3. What genre is the music and how is this
reflected In the video
• The genre is rap and this is not reflected in the
music video music video. Because there weren't
any low angled, close up shots which are commonly
used to imply the artists power over their audience.
The artist is not in the music video but there are a
number of fades which links to the title of the music
video.
4. How do the images relate to the lyrics?
• The images relate to the video in the choreography
that the dancer does and symbolises.
5. how do the images relate to the music? Count
the shots overall
• Overall there are about 5 shots where the images
relate images relate to the music. For example when
the dancer acts out smoking to the lyrics “roll up roll
up”.
6. How is the artist presented to “sell” them? How
important are close ups ?
• The artist only presents to “ sell” them thought the
textual information before the video begins the
artists name is presented and the dances name.
7. Is there any reference to “looking”? Are
females presented voyeuristically
• There is a lot of reference to “looking” in this video
especially because there is no direct address to the
audience while the camera is following her every
more. Furthermore, the fact that she is only wearing
a thong and a sports bar exposes the woman more.
However the fact that she is ok with it also confuses
the audiences as some may thing she is being used
whilst some might think the dancer is empowering
herself and other women plus she is allowed to do
so.
• There are several close up and extreme close ups
that focus on the females body parts.
8. Can you spot any intertextual references?
What are they?
• There are nor any obvious intertextual references.
9. Add any further comments on camera work,
editing, mise-en-scene, special effects, sounds
• A lot of close ups and mid-shots are used when the
female is dancing. There were no sections that
featured the artist singing / rapping to the camera.
• There was fluent and stable camera work
throughout the music video.
• There were no low angle shots however this would
confuse the audience if there was because its is not
the artist himself featured in his video the dancer is.
10. Is there a narrative? How is the video
organised and structured?
• The music video is structure in a gym and fades an
used as transition to the bathroom scene then back
to the main gym area she female was in before. With
a twist as there are sheep everywhere and he
husband and baby have jointed her for the last shot.
Finally, she feature were advance so that she could
look like a cat using special effects and makeup.