TASK 3

TEXTUAL ANALYSIS OF MUSIC VIDEOS

NAME OF TRACK: PLEASE DON T SAY YOU LOVE ME
ARTIST: GABRIELLE APLIN

FEATURES
GENRE
C HARACTERISTIC
S

OBSERVATIONS

E XAMPLES

THE GENRE CHARACTERISTICS

THAT COME ACROSS IN THIS

/
A S IN THE VIDEO IT IS

MUSIC VIDEOS IS INDIE FOLK

INDIE POP .

BASED AROUND RELATIONSHIP

WITH A PRETTY GIRL AND BOY .

H OWEVER IT HAS A UNIQUE

STORY LINE THAT DOES HAVE A
GOOD ENDING .

A LSO AS IT IS

INDIE FOLK THEY TEND NOT TO

HAVE BIG MONEY SET UP S , AS
THE CAR THAT THEY ARE IN IS A
REALLY CHEAP AND OLD
FASHIONED CAR , WHERE AS A POP
VIDEO WOULD BE LIKELY TO HAVE
AN EXPENSIVE ONE .

RELATIONSHIP
BETWEEN LYRICS
AND VISUALS ?

THERE IS A RELATIONSHIP
BETWEEN THE LYRICS AND THE
VISUALS AS IT IS BASED ON LOVE
AND JUST ENJOYING BEFORE
SAYING THAT THEY REALLY LOVE
EACH OTHER . IT IS ALSO BASED
AROUND THE SAME TO PEOPLE
THROUGHOUT THE VIDEO AND
MOST OF THE LYRICS LINK TO
THEM TWO.

RELATIONSHIP
BETWEEN MUSIC
AND VISUALS ?

THE MUSIC IT FAIRLY SLOW

THROUGHOUT THE VIDEO WHICH
DOES RELATE TO THE VISUALS AS
IT EVERYTHING HAPPENS SLOWLY

IN THE
VIDEO (NO
QUICK
The reason why I chose to
analysis
this
music video is because I really like the song and the story
ACTIONS ) IF THE PEOPLE ARE
line alongside it, the video has a very unique story, but also I like how basic the filming has been
SHOWN RUNNING IT IS SHOWN IN
as there is nothing very expensive
that hasTHE
been used to film this video; finally In my final music
SLOW MOTION . THEREFORE
VIDEO
LOOKS
MORE
EFFECTIVE
AS
video I feel as though there would be part of the
video I would interrupt in my own way. I came
THE VISUALS LINK WITH THE
across this track on YouTube
as
it
was
a
suggestion
to other music videos I was listening to at the
MUSIC .
time; A
however
I have heard
YES THROUGHOUT
the song THE
before
VIDEO this. As this song is by Gabrielle Aplin; and the song
RE THERE
THERE ARE A LOT OF CLOSE UPS
title please
say you love me, already hinted to me that it would have a nice storyline about
CLOSE-dont
UPS OF
OF THE ARTIST AND THE STARS .
a girl THE
and ARTIST
a boy that
happy
ending so the main influence to the context was the title
ANDwould
THIShave
MEANS a
THAT
THE AUDIENCE
CAN
INSIGHT folk/pop
INTO HOW
of theSTAR
songIMAGE
and the artist.
InGET
anA indie
there are a number of things they include, such as
THE ARTIST REALLY FEELS AS YOU
vintage
feel; ?as in this video they are in a vintage car but also the setting and location as it is in
MOTIFS
CAN SEE THEIR FACIAL
the country side. I feel that
in the music
video the only way that this video could depart from its
EXPRESSIONS
AS THE VIDEO
SAYS
A
LOT
ABOUT
FEELINGS
genre is when the artist is singing, in order to make it fit the genre more instruments could be
YES THERE IS SOME NOTION
THERE
used /ISperformance
of the
song. I feel that this song is aimed at young adults and both men and
LOOKING BUT THUS ONLY SEEMS
REFERENCE
TO
TO BE love
WHEN THE
women,
this is because
real
is ARTIST
whenIS you are older therefore young adults but both men and
THE
NOTION
OF
SINGING DOWN THE CAMERA ,
women can relate to the lyrics. However I feel it was mainly aimed at girls to the artist as I do not
WHEREAS WHEN THEY ARE
LOOKING
?
feel as
if she would
have ACTING
manyTHEY
boy
followers.
ONLY
REALLY LOOK I guess that this song suggests that I am someone
AT EACH
that can be quite sensitive
andOTHER
maybe someone who doesnt quite know what they want, but at
the same time follows their heart. This text doesnt really have that much relevance to me
however I can relate to some of the lyrics. This video takes for granted that you will be able to
relate to the song lyrics and therefore will be more likely to listen to it. Also love is something that
is involved in the majority of peoples lives. There are no real shift within the style of the video as it
is always based around the same people and meaning throughout. The video seems the expect
the response from the audience
that you should always follow your heart because in the end it will
THERE ARE NO INTERTEXTUAL
ARE THERE
work out (in which it doesREFERENCES
in this video).
feel that the video invites you to listen to the lyrics and
AS IT IS ALLI VIDEO
INTERTEXTUAL
RECORDING
WITH
NO
WORDS
interpret them in your own way. But also give the audience an insight of what happens if you just
REFERENCES?
( ALL PERFORMANCE)
go along with your heart. However this could lead in a penalty in the audience as it may not work
out this way for everyone (with a happy ending). I feel that this video is fairly typical of a music
video however I feel thatTHIS
it can
be seen as fairly unique as the day and night itself is not exactly
VIDEO IS AN ILLUSTRATION
IS THE VIDEO
THROUGHOUT
THE WHOLE OF THE
something
everyone
would
do.
CATEGORY

ILLUSTRATION,
DISJUNCTURE OR
AMPLIFICATION?

HOW MUCH OF
EACH ?

VIDEO

WITH A LITTLE BIT OF

AMPLIFICATION AS IT SHOWS THE

ARTIST SINGING FOR A FEW
MOMENTS DURING THE MUSIC
VIDEO AS SHE ALMOST ACTS AS
THE NARRATOR ; BUT AS A WHOLE

TEXTUAL ANALYSIS OF MUSIC VIDEOS

NAME OF TRACK: THE ONE
ARTIST: KODALINE

FEATURES

O BSERVATIONS

GENRE
CHARACTERISTIC

THE GENRE CHARACTERISTICS THAT

POP .

EXAMPLES

COME ACROSS IN THIS MUSIC VIDEO

IS THAT IT IS BASED AROUND INDIE

THIS IS DUE TO THE FACT IT

HAS A PRETTY GIRL FINDING LOVE

WITH A MAN AND IS BASED AROUND
FINDING THE RIGHT MAN AS PART
OF A LOVE STORY . THE REASON
THAT

I FEEL IT IS INDIE IS DUE TO

THE FACT IT ISN T ABOUT THE BIG

HOUSES AND EXPENSIVE CLOTHING
BUT THEY HAVE THE BASICS AND
STILL CAN FIND LOVE

ALSO THIS

MAKES ITS VERY UNIQUE .

RELATIONSHIP
BETWEEN LYRICS
AND VISUALS?

THROUGHOUT MOST OF THE VIDEO

THERE IS A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN
THE LYRICS AND THE VISUALS AS IT
SHOWS BOTH SIDES OF THEIR LIVES
BEFORE THEY MEET . ALSO THEY
LYRICS LINK TO FINDING THE RIGHT

WHICH IS WHAT
DO ATvideo by Kodaline is because I feel that the video
The reason why I chose toONE
analysis
thisTHEY
music
THE END OF THE VIDEO.
was different and unique DURING
to ones
that I have previously watched; also the story line alongside it.
THIS MUSIC VIDEO THE
RELATIONSHIP
The main difference of this
video
that I have previously looked at, is that the
MUSIC
LINKS compared
TO THE VISUALSto
AS others
IT
BETWEEN MUSIC
IS A FAIRLY
HAPPY SONGthe
AS ITmajority
HAS
screen has been split in half
throughout
of the video this then allows us the look at
AND VISUALS?
A FAIRY TALE ENDING . ALSO
both lifes of the characters
in the video until they finally meet at the end hence it being called
THROUGHOUT THE MUSIC VIDEO
MUSIC
IS ATon
A FAIRLY
SLOW as it was a suggestion to other music videos I was
The one. I came across THE
this
track
YouTube
PACE AND SO ARE THE VISUALS IN
listening to at the time; however
I have heard the song before this, but I have never watch it
THE VIDEO , AS SOME / MOST OF THE
before and it was not what
I expected
it to
be. As the song title was The One I was already
MOVEMENT
IS IN FAIRLY
SLOW
MOTION
.
expecting that it would be about a man and women finding each other and them being the right
THERE ARE A FEW CLOSE UPS ON
ARE
THERE
one for
each
other, however
I wasnt expecting it to be after so long. As this is an indie pop there
THE ARTISTS IN THE VIDEO, MAINLY
CLOSE
UPS
OF
are a number of things they
such as vintage feel; but the pop side is a happy ending along
WHENinclude,
IT IS HIM
THE
ARTIST
AND
SINGING / PERFORMING , THIS COMES
with a pretty boy and girl. Indie pop also includes things such as bright colour and distinctive
ACROSS EFFECTIVE AS HE IS
STAR
IMAGE
clothing
to the
indie genre
finally the setting and location as it is in the country side and rural area.
ALWAYS LOOKING STRAIGHT DOWN
MOTIFS
?
THE CAMERAS
I dont feel that in the music
video LENS
there is anything that suggests that is not an indie pop video
DURING THE PERFORMANCE OF THE
I
S
THERE
other than the slow start STARS
to the
song. I feel that this song is aimed at young adults and both men
THEY VERY RARELY LOOK
REFERENCE
TObecause
and women,
this is
its
about
finding
the right man/women in your life and this is what
DOWN AT THE
CAMERA
, THE ONLY
THE
NOTION
OF
TIME
THIS
IS
DONE
IS
WHEN
THE
most young adults try to do. However I feel it was mainly aimed at men as it is Kodaline that
ARTIST IS SINGING , THIS MAKES A
LOOKING
empathies
so it? could be seen
from a males point of view about finding the right girl; however
CONNECTION WITH THE AUDIENCE .
women can also relate. I guess that this song suggests that maybe I am looking for the right one
THERE
ARE wait
INTERTEXTUAL
and that
just
because everything happens for a reason. But also that I am
AREmaybe
THEREyou should
REFERENCES AS THE SCREEN IS
someone
that can be quite sensitive and maybe someone who doesnt quite know what they want.
INTERTEXTUAL
SPILT INTO 2 AND IT SHOWS BOTH
This text
doesnt
have
much
relevance
to me however I can relate to some of the lyrics.
REFERENCESreally
?
THEIR that
LIVES UNTIL
THEY
MEET
AGAINthat
.
This video takes for granted
you will be able to relate to the song lyrics and therefore will be
more likely to listen to it but also I feel it keeps the audience due to the spilt screen and people are
THIS VIDEO
AN ILLUSTRATION
intrigued
to see
what happens
atISthe
end. Also finding The One is something that is involved in
IS THE
VIDEO
THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE OF THE
the majority
of peoples lives. There are no real shift within the style of the video as it is always
CATEGORY
VIDEO WITH A LITTLE BIT OF
basedILLUSTRATION
around the same
people
andASmeaning
throughout and that they will finally find each other,
AMPLIFICATION
IT SHOWS THE
ARTIST
SINGING
FOR
A FEW as it does move fairly quickly and when you have both
however
it
could
be
hard
to
follow
at
times
DISJUNCTURE OR
MOMENTS DURING THE MUSIC
story to
follow it does
very quickly. I feel that the video invites you to listen to the lyrics
AMPLIFICATION
? change
VIDEO ; BUT AS A WHOLE THIS
and interpret
them
own
way
and AROUND
maybe
MUSIC
VIDEO
IS BASED
A link it to their own lives and maybe about how
HOW MUCH
OFin your
NARRATIVE
they found
The
One.
I
feel
that
this
video
is
fairly
typical ending of a music video as they do find
EACH ?
each other, however I feel that it can be seen as fairly unique due to the way that it has been
filmed due to the split screen and how you see their lives when they dont have each other.

TEXUAL ANALYSIS OF MUSIC VIDEO

NAME OF TRACK: GROW OLD WITH ME
ARTIST: TOM O DELL
FEATURES
GENRE
C HARACTERISTI
CS

OBSERVATIONS

E XAMPLES

THE GENRE CHARACTERISTICS THAT COME

ACROSS IN THIS MUSIC VIDEO IS INDIE
POP / FOLK .

A S THE COLOURS IN THE VIDEO

IS
BASED AROUND RELATIONSHIP . THE REASON
ARE FAIRLY BRIGHT BUT ALSO THE VIDEO

THAT IS IS ALSO INDIE POP IS DUE TO HOW IT

IS UNIQUE BUT IT S ALMOST LIKE A FANTASY
BECAUSE IT IS ABOUT KIDS NOT ADULTS .
H OWEVER IT HAS A UNIQUE STORY LINE AS IT
DOESN T HAVE A GOOD ENDING BUT ALSO IT
IS NOT YOUR TYPICAL FAIRY TALE STORY .

RELATIONSHIP
BETWEEN

THERE IS A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE

LYRICS AND THE VISUALS , BECAUSE IT IS
ABOUT THE GIRL WANTING THE BOY AND SHE

LYRICS AND

WANTS TO BE WITH HIM ; AND AT THE START IT

VISUALS ?

SHOWS AN OLD LADY PLAYING A CLIP WHICH

RELATIONSHIP

THE MUSIC IT FAIRLY SLOW THROUGHOUT THE

BETWEEN

THEN SEEMS TO SHOW A FLASH BACK .

VIDEO WHICH DOES RELATE TO THE VISUALS

AS IT EVERYTHING HAPPENS SLOWLY IN THE

MUSIC AND

VIDEO ( NO QUICK ACTIONS ) IF THE PEOPLE

VISUALS ?

ARE SHOWN RUNNING IT IS SHOWN IN SLOW

MOTION . THEREFORE THE VIDEO LOOKS MORE
EFFECTIVE AS THE VISUALS LINK WITH THE
MUSIC . HOWEVER BY THE END OF THE SONG
IT IS A LOT MORE UPBEAT AND THEREFORE
THE PACE OF THE VISUALS CHANGES .

ARE THERE
CLOSE- UPS OF

YES THROUGHOUT THE VIDEO THERE ARE A

THE ARTIST

UNDERSTAND THE FEELING

AND STAR

THE ACTORS MORE BUT ALSO ALLOWS THE

IMAGE MOTIFS ?

LOT OF CLOSE UPS OF THE ARTIST AND THE

STARS . THIS ALLOWS THE AUDIENCE TO

/ EMOTIONS OF

AUDIENCE TO HAVE A CONNECTION . THE

ARTIST

T OM ODELL IS SEEN PLAYING THE

PIANO THROUGHOUT THE VIDEO, OF WHICH

MOST OF THE SHOTS OF HIM A CLOSE UPS .

IS THERE
REFERENCE TO

YES THERE IS SOME NOTION OF LOOKING

THROUGHOUT A LOT OF THE VIDEO, THIS IS
MAINLY BY THE GIRL LOOKING DOWN THE

THE NOTION OF

CAMERA ,

LOOKING ?

CLIP AND TOM DO AS WELL .

AND HOWEVER THE LAD IN THE

ARE THERE
INTERTEXTUAL
REFERENCES?

THERE ARE NO INTERTEXTUAL REFERENCES AS

IT IS ALL VIDEO RECORDING WITH NO WORDS

( ALL PERFORMANCE) A PART FROM AT THE

START WHEN IT SAYS THE ARTIST NAME AND
SONG NAME

IS THE VIDEO
CATEGORY
ILLUSTRATION,
DISJUNCTURE
OR
AMPLIFICATION

THIS VIDEO IS AN ILLUSTRATION THROUGHOUT

THE WHOLE OF THE VIDEO

WITH A LITTLE

BIT OF AMPLIFICATION AS IT SHOWS THE

ARTIST SINGING FOR A FEW MOMENTS DURING
THE MUSIC VIDEO AS SHE ALMOST ACTS AS
THE NARRATOR ; BUT AS A WHOLE THIS MUSIC
VIDEO IS BASED AROUND A NARRATIVE

? HOW MUCH
OF EACH ?

The reason why I chose to analysis this music video by Tom Odell is because that it had a nice
setting but also it was different as it used young people in the video rather than adults. I also
liked the fact that it linked back to Tom on the piano as I feel that it made the video more person
as he was singing the lyrics can was almost like he was telling the story but as he was it was
showing you flash backs of the story. The main difference of this video compared to others that I
have previously looked at is the setting as it is based around children the location of the filing is
in playgrounds and bedrooms; which is typical of children. However it still has been filmed in a
rural area. I also like how it looks fairly old fashioned as I feel that this emphasises the fact that it
is from a indie folk/pop genre. I came across this track on YouTube as I did search for a Tom Odell
track called another love but I didnt really enjoy the video and grow old with me was a
suggestion to other Tom tracks. As the song title was grow old with me I was already expecting
that it would show the life of both enjoying all their years together; but however this track doesnt
and it only shows them as children which could emphasises the fact this never happened. As this
is an indie pop/folk music video there are a number of things they include, such as vintage
feel/old fashioned look; but the pop side is a happy ending along with a pretty boy and girl. Indie
pop also includes things such as bright colour and a fairly big house; the indie genre is normally
set in the country side and rural area. I dont feel that in the music video there is anything that
suggests that is not an indie pop/folk apart from the clothing, as they are young they would be
likely to get told what to wear and also be expected to be in uniform therefore the clothing was
fairly mainstream. I feel that this song is aimed at young adults and both men and women that
want the person they are with to grow old with them. I guess that this song suggests that maybe I
want what this song is saying throughout, but also Im a sensible person and maybe want to have
life easy with the same person. This text doesnt really have that much relevance to me as I am
still young and I dont want to be thinking about growing old yet, however I can relate to some of
the lyrics for my future life. This video doesnt really take anything for granted however people
may be able to relate to the lyrics and as it looks like it will how their life they may watch it all the
way to the end. There is no real shift within the style of the video as it is always based around the
same people and meaning throughout, however it does shift location when Tom sings. I feel that
the ending of the video is not typical of that of previous videos I had watched as it doesnt have a
happy ending.