Friday 6 September 2013

Textual analysis of Disclosure - F For You



Introduction
- The genre of this music video is techno/dance/pop
- Compared to all their other videos it is very simple with no storyline

What is the relationship between lyrics and visuals?
- There are no actual links between the lyrics and the visuals as it is just them performing

What is the relationship between music and visuals?
- You can see quite clearly the relationship between the music and the visuals 
- When the music gets more complex, the backdrop starts to have more going on on it
- Also when they are doing the DJ instrumental parts of the song, the camera focuses on the instrumental and DJ set up
- They also do this with the singing

Are there close ups of the artist and star image motifs?
- There are plenty of close ups of the boys while they are playing and singing
- Mostly close ups of the one singing and not so many on the one who DJ's the most
- Dark lighting and quick camera shots make it hard to see the artists properly when there are close ups of them
- Their famous drawn white 'face' comes up a lot on the backdrop so you know it is them immediately  

Is there reference to the notion of looking?
- There isn't really any reference to the notion of looking
- No girls in the music video
- No voyeurism used

Is the music video performance based, narrative based or concept based?
- This music video is purely performance based
- No narrative told throughout
- quite a repetitive song so the pure performance fits with the style of song

Conclusion
- Overall, this video is purely performance based which is good because it fits with the song and wouldn't really look right if it had a story to it
- I really like the simpleness of it and how there is not much to it   

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