narrative?
Participant?
Observer?
Narrator?

Do we see
the artist
sing? If so,
state when
and how
often.
Is the artist
the main
focus of
the video?
If not
what is?
What is the
ratio of
narrative
to
performanc
e?

Who are the audiences for these videos and why?

Does either music video appear to you to be generically conventional or are

they playing with genre conventions?