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Music Video Target Audiences

Questionnaire- Do you like to watch music video’s?                    Yes.                           No.  Would you prefer to watch a music video juxtaposed to just listening to the audio?                      Yes.                           No. How many times a week do you watch a music video?           1.                2.               3.             4.              5.             More       What was the last music video you watched?Who was it by? …………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. What is your preferred genre to watch?                                                                                  Country         Pop                                  Grime                           Hip-Hop                                 Reggae      Rock                                           Classical                            Other…………………………………. Do you watch a music video more than once?

Goodwin's Theory

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Andrew Goodwin’s Theory   Goodwin’s Theory is based upon 8 key principles  Links between lyrics and visuals  Links between Music and visuals (complimentary, contradicting or Amplifications) Genre characteristics  Intertextual references  Notions of looking (objectification of women) Voyeurism (direct gaze, other people looking at artist, insight into artists life, screens and mirrors) Demands of the Record Label (representation of the artist) Performance based, Narrative based or concept based music videos  Links between lyrics and visuals-  Goodwin suggest that they lyrics will be a contestant reference to the visuals on the screen. Which means that the visuals will be reenforced by the lyrics and what they are saying.  For example this can be seen in the lyrical music video for chainsmokers - closer, this music video has a lot of references to a RangeRover which does feature in lot of the video. The lyrics on the screen are a clear representation of what the vis

Other Students Music Video

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Analysing a student music video from Youtube.  Stressed Out- Student Music Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_yjLIlkccM Mise-en-Scene  I think that the locations and the filming is good as there are a lot of different angles, location and shots. However it doesn't feel as tough they have really thought out what they are really filming. For example there are shot of things like park benches. I don't feel as though there isn't lots of understanding about the narrative behind the video. I don't feel like there is a specific meaning or signified meanings behind the video. From seeing the video there isn't any particular connotations from the video specifically. I don't feel as their clothing has been considered well as I don’t see any specific reason for why they are wearing what they are wearing.  Sound Throughout the Piece there isn't any dietetic music or sounds. This is typical for a music video as they wouldn't sing the song in