Music Video Analysis

Song Title	Beautiful
Artist	Christina Aguilera
Target Audience	Teenagers Labelled - Alternative
Narrative / concept / performance	Self contained Performance in the mirror/room Random concept - Flowers
Genre	Pop                   Drama
You Tube view count	30,835,245
Like And Dislike Ratio	Likes: 12400 Dislikes: 2,738
Representation, Who What How	Anorexic Angry Hateful Bitter Homosexual Proud Transvestite Bullying Depressed
Themes	Love Hate Depression Anxiety Pride Beauty Homosexuality
Personal And Emotional Response	Sympathy for the problems they are going through Sad Uncomfortable
Mise En Scene	Disused House Bedroom Bus Outdoors
*      Settings  And Props	Weights Mirror Bench Chair Fire Magazine
*      Character And Performance	Anorexic Transsexual Anger
*      Costume Hair And Make -    up	Dreadlocks Black clothing
*      Lighting And Colours	Low key lighting. The dull effect adds to the mood of the video.
Diegetic Sound	Song track
Editing	Slow motion Colour grading (hugh) Jump cuts Shot/reverse shot Long times
Camera Work	Shot Angles Movement Extreme Close up Close up Eye level shot
Storyline	Self belief and targeted victims overcoming their own problems and that there is beauty in everyone.

Song Title	Hawaiian Air
Artist	Friendly Fires
Target Audience	15 – 20 year olds Happy people
Narrative / concept / performance	Getting off an aeroplane and enjoying the holiday in the sun. Dancing in the sunset. Band playing on the plane.
Genre	Indie Rock
You Tube view count	1,226,061
Like And Dislike Ratio	Likes: 6,097 Dislikes: 192
Representation, Who What How	Frustration on the plane Being in Hawaii Happy  Summer Dancing
Themes	Happiness Frustration Holiday Summer Youth Hawaii
Personal And Emotional Response	Happiness Positive Jealous of the location
Mise En Scene	Hawaii Aeroplane set Beach Forrest Underwater
*      Settings  And Props	Surfboards Instruments Fire Water Cliff
*      Character And Performance	Annoying people on the aeroplane  Hula girls dancing  Band playing
*      Costume Hair And Make up	Hawaiian Shirt  Sunglasses Hula skirt
*      Lighting And Colours	Natural sun light Low key light on aeroplane
Diegetic Sound	Song track
Editing	Slow motion Colour grading (hugh) Jump cuts Underwater shot
Camera Work	Underwater shot Close up Worms eye view Eye level shot
Storyline	Getting away from stress back home and on the aeroplane then arriving in Hawaii and enjoying a holiday, new scenery and hot country air

Song Title	Best Of You
Artist	Foo Fighters
Target Audience	Nirvana Fans Under 30’s Rock Fans
Narrative / concept / performance	Start to end performance Life & Death Juxtapose Archive, lion, snake, baby
Genre	Rock
You Tube view count	29 million
Like And Dislike Ratio	Likes: 105,000 Dislikes: 1,00 dislikes
Representation, Who What How	Relationships Ending
Themes	Relationships Life & Death
Personal And Emotional Response	Angry People
Mise En Scene	Performing platform  Hospital Bedroom
*      Settings  And Props	Barron Wasteland Musical Instruments
*      Character And Performance	The baby represents the future Aggressive singing
*      Costume Hair And Make up	Scruffy/casual to keep their band image
*      Lighting And Colours	Black clothes contrasting to white background
Diegetic Sound	Song Track
Editing	Saturated High key contrast Jump Out Cross dissolve
Camera Work	Extreme Close up
Storyline	Life and death Relationship endings

Song Title	Electric Feel
Artist	MGMT
Target Audience	15-25 years old Happy people
Narrative / concept / performance	Band members playing and dancing in the jungle. Animal people- partying. Contact with the moon.
Genre	Psychedelic Rock Ecstasy or Acid trip
You Tube view count	39,591,259
Like And Dislike Ratio	Likes: 93,216 Dislikes: 1,905
Representation, Who What How	Band members Dancing Moon/Forest party
Themes	Happiness Mystical Trippy
Personal And Emotional Response	Happy Positive
Mise En Scene	Forrest - Sky
*      Settings  And Props	Instruments (Steel drums/Horn) Motorbikes Robotic bear/animals
*      Character And Performance	Band members perfoming Cartoon characters Dancing - Party
*      Costume Hair And Make up	Alternative – Bohemian – Hippie - Psycedelic
*      Lighting And Colours	Dark, making objects look brighter and glow
Diegetic Sound	Song Track
Editing	Moon spilling colours Moving animal Sky explosion from the motorbikes
Camera Work	Long shot Close up
Storyline	The band and others playing instruments whilst throwing a party in the forest. Bringing everything to life at night and having control over the moon, using like a disco ball.