Representation Worksheet

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Unit 29 – Music Video Production Music Video Analysis Worksheets Music Video Analysis - Gender Roles Song Title: _________Lollipop _______________ Artist: _______________Framing Hanley______ Directions: As you closely watch the music video, answer the following questions with as much detail as possible. 1. What are the men/women doing? (Dancing, sitting, swimming, etc.) Party where there is a Group of men and women playing strip poker (women wearing less clothes) Men dancing with women in underwear and a man and woman in pool. 2. How are the men/women dressed? How much skin is revealed? Men are fully dressed and women are in underwear/ bikinis. 3. Are there more, fewer, or the same number of men as women? There are more women than men and they are wearing less clothes, they are trying to make themselves look attractive and desirable. 4. Describe the body language of the men/women: are they sitting, standing, gyrating, mugging, etc.? Women dancing on/ around men and sitting playing poker in hardly any clothes, then near the end there is a man and a woman swimming and kissing.

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Unit 29 – Music Video ProductionMusic Video Analysis Worksheets

Music Video Analysis - Gender Roles

Song Title: _________Lollipop_______________

Artist: _______________Framing Hanley______

Directions: As you closely watch the music video, answer the following questions withas much detail as possible.

1. What are the men/women doing? (Dancing, sitting, swimming, etc.)Party where there is a Group of men and women playing strip poker (women wearing less clothes) Men dancing with women in underwear and a man and woman in pool.

2. How are the men/women dressed? How much skin is revealed?Men are fully dressed and women are in underwear/ bikinis.

3. Are there more, fewer, or the same number of men as women?There are more women than men and they are wearing less clothes, they are trying to make themselves look attractive and desirable.

4. Describe the body language of the men/women: are they sitting, standing, gyrating,mugging, etc.?Women dancing on/ around men and sitting playing poker in hardly any clothes, then near the end there is a man and a woman swimming and kissing.

5. Do the men/women have power? How do you know?The men have the power and I can tell because the men are wearing full clothes making the women look more vulnerable and sexually exploited and the men more powerful and the women dance around them.

6. What’s the message of the song?The message is that women should be available for men to use when they want to, and that men are the more powerful sex.

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7. What type of music is the song?

Rock/ Hip hop

Music Video Analysis - Race

Song Title: ______________Window Shopper_______

Artist: __________________50 cent_______________

Directions: As you closely watch the music video, answer the following questions withas much detail as possible.

1. What races do you see represented?African American, White

2. Are there any dark skinned women shown? How many?Yes and about 5, they are shown to be pondering to the black men’s needs.

3. What is the race of the person at the focus of the video?Black/ African American

4. What are the black/Latino/Asian/white/Native American/Pacific Islander peopledoing?Spending a lot of excessive money on clothes, cars, women etc.

5. What’s the message of the song?That 50 cent used to be poor and a ‘window shopper’ and now he is rich and buys a lot of clothes and cars that he wanted when he was poor.

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6. What type of music is the song?

Rap/ Hip hop

Music Video Analysis - Sexuality

Song Title: _________Wrecking Ball_____________

Artist: _____________Miley Cyrus______________

Directions: As you closely watch the music video, answer the following questions withas much detail as possible.

1. Describe any sexually explicit body language:In most of the video Miley is wearing hardly any clothes and in some parts is wearing none at all, she also in part of the video licks a sledgehammer and the sledgehammer is depicted as a falec symbol.

2. Who is more sexualized – men or women? Both?Women are sexualized without men being there because she is seen as the weaker sex and is naked for most of the video and partakes in things such as swinging on a wrecking ball naked and licking sledgehammers.

3. Are there sexually explicit lyrics or messages?No there aren’t any explicit lyrics but there are a lot of explicit images throughout the video.

4. How are subjects of the music video dressed?Hardly wearing anything and at points wearing absolutely nothing, depicting her as a sexual object.

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5. Describe the relationships between the men and women: Are they long or short term?Casual or serious?There is only Miley in the video.

5. What’s the message of the song?That a man ruined her life/ relationship, they broke up and she feels rejected.

6. What type of music is the song?Pop

Music Video Analysis - Materialism

Song Title: ____________I get money__________________________

Artist: ___________________50 cent___________________

Directions: As you closely watch the music video, answer the following questions withas much detail as possible.

1. Describe the products that are highlighted in the video: (cars, jewelry, clothes, etc.)At the beginning there is a birthday cake made out of money which he blows out the candles with money by using it as a fan, and then it features different fast cars with Lamborghini’s throughout.

2. Are any brand names shown?Lamborghini’s, NY cap, Nike top and G unit top, which is his brand.

3. How is wealth defined in the video?It is featured throughout with the lyrics like ‘I own new york’ ‘I’m stanky rich’ ‘I get money’ which is the title of the song. He also features expensive cars and clothes and women which shows he’s rich and women want to be with him because of it.

4. Are products mentioned in the song lyrics?Coca- cola and Jaguar are mentioned in the lyrics which might be product placement or might just be coincidence.

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5. What’s the message of the song?That 50 cent is rich and can do what he wants.

7. What type of music is the song?

Rap/ Hip hop

Music Video Analysis - Violence

Song Title: _______________Howlin For You_____

Artist: _________________The black keys________

Directions: As you closely watch the music video, answer the following questions withas much detail as possible.

1. Describe any violent lyrics in the song:There aren’t any violent lyrics in the video. But there are links to the video because the video is in the style of a movie trailer (a Quintin Tarrentino type film) and there is a lyric in the song that says : ‘ The actors here have not got a clue’

2. Describe any violent body language:In the video there is a lot of fist fighting/ sword fighting and use of guns in the video and is supposed to be like a Quintin Tarrentino Movie but not in a parody way. The two main character are also two half naked women killers.

3. Describe any violent actions or weapons that are shown:There is use of guns, swords, knives and fist fighting in the video. There is a shootout in a cowboy type town.

4. Describe any self-mutilation or violence:In the beginning of the video there is a woman assassin and she has intercourse with her target and then strangles him to death with a chain.

5. What’s the message of the song?The song surprisingly, from the lyrics, is a love song but the video for it is violent and features half naked girls which may be a metaphor for the love but I don’t know.

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8. What type of music is the song?Rock