The Kooks- She moves in her own way
The song ‘She moves in her own way’ By The Kooks is a performance based video. Although the video is not set out in a traditional performance based way (the band/artist on a stage with clips of them preforming). This video has clips of them performing, playing and singing all throughout the video, everywhere but a stage.
Reference to looking- I think that this feature of a music video is present in this song. There are clips all throughout the video, where the camera shot is a point of view shot looking at people, building and the scenery. I think that using a point of view shot is a reference to the idea of looking; this is one of Goodwin’s theories.
Relationship between music and visuals- Throughout the song there are clear relationships between the music and the visuals. An example of this is when there is a clip of one of the band members; he is paying a harmonica, as he starts to play in the visual the harmonica is played in the music. This example strengthens the relationship between music and visuals.
Relationship between visual and lyrics- During the video there are relationship between the lyrics and visuals. A few examples of this being as the lyrics ‘You don’t pull my strings’ are sang by the band a visuals of a man playing a double bass is shown. This challenges the relationship as the lyrics say you don’t, and the man in the visual is pulling on the double bass strings. Another example of the relationship is when the band sings ‘better man, moving on the better things’. This is shown in the visuals by a clip of a man then to a down beat hotel to a nicer looking hotel. Hence the lyrics ‘moving on to better things’. This shows that the visuals and the lyrics are strengthening the relationship between the too.
Demands of the record label- The demand of the record label has been met throughout the video as there are many shots in the video which are close-ups of the lead singer and the band members. The majority of the shots are of the lead singer. This is because he is being shown as the main focus of the video. This could also be happening because his face is recognisable as the lead singer of the kooks and therefore could be a brand image. The fact that the other band members are not in as many shots in the video could show that they are less significant. There are also many long/extreme long shots of the band. This show that band has four members and are all very close.
The Killers- When you were young
The song ‘When you were young’ By The Killers is a Hybrid based video. The video was a mix of Narrative and performance based. The video has a narrative aspect because of the clips throughout the video that tells a story. Also the video is part performance, this is show by the band members preforming in a bar.
Reference to looking- I this video by the Killers there are many references to looking some of these being when the camera is looking at the mirror the audience can see what people are looking at. For example when the woman in white finds her husband in bed with another woman you can see what she is looking at through the mirror. Another example of the reference to looking is when the band is performing the crowd is watching them sing and play there instruments.
Relationship between music and visuals- In the video there are clear relationships between the music and the visuals some examples of this are when the band starts to play, there is sudden change in scene, and this is a quick cut from the story line to the lead singer of the band. This strengthens the relationship between visuals and the music because the music makes the change in science more dramatic and exciting.
Relationship between visual and lyrics- During the video there many relationships between the visuals and the lyrics, some examples of this could be the when the words ‘And sometimes you close your eyes…When you were young’ When these words are sang flash backs of the woman’s life are shown. This strengthens the relationship as it’s like the woman is closing her eyes are remembering when she was younger. Another example could be when the singer sings ‘Can we climb this mountain’ there is a mountain in the background and the couple are looking at it. This also strengthens the relationship as there are the two of them and a mountain in view.
Demands of the record label- The request of the record label have been met and there are loads of examples to show this. There are a lot of mid to long shots showing the band performing together. This shows how close the band is and that they are a brand icon. There are close ups of the lead singer that the other band members this shows how important the lead singer is compared to the other members. The lead singer is also a brand icon as he is more recognisable than the other members.
The Wombats- Kill The Director
The Song ‘Kill the Director’ By The Wombats is a hybrid video. This is because there is a mix of two music video types, these are conceptual, which is the band interpretation of the song and not the literal meaning and performance which is the band performing, just because it is not a typical performace video of the band on a stage does not mean it not a performance.
Relationship between visual and lyrics There are many ways during the video that the lyrics are shown to have relationships with the visulas. When the lead singer sings the line “Though I'm acting like I’m in a Eastenders episode” we can see that this strengthens the relationship as the lead singer is walking through a market which can be related to Eastenders.
The way in which the lead singer walks through the market with his jacket over his shoulder could be associated with the film Notting Hill, as the main actor Hugh Grant does exactly the same thing. This strengths the relationship between lyrics and visuals as this scene is from a rom-com movie and the line “If this is a Rom-con” are linked together and support each other.
When the line “This is no Bridget Jones” is sang in the video I thing that this is challenging the relationship between visuals and lyrics. At the end of the Bridget Jones film we see her running through the rain, so when the band members are playing there music while in the rain this challenges the relationship as this links the video with a Bridget jones film but the singer states this is no Bridget jones.
When the line “Carrots help us see much better in the dark” is sang by the lead singer this is strengthens the relationship as the visuals show a man at the market holding carrots up.
Relationship between music and visuals- At the start of the video a man is throwing an orange in the air and catching. When he does this it overlaps with the drum and guitar tune that is being played. This is called on beat editing. This effect strengthens the relationship between the music and visuals.
Another bit of on beat editing in the music video is when the camera jump cuts to different shots, when this happens the guitar picks up in noise and tune. This also strengthens the relationship as it keeps the audience interested when changing scene.
Demands of the record label- This has been met throughout this video as there have been close ups of the band members, mainly the lead singer as he is more important that the others as he is more recognisable by the audience.
One of these types of technology being she has her own website. http://www.listentofeist.com/v On her website you can watch and listen to songs, see videos of her recording new songs from her up and coming album. This website, I think is a really good for Feist to promote herself and up and coming albums and singles. The website all so has a link where the audience can go to pre order her soon to be released album called METALS or they can click on the tour dates link to book tickets. These are all ways in which Feist is making money and stimulating the interesting in her music. This picture is a print screen of Feist's offical website. The picture is a video of Feist recording one of her new singles.
Another piece of technology that Feist is using is email. As a customer you can sign up to become a member of Feist’s mailing list. Once you sign up to be a member (which is free) you get the latest news about Feist, such as: news, tour announcements, videos, contests, exclusive fan offers, and much more. I think that this is a really good way in which Feist has used technology to distribute her music. Once a fan signs up for this, the fan being a lifelong one or a fan of what’s ion the chart they will continue to get information about Feist new albums, singles, tours or news. An example of this being the image to the right. This is a print screen of an email that I recived. On the email there is a link which you can click and listen to feist's new album 'Metals'.
