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#Aside from genres and types of expression, what generally characterizes the ''music'' presented in music videos? Allan calls it "The Sound of Video." | #Aside from genres and types of expression, what generally characterizes the ''music'' presented in music videos? Allan calls it "The Sound of Video." | ||
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*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knII3S0MZtY Tom Waits - "Hold On"; on YouTube], [http://www.mtv.com/videos/tom-waits/100413/hold-on.jhtml#artist=943 on MTV.com] | *[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knII3S0MZtY Tom Waits - "Hold On"; on YouTube], [http://www.mtv.com/videos/tom-waits/100413/hold-on.jhtml#artist=943 on MTV.com] | ||
*[http://www.mtv.com/overdrive/?vid=46988 Los Lobos - "Kiko and the Lavender Moon"] (directed by Ondrej Rudavsky, 1992) | *[http://www.mtv.com/overdrive/?vid=46988 Los Lobos - "Kiko and the Lavender Moon"] (directed by Ondrej Rudavsky, 1992) |
Revision as of 19:34, 1 December 2011
Types of expression
Allan contends that one can group music videos according to types of expression -- separate from genres based on content. That is, genres such a rock, pop, rap, country and R&B are the most common way of grouping music videos, but cutting across those genres are certain expressive forms. Allan lists four of them:
- Performance - Group 4
- Narrative - Group 1
- Nonnarrative - Group 2
- Graphic - Group 3
Each group should be prepared to explain the characteristics of their "type of expression" to the class, and choose one video that exemplifies it. (The video must be available online: YouTube, mtv.com, Yahoo Music, etc.)
All groups
- List four ways that the Replacements' Left of the Dial breaks the conventions of the music video? Be as specific as possible and draw examples from the video.
- List the five principal antecedents of (or influences on) music television and explain the specific aspects they contributed to music TV.
- Aside from genres and types of expression, what generally characterizes the music presented in music videos? Allan calls it "The Sound of Video."
Sample analyses
- Tom Waits - "Hold On"; on YouTube, on MTV.com
- Los Lobos - "Kiko and the Lavender Moon" (directed by Ondrej Rudavsky, 1992)
- Kina Grannis - "In Your Arms" (directed by Greg Jardin, 2011)
- Raphael Saadiq - "Movin' Down The Line (Don't You Go Away)" (2011)
- How do these videos use the types of expression discussed above? Is one type dominant?
- Do they fit the generalizations about the sound of video that Allan specifies?
Sample production
Each group should choose one well-known song and pretend they're video producers. Design three videos for that song that use the narrative, nonnarrative and graphic types of expression. You may divide your group into sub-groups to work on these videos. And you may want to storyboard your video.
Bibliography
- Butler, Jeremy G. Television: Critical Methods and Applications. New York: Routledge, 2012.