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CONVENTIONS OF MUSIC VIDEOS;
GENRE TEXTS THAT BREAK THE
RULESS I R E L T O N J O H N : I WA N T L O V E
Shafaah Jaber
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R E L A T I O N S H I P B E T W E E N T H E LY R I C SA N D V I S UA L S
A man like me is dead is places- the empty house
shows his solitude, however it also gives connotations
that there once was some one or something that filled the
void.
Other men feel liberated- trapped in his own
house/ prisoner in his own home.
wont break me down, wont brick me up, won't
fence me in- looks out of the window, gives a senseof entrapment.
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R E L A T I O N S H I P B E T W E E N T H E M U S I CA N D T H E V I S UA L S
The editing is very slow paced to match the tempo of
the music. At times it feels as though there are barely any
advanced editing techniques used.
The video consists of the camera following the singer
around a house, there is no relationship between the visuals
and the music.
Only three basic camera shots are used (long shot,
medium shot, close up) which makes it harder for the
audience to empathize with the singer since they feel
alienated.
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P A R T I C U L A R M U S I C G E N R E S H A V E
T H E I R OW N M U S I C V I D E O S T Y L E A N DI C O N O G R A P H Y
Sir Elton Johns music style fits into the singer/songwriter
genre. Music videos of this genre usually call for plenty of
close-ups of the artist themselves. In fact it is required
that the artist appears in the music video singing their
song and maybe playing their instrument. I Want Love on
the other hand is very different, Sir Elton John isnt in the
music video, he doesn't even make a cameo appearance
like Ed Sheeran in The A Team music video.
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D E M A N D O N T H E PA R T O F T H E R E C O R D
C O M PA N Y F O R L O T S O F C L O S E U P S O FT H E A R T I S T / L E A D S I N G E R
Sir Elton John makes no appearances in the music video. It mainly consists
of the camera following Robert Downey Jr around a big empty house.
The record company can get away with this because Sir Elton John is alreadya very well established artist so he can afford to have a big Hollywood star
lip-sync in one of his music videos.
How ever though there are no close ups of the artist there are plenty of
Robert Downey Jr, this technique kills two birds with one stone as the
audience can listen to a great artist and watch a great actor. Essentially the
record label is promoting two men from very different fields.
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I N T E R T E X T U A L R E F E R E N C E S
The only intertextual reference in the music video is Robert Downey
Jr himself as a Hollywood actor.