Detailed Analysis of Music Videos

Music VideosMusics video often

demonstrate musical genres characteristics e.g. Indie= Performance shots, RnB= Dancing girls.

There is often a relationship between the lyrics and visuals - (Goodwin).

There can be intertextual references to film, tv or other music.

Young & Beautiful - Lana Del Ray

The music video would come under the category of performance as it consists of Lana Del Ray signing to the camera then cutting to an orchestral band performing.

The video consists of many extreme close ups and beauty shots of the artist face. This creates a relationship between the lyrics being about beauty and the use of the artist face to match the lyrics.

The lack of brightness but use of colourful lights connotes the idea of youth and beauty being colourful juxtaposed with the darkness of the video being the fact we can not prevent ourselves from ageing.

The row of mirror that appear at the beginning and end of the video once again reinforce the creation of a “beautiful” setting and link to the narrative of the song.