Pink - U + Ur Hand music video analysis

Realised in 2006, ‘U + Ur Hand’ was the third single released from P!nk’s fourth album, I'm Not Dead. The music genre the album falls under is pop rock. I am going to analyse this music video and see how it fits in with its genre and also how it works as an overall music video. 

‘U + Ur Hand’ hand falls under the category of both being a Commercial exhibitionist and a televised bard as a story is being told throughout the video but the main focus is still on P!nk.  Looking at the video in terms of Goodwin’s  analysis of music it conforms to all of his six areas.

The music conforms to the conventions of a pop-rock genre by the beat of the song, the lyrics and also the mise-en-sene used in the costumes shows a edgy rock image.

This is an exaples of how costumes had been used to confornt to the pop-rock genre.
The video also follows Goodwin's second point as there are links between the lyrics and visuals: “So quit spilling your drinks on me”

There is also a link between the music and visuals with the speed of the editing from one shot to another. This can been seen by looking at the video and especially towards the end when the chorus is being repeated for the second time as the beat of the song and editing speeds up. 
Throughout the video there are numerous close up  shots of P!nk which fits into the type of music video being a Commercial exhibitionist as they help sell the artist.

 Here are two examples of two close up shots being used.
 
The music video incorporates the notion of looking with the use of going into the books as it continues to tell you the story of Lady Delish. Voyeurism is also used in the video in Pink costumes. 

 This still shows how the book was used to give the notion of looking.

 This still is an example of how voyeuristic treatment of women has been used in the video.

There is no real intertextual references used in the video, however some people may argue that the 'Story of Lady Delish' could be seen as intertextual reference as P!nk has related the lyrics of the song to the story.

 

High school never end music video- made in class

In class we were given the task of making a music video showing the typical conventions. The song we choose to do was High School Never Ends by Bowling for Soup.We decided to make a music video to this song as the lyrics allowed us to create matching visuals with the lyrics, giving the video humours twist and also use the school environment.

We went about following the conventions by fist looking at Goodwin's analysis of music videos and then looking at the lyrics to see where we could incorporate the conventions into the song. We had to choose one verse and then the chorus. The verse we choose was:

 Reese Witherspoon, she's the Prom Queen
Bill Gates, Captain of the chess team
Jack Black, the clown
Brad Pitt, the quarterback

We decided to use this verse as we could all take on a role to match the lyrics with visuals.

Fulfilling Goodwin's analysis of music videos:

1.       Music videos demonstrate genre characteristics (e.g. stage performance in metal video, dance routine for boy/girl band).

Form looking at this still image you can see that for the chorus we did our own take on a stage performance.

2.There is a relationship between lyrics and visuals (either illustrative, amplifying, contradicting). 

Form looking at this still image you can see that this image matches with the lyrics ‘Reese Witherspoon, she's the Prom Queen’ as this is the image which is being portrayed.

3.There is a relationship between music and visuals (either illustrative, amplifying, contradicting). we have linked the music and visuals by the speed of the edditing matching the beat of the music.

4.The demands of the record label will include the need for lots of close ups of the artist and the artist may develop motifs which recur across their work (a visual style). this can being seen by loking at the first still image again as in the chorus there are close-ups of the artist. 

5. There is frequently reference to notion of looking (screens within screens, telescopes, etc) and particularly voyeuristic treatment of the female body.

This still image shows the notion of looking as a mirror has been used with the ‘quarterback’ admiring himself and also winking at the audience. 

6. There is often intertextual reference (to films, tv programmes, other music videos etc). there is no real visual  intertextual references but the lyrics of the verse talks about different celebrities.