Andrew Goodwin: 6 key features of music videos.

Andrew Goodwin, in Dancing in the Distraction Facotry (1992), identified the following features of music videos:

1. Music videos demonstrate genre characteristics (eg stage performance in rock video, dance routine for boy/girl band)
2. There is a relationship between lyrics and visuals (either illustrative, amplifying or contradicting)
3. There is a relationship between music and visuals (either illustrative, amplifying or contradicting)
4. The demands of the record label will include the need for lots of close-ups of the artist and thhe artist may develop motifs which recur across their work (a visual style)
5. There is frequently reference to the notion of looking (screens within screens, telescopes etc) and particular voyeuristic treatment of the female body
6. There is often inter-textual reference (to films, TV programs, other music videos etc)

Our Group.

Today we got put into our groups for making our music videos. We got to choose who we wanted to work with so me Sophia and Wini decided that we wanted to work together.

We all thought we would work well as a group because we all wanted to use the same genre of music (indie) and we all have different skills in media. Sophia said she is good at and enjoys the direction side of it, Wini likes production and has good organisational and I like editing and have some previous experience so we thought it would be perfect to mix all our skills together and possibly learn things from each other. We all also get along as friends and we all agreed that this is really important to have a harmonious working environment.

I'm really exited to see what comes out of this collaboration!

Notes on Wini's presentation.

R&B

• Louis Jordan was a pioneer of RnB with his band 'Tympany Five'

General characteristics:

• integration of country and city blues styles
• Use of electric or amplified instruments
• Very popular in the African American community in the post WW2 years

60s and 70s:

• RnB started to merge more into soul
• MoTown emerged as a genre. eg. Smokey Robinson, Marvin Gaye, James Brown and Stevie Wonder.

Different styles of soul:

• Gospel
• RnB
• Rock and Roll

80s and 90s:

• RnB added stylish components such as Hip-Hop
• Rapping was introduced in the 90s

2000s:

• Mainstream RnB merged with pop.
• Rap became much more common in RnB

Music videos all have quite a similar vibe, usually include club/dancing scenes.



Click HERE to see Wini's presentation on her blog.

Notes on Sophia's presentaion.

Latin Music

• It has exceptional character and rhythm with a rich mixture of vocals and instrumental details.
• Latin music is the outcome of a complex social and historical development that took place in the America's arrival of Columbus.
• It also incorporates African music from the slaves who were brought to America by Europeans
• Influence from Native music, for example the Mayans.
• Numerous pre-columbine cultures used wind instruments and flutes made throughout the continent.
• Linked with countries like Mexico, Columbia, Brazil, Cuba, Puerto Rico and Argentina, the rhythms have come and been passed down through the ages.
• Roots in African music.

Types of Latin music:

• Samba
• Bossa Nova
• Salsa
• Tango
• Rumba
• Mambo
• Reggeaton
• Flamenco

An example of early Latin music (1985):



An example of Flamenco:



Latin Pop : Combines upbeat Latin music with American pop music

Some Examples:





Click HERE to see Sophia's presentation on her blog.

Notes on Millie's presentation.

Country Music

• Originated in southern states of America
• Comes from folk blues and western music
• Often consists of ballads and dance tunes with generally simple forms and harmonies
• During 1970-1990 the genre changed, merging with genres such as pop and rock making the genres country rock and country pop

*copy in timeline from Millies blog of generations of country music*

• Most songs tell a story, about love and loss
• The videos, therefore, also often try to narrate the lyrics.

An example of modern country:



Older country (1980):

Click HERE to see Millie's

My Presentaion on Indie Music.

Introduction.

My name is Maddy Rich and I am currently studying A2 Media Studies at King Alfred School. This blog is a way of documenting all my work and my progress through the course, where I will show my work, research and final product. The end product of this course will be a music video, I will show all the ups and downs of the build up to the final video along with all the research trips and inspiration.