Sunday, 30 September 2012

Research: Andrew Goodwin



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Andrew Goodwin identifies five key aspects of music videos that the audience should look out for, which are: 

- Thought beats (seeing the sound)
- Narrative and Performance
- The star image
- Relation of visuals to a song 
- Technical aspects of a music video


Music videos can be placed into three categories based on their narrative structure:

Illustration - the song’s lyrics being shown in a visual form, 

for instance “Fireflies” by Owl City. Whenever the singer 

sings the part “Fireflies”, the word itself appears on a 

gadget.






Amplification - refers to new meanings being introduced 

that do not contradict with the lyrics by adding layers of 

meanings. 'K Koke - Nobody But Us' does this very well.




Disjuncture - when the songs meaning is completely 

ignored and a whole new set of meanings are introduced, an 

example of this could be “Bad Romance” by Lady Gaga, as 

the entire music video contradicts the lyrics.


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