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O music videos followed ileii genie claiacieiisiics, foi example in "Repiilia" ile genie
is indie and ile video follows ilese claiacieiisiics b being a vei low budgei video slois
of ile band membeis plaing and laving a lead singei wiil a sianding micioplone. Tle
music video las vei fasi cui ediis and ilis would be io leep in iime wiil ile pace of ile
music, vei common in iocl]indie music videos. "osl" b Eminem also follows genie
claiacieiisiics, as ii is a iap video ii is expecied io be made on a big budgei, oilei
claiacieiisiics aie ile aiiisi being in ile ceniie of ile sloi, looling down on ile cameia
wlen iapping, ilis gives ile effeci ilai le is "biggei" ilan eveione else. Tle music video
las been cui in iime wiil ile music video, ii is a slow cui, ofien common in iap and R8B
music videos.
8elaLlonshlp beLween Lhe lyrlcs and Lhe vlsuals wlLh Lhe vlsuals
lllusLraLlng ampllfylng or conLradlcLlng Lhe lyrlcs
O ne of ile poinis fiom Andiew Goodwin's ileoi on music videos is ile ielaiionslip
beiween ile liics and ile visuals, ilis is wleie ile visuals will aid ile liics foi ile
audience io see. Examples would be:
In ilis music video b Bead
Ee. Tle aiiisi siaiis ile
cloius wlicl is aboui "Tle
Rollei" and ile sign "Tle
Rollei" comes up io aid ile
liics.
Heie in ilis Eminem
song ile line goes "siiap
lim wiil lis own AK-
lei lim go figli lis own
wai". Wlen le sas ilis
line ile scieen comes up
wiil ile Piesideni being
geaied up foi wai.
Heie in ilis video b Tle
Siioles le sas "Don'i
slow me down" once le
sas ilis line is said lis
waicl comes inio view
wiil ile cameia, so ii is
io do wiil iime.
ne lasi example would be
ilis one, Tle aiiisi sas
"please don'i lool ai me
wiil ilose ees" wlen le
said ilai ile video cuis io
a close up focusing on ile
lead singeis ees.
8elaLlonshlps beLween Lhe muslc and Lhe vlsuals
O Tle visuals in ile music video foi "Fiisi Daie" lave a ielaiionslip beiween ile music and
ile visuals, foi example iigli ai ile beginning wleie ile diummei siaiis plaing ile
cameia focuses on lim amplifing ile music.
O Anoilei example in ile same music video is wlen
ile iliow ile bai iliougl ile aii, all ou can leai
is ile sound of ile bai fling, ilis is also amplifing
ile music iliougl ile visuals
O Ai ile beginning of "Tle Rollei" ou can onl leai ile singei and ile guiiaiisi, ile
cameia focuses on ile lead singei and ilis ielaiionslip beiween ile visuals and ile
music amplifies ile music
@he demand of Lhe arLlsL
O Tle demand of ile aiiisi well be lois of close ups of ile band membeis oi ile solo aiiisi,
ileie will alwas be oi diffeieni close ups of ile aiiisis and ile would be iepeaied
iliougloui ile video
O In "Repiilia" b Tle Siioles ileie aie consiani close ups of ile band membeis, ilis is
wlai ile music video was designed io lool lile, mosi of ile iime wlen ile lead singei is
singing ii will focus on lim wiil a close up of lis face
O In "osl" b Eminem, as le is a solo aiiisi in ilis song ile cameia will onl need io focus
on lim, wlenevei ile music video isn'i slowing ile animaied sioi ii will be focused on
ile iappei
Ioyeurlsm
O In a psclological ieims voeuiism is ile ieim used foi inieiesi of sping on people
engaged in iniimaie belavioui.
O Ii is commonl used in music videos as people iend io lile io waicl lalf naled people ,
boil men and women dance io ile music, ii is sociall accepiable io waicl ilis lind of
belavioui in music videos, films and TV slows, bui ii would be seen as unaccepiable io
ile public if people did ii in public
nLerLexLual reference
O An inieiiexiual iefeience in a music video is wleie ileie is a iefeience io anoilei film oi music
video, ilis can be wiilin ile liics oi ile visuals of ile music video
O An example of an inieiiexiual iefeience would be in ile music video foi Eminem's "Wiiloui
e", ile scieensloi below slows lim in a supeileioes cosiume similai io Robins oui of
Baiman 8 Robin. Excepi le las a baclwaid "E" insiead of an "R" on ile cosiume wlicl males
ii unique
O Anoilei example is in "Tle Good Life" b Kane Wesi ileie is an inieiiexiual iefeience io
Hollwood as ileie is an animaied veision of ile Hollwood sign on ile lill, ileie is also a
iefeience of lis own song name on ile ioad sign belind lis lead
O Tle lasi example would be "en in Blacl" b Will Smiil, ile eniiie music video is based on ile
film "en in Blacl", also Will Smiil is one of ile main claiacieis in ile film

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