Tuesday, 15 December 2009

Textual Analysis Of Trance Music Video

Name of track: Sandstorm
Artist/director: Darude



Features to look for
Genre characteristics
  • long shots
  • moving camera- which is sometimes handheld
  • sportswear- this relates to lots of energy being used as the music is fast-paced
  • very repetitive
  • 0.40 minutes
What is the relationship between the lyrics and visuals?
  • there aren't any lyrics- which is quite typical/commonly found in songs of this genre
  • either no lyrics or very few
  • the only sound outside of the music is a dog snarling
  • 2.01 minutes
What is the relationship between the music and visuals?
  • as the best gets faster, the movement, in relation to this, does also
  • running- significant as the music is very fast/ energetic
  • 0.33 minutes
Are there close-ups of the artist and star image motifs?
  • I am assuming that the actual artist is not in the video, but there are medium shots and close-ups of things that relate to the video
  • no extreme close-ups of the people's faces
  • there is no reference to star image motifs
  • 0.49 minutes
Is there reference to the notion of looking?
  • there are people along the journey that watch the chase
  • there are no references to the 'male gaze'
  • 1.11 minutes
Is it performance-based or concept-based? How much of each?
  • narrative-based
  • story of running and being chased- taken something
  • no performance or concept in the video
  • 0.35 minutes
Evaluation of analysis
After analysing a music video for this particular genre of music, I can conclude that this type of song is not befitting my groups' interests or abilities.

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