Textual analysis of Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody

Introduction
- The genre of this music video is rock
- Almost as if it is two songs put together as the two sections of the song have very different sounds

What is the relationship between lyrics and visuals?
- There isn't actually a relationship between the lyrics and visuals apart from the fact that they are singing and their emotions when they are singing the lyrics is sad
- In the second part of the song, there are the lyrics 'i see a little silhouette of a man' and he sings this, this is what you see on the screen, this is the only relationship between lyrics and visuals in the video 

What is the relationship between music and visuals?
- They are moving around to the beat and rhythm of the music when they are performing with the instruments
- Also when they are singing in the formation of four the shots are edited together to the beat of the song as well

Are there close ups of the artist and star image motifs?
- There are close ups of the artists pretty much all the way through the video and the lighting is done so that you can't see their faces properly when they are in the quartet.
- There are no star image motifs

Is there reference to the notion of looking?
- I wouldn't say there was reference to the notion of looking apart from maybe when they were singing on the stage and performing
- No voyeurism involved
- No Male Gaze theory in the video either

Is the music video performance based, narrative based or concept based?
- This video is purely performance based as they are constantly singing and performing and there is no narrative or anything more to the video

Conclusion
- Overall, this video only has two scenes and this makes it simple
- It is an old music video so it actually fits in with Firth's theory of only having performance in there and nothing else