21st April 2023 Riptide Conventions, Intertextuality and Genre
Codes and Conventions of music vids narrative camera shots/angles (low shot, mid shot) Mise-en-scene Andrew Goodwin There is a relationship between lyrics and visuals, with the visuals illustrating amplifying or contradicting the lyrics. There is a relationship between the music and the visuals, with the visuals illustrating, amplifying or contradicting the music. Music videos are often constructed by the link between the visuals and the song plus the artist. Relationships are built between these in the video, and the close-ups of the artist gives them the representation and publicity they require. Voyeurism is used to create the video's attractiveness, particularly to males, whilst intertextuality is often employed in humorous videos Intertextual references, either to other music videos or to films of TV texts - these provide further gratification and pleasure for the viewers/fans. These images reference to feature films due to the top left includes the use of a billing bl...