Wonderwall - Andrew Goodwin Analysis

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Music VideoAnalysisusing Goodwins Theory

Wonderwall - Oasis

By Daniel Brewer


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Andrew Goodwins Theo1) Music videos demonstrate genre characteristics

2) Thought beats. There is a relationship between the lyrics and visuals.

3) Narrative and performance. There is a relationship between the music and visuals

4)The demands of the record label will include the need for lots of close ups of the artist and the amotifs which recur across their wor. !"tar #mage)

$) %elation of visuals to song. There is fre&uently references to notion of looing !screens within scstages' etc) and particularly se(ualised treatment of females.

) There are often interte(tual references to things such as *lms' T+ programmes and other music

,) Technical aspects hold the music video together' through the use of camera wor' movement ascene' editing' sound and special eects.


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Wonderwall - OASIS


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Aspects of The GenreThe song /onderwall by 0asis has similar codes and conventions to other #nd

#n accordance with other videos from the enre' 0asis seems to be a low buddue to the video being *lmed in what appears to be an abandoned warehousgreater focus on the performance as opposed to what is happening.

To further align with the #ndie op genre' /onderwall is a performance video see the band play which helps draw the focus towards 0asis and their talentsperformance is broen up with small concepts allowing the video to be more instead of a Narrative in accordance with the genre as a whole. 0asis achieve

the band members goo*ng around the warehouse' shots of clowns' performeswinging saws and a rac of swinging guitars.


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Thought Beats Structuof song/onderwall seems to be &uite a repetitive song with what seems to be 2 ma

are slightly changed and then repeated) with a simple chorus.

The chorus 5ecause maybe' you6re gonna be the one that saves me and aftwonderwall7 has three variations. The choruses7 are repeated four times thrduration of the song.8long with the chorus there is two main verses that are changed slightly throsong' these being !as they are *rst found) Today is gonna be the day' that tthrow it bac to you' by now you should6ve somehow realised what you gottabelieve that anybody feels the way # do about you now7 the second verse beiroads we have to wal are winding' and all the lights that lead us there are blare many things that # would lie to say to you' but # don6t now how.These vechorus account for 9:; of the overall song' thus showing a large amount of re


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Thought Beats Voice othe song !ode of Addr

The main singer of 0asis has his own

signature' which is his dar blac roundglasses

This video is a concept video mi(ed withperformance elements

The lyrics relate to theme of love and relationships. /hich is

typical of the #ndie op genre. 0asis are acting as storyteller

telling us the story of a broen relationship where the woma

the man.


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/onderwall doesn6t have a narrative within the music video

therefore abides to oodwin6s theory that the common narrabe avoided.

oodwin suggests that the lip syncing should remain the heamusic video' within /onderwall this is mostly the case.

The music video however does have repeatability as the simand choruses are repeated similar scenes are repeated on scas the band sat in a row and the band playing with some disbetween them.

"arrati#e and $erfor%an


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Star I%age &s'/ithin music videos it is important to have a star image. Thisis done with 0asis6 /onderwall. Typically the star image isone main artist7 however within /onderwall the band sharetheir stardom through the use of various close ups.

To achieve the star image through this video 0asis are eitherpresented as a group sat in a row with a mid shot so allmembers can be onscreen at one time' or there are e(tremeclose ups of each member


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(elation of Visuals to thSong#llustration visuals are used within /onderwall'

this is because the meaning is implied of a

recently terminated relationship' and the bandare wandering around being bored and alone'sat together as a group in a row or sat withdistance between them.

The visuals are lined with both the lyrics andthe instruments in play. 8t the lyric 8reblinding7 the colours invert and are restored

&uicly multiple times.8dditionally as the drum speeds up shotdurations become shorter and then return asthe drummer rela(es.


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Interte)tual (eferences

#t appears as though there are no on-

screen interte(tual relations within/onderwall' however Noel allagher !leadguitarist and principal songwriter of 0asis)has said to have been inspired from/onderwall Music. /onderwall music is aninstrumental album from eorge =arrisonwhich was written in 1;9 for the Movie/onderwall.


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Technical Aspects of The!usic Video>amera ? #n accordance with star image' most of theshots containing the band are mid shots so they are

closer to the audience and tae a larger proportion ofthe screen. =owever establishing shots are also usedto show the band' and a large amount of distancebetween them which helps symbolise the distancebetween the couple who have broen up.

5eat ?The beat of the song is slow and me

shown in the editing of the individual clips

clips with slow fades between each clip. 0c

a &uic edit of roughly three clips which can

confusion between the male and female in


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Technical Aspects of the!usic Video@ighting and >olour ? The lighting within /onderwall is predominantly white

Aust blac and white imagery and occasional colour pops. This blac and whitshow the depression and sadness within the band for losing the relationship. pops are blue green and yellow. Bach of these colours can have a negative cofor depression from the loss of the relationship' Cellow for the fear of being althe colour of envy and wanting the girl.

Mise - en - scene ? The main setting for /onderwall seems to be a warehousunit. The props being used seem to be lie those found in a barber shop7 aloinstruments and a random rac of saws.

>ostuming for 0asis seems to be a simple shirt !plain or checed) with Aeans a big coat on) which shows the audience that they6re Aust normal people feeliemotions. The emotions seen within the video are either happiness or sadnesdepression. There are also some scenes of boredom.

Wonderwall - Andrew Goodwin Analysis

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