1. Textual Analysis of Music Video
Name of track: Cosmic Love
Artist: Florence and the Machine
Year: 2010
Features Observations Examples
Genre characteristics The style of music for this The drums and guitars are more
music video is Indie Rock. loud.
Relationship between 1. “Fallen start fell from your 1. There is a ball of light floating
lyrics and visuals? heart and landed in my over her head which denotes
eyes” the star and then it lands in
2. “Left me blind” to her eyes.
3. “Always in this twilight” 2. Her eyes are wide open when
she sings this line.
3. She sings this line while being
in a room full of lights which
connotes the worn twilight.
Relationship between 1. The song is a love song When she makes references to
music and visuals? love she touches her heart.
Are there close up of 1. Image of light bulb 1. The image of the
artist and star image 2. Close up of face 2. Her face expressions
3. Close up of hands 3. Her hands when she covers
motifs?
4. Close up of eyes her face and when she
touches her heart
4. Her eye contact at the
camera
Is there references to 1. She looks up at the light 1. She stares at the light as it
the notion of looking? 2. Looks at the camera while lands in her eyes
lying on the floor 2. She looks straight at the
3. She looks up a lot at the camera while lying on the
lights floor
3. She looks up at the light
bulbs many times when she
says twilight
Are there intertextual - -
references?
Is the video The video is both narrative At some points she you see her
performance, and performance singing but no at the camera
and also there is a story being
narrative or concept told as she follows the lights.
based? How much of
each?