This document discusses how music videos address and appeal to audiences through various strategies. It explains that the target audience depends on the genre and artist's fame. Some artists use unique costumes and styles to stand out and gain recognition, like Lady Gaga. The document also discusses how bands like Ok Go film memorable music videos in single continuous shots to appeal to broader audiences and potentially go viral. Finally, it covers how dance routines, animation, and special effects can engage audiences of different ages and sizes.

1. ADDRESSING AUDIENCES

2. INTRODUCTION
• This presentation will focus on the many ways in which music videos address
and appeal to an audience. Some videos will attempt to address a mass
audience while others will focus on smaller more niche audiences. The target
audience is usually decided based on the genre and how well-known the
band/ artist is.

3. COSTUMES, HAIR & MAKEUP
• Due to the increasing number of artists in the music industry, many artists feel
they need to have their own individual look in order to be recognised and
remembered. Some artists will purposefully go out of their way to wear the
craziest outfits and have the wackiest hair so they can gain more attention.
• It is not a coincidence that some of the most famous pop stars in the world
are known for having unique and strange styles. This is what gets them more
well-known, as their costumes etc. act as a talking point with friends, family
and most importantly, across social media websites.

4. • Lady Gaga is one of the most famous pop-stars in the world. She is known not
only for her music but also for her outgoing fashion sense. Her videos are
made to appeal to a mass audience due to her worldwide presence. She
does this by making each video strange and random, which therefore
means that it doesn’t appeal to just one group of people.
• These shots are taken from three different music videos, which shows that she
tries to keep her style consistent and does this on purpose so that people will
remember her and her music videos.

5. VIDEOS DONE IN ONE TAKE
• Sometimes it isn’t what’s in the video, but how the video is filmed that makes
it more memorable. Some bands who may not be particularly well-known for
their music may decide to put a lot of time and effort into a music video in
the hope that it will “go viral” and gain them more media attention.
• One band famous for doing videos in one take is Ok Go. They are a band
consisting of 4 middle aged men, which may already narrow down their
target audience to older people. However, due to their entertaining
videos, they are now known to appeal to many different audiences and
their music is now more well-known.

6. • Many of Ok Go’s videos have been done in one continuous take. The
content of their videos is also extremely impressive, as it is clear that a lot of
time and preparation has been put into them to perfect them.
• One of their most famous videos is the video for their song “Here It Goes
Again”, consisting of a dance routine on treadmills. Nothing like it had ever
been done before, and to prove that it reached younger audiences, it was
even copied by four high school students.
• Original - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTAAsCNK7RA
• Copied version - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gq7r3F1SoX0
• Other similar videos done by Ok Go:
• This Too Shall Pass - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qybUFnY7Y8w
• White Knuckles - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHlJODYBLKs
• Needing/Getting - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MejbOFk7H6c

7. • Younger more recent artists are also trying the one continuous shot method.
Taylor Swift filmed “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together” all in one
take, with quick costume and setting changes. This video however appeals
mainly to teenagers with the theme of the video being quite childish and
about breaking up with someone.
• Justin Bieber has also tried this method of filming in his “Beauty And A Beat”
video. It isn’t all filmed in one take, however some parts are and he has tried
to be different by filming himself for the majority of his video. Again, this
video is targeting a younger audience with the water park and club music
style.
• We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WA4iX5D9Z64
• Beauty And A Beat - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ys7-6_t7OEQ

8. DANCE ROUTINES
• Dance routines are one of the simplest yet most effective ways to engage
an audience. They are also the most commonly used strategies as you don’t
need to spend a lot of money on a dance routine, and they can be quite
easily put together.
• Dance routines can appeal to either a mass audience or a smaller
audience. This often depends on who the artist is and what the dance is.
• With the help of YouTube, Facebook etc. videos including dance routines go
viral due to other people attempting to copy the dance they have seen
and uploading videos of themselves for other people to see.
• These kind of videos are also popular due to the fact that these actions and
dances can be transferred to parties etc.

9. • One very famous music video is Beyonce’s “Single Ladies”. Her video was so
popular due to the dance routine she included in it. It appealed to many
young girls and women as the dance could be copied. It also appealed to
men due to the revealing outfits and type of dance. It was so popular in
fact, that a remake of it was done in the hit American TV show, Glee. This
dance was done by a manly football team which shows that it appealed to
audiences you wouldn’t have expected it to appeal to.
• Single Ladies - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4m1EFMoRFvY
• Another video that went viral because of the dance was “Gangnam Style”
by a Korean artist named Psy. The song is in Korean, however it has now
become the most all time viewed video on YouTube with over 1 and a half
billion views. The craze with this video mainly kicked off because of the
dance. This song/video probably should have only appealed to a niche
audience, however has now become popular with a global audience.
• Gangnam Style- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bZkp7q19f0

10. ANIMATION & SPECIAL EFFECTS
• Some videos use animation and special effects to change what may be
classed as a boring video into something more different and entertaining.
Some videos use animation to appeal to a younger audience, who may
appreciate this type of video more than older people. Other videos do it just
to enhance their videos and make them look more like a short film rather
than a music video, which can increase popularity.

11. • Keane were one of the first bands to include a type of animation in their
music videos. Their video for “Somewhere Only We Know” is a perfect
example of a simple video made unique and interesting by animation. They
include little cute animated creatures that gives the video a sense of fantasy
and adventure.
• Somewhere Only We Know - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oextk-
If8HQ

12. • E.T. by Katy Perry uses special effects the whole way through in order to
create the effect of being in space to match the theme of the song. The
video has a very futuristic feel to it, which probably appeals to a younger
audience. It’s appealing because it’s different and strange, and in a way
tells a story.
• E.T. - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5Sd5c4o9UM