The Vaccines

TASK 3

TEXTUAL ANALYSIS OF MUSIC VIDEOS

NAME OF TRACK: HANDSOME

ARTIST: THE VACCINES

1 FEATURES OBSERVATIONS EXAMPLES

GENRE

CHARACTERISTICS

THE SETTING OF THE MUSIC VIDEO IS AT A BAR. YOU CAN TELL THIS BY THE SNOOKER TABLE AND THE GLASSES OF BEER BEING SERVED. THIS GIVES OF THE GENRE THAT THE BAND ARE VERY ORDINARY AND THAT THE MUSIC VIDEO ISN’T GOING TO BE EXTRAVAGANT.

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LYRICS AND VISUALS?

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE LYRICS AND VISUALS IS WHEN THEY SING ‘THANK GOD IM HANDSOME’ THIS CLEARLY IS MEANT TO BE SARCASM AS THE ALIEN/CREATURE IS THE OPPOSITE OF HANDSOME.

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MUSIC AND VISUALS?

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE MUSIC AND VISUALS IS THE SOUND OF A GLASS BOTTLE SMASHING AS THE MAIN SINGER GETS HIT OVER THE HEAD WITH A BOTTLE AND FALLS TO THE FLOOR.

ARE THERE CLOSE-UPS OF THE ARTIST AND STAR IMAGE MOTIFS?

THE SINGERS OF THE MUSIC VIDEO IS A BAND, HOWEVER THEY HAVE MAINLY FOCUSED ON CLOSE UPS OF THE MAIN SINGER AND VERY FEW OF THE REST OF THE BAND, THIS IS TO SHOW THE IMPORTANCE OF THE MAIN SINGER IN THE VIDEO.

IS THERE REFERENCE TO THE NOTION OF LOOKING?

IN MANY SCENES OF THE MUSIC VIDEO THE CHARACTERS ARE LOOKING AT THE CAMERA BUT ARE DOING IT AS IF YOU WERE THERE IN THE STORY WITH THEM.

ARE THERE INTERTEXTUAL REFERENCES?

THROUGHOUT THIS VIDEO THERE AREN’T REALLY ANY INTERSEXUAL FEATURES WHICH SHOWS THE UNIQUENESS OF THE BAND

IS THE VIDEO CATEGORY ILLUSTRATION, DISJUNCTURE OR AMPLIFICATION? HOW MUCH OF EACH?

THE VIDEO IS AMPLIFICATION AS EVERYTHING WITHIN THE VIDEO IS VERY DRAMATIC AND UNREALISTIC.