In lesson Mr Barton played us three different music videos, which followed one after the other and told a narrative along the way. The first one was 'The Death of You and Me', then 'AKA What A Life!' and lastly 'If I Had A gun'. We had to analyse the music videos one by one.
Here are my notes:
1) The Death of You and Me
Sunshine at the start denotes life and happiness
There is a narrative to the music video, where a waitress is the protagonist.
The waitress is dressed in a costume which resembles the one Dorothy wears in the Wizard of Oz, therefore we have our first intertextual reference.
As the waitress falls into a full swimming pool, this could denote she is born again
Noel Gallagher is presented in white which signifies his is good whereas when the carriage is introduced into the video, it is black along with the clothing of those walking by it, which presents a binary opposition.
2) AKA What a Life!
In this music video, we are presented we another binary opposition Noel Gallagher's angelic character and Russell Brand's dark character, who in one shot his skeleton flashes through, and could denote he has not soul and signifies the devil.
Also, around Russell's character there is fire, whereas with Noel's there is water, another binary opposite.
The owl has now appeared in two out of three music videos, and like Noel's white clothing, the owl is white also and comes into shot after Noel, therefore this could signify that the owl is a metaphor for Noel being wise.
In the video, unlike the first video, the swimming pool is now empty.
The plot has elements of Propp's narrative; the hero, princess and the villain.
Another intertextual reference crops up, when the waitress is taken into the carriage, this is taken from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
3) If I had a gun
Once again the owl reappears
The pool is once again full, denoting that the waitress is saved once again
The balloons on the swimming pool could signify that they were once lost and now found, like the waitress.
The diner is called 'Last Chance' referring to the waitress' last chance.
The first music video starts off at the diner, and this last video does also, creating an equilibrium.
As the waitress falls into a full swimming pool, this could denote she is born again
Noel Gallagher is presented in white which signifies his is good whereas when the carriage is introduced into the video, it is black along with the clothing of those walking by it, which presents a binary opposition.
2) AKA What a Life!
In this music video, we are presented we another binary opposition Noel Gallagher's angelic character and Russell Brand's dark character, who in one shot his skeleton flashes through, and could denote he has not soul and signifies the devil.
Also, around Russell's character there is fire, whereas with Noel's there is water, another binary opposite.
The owl has now appeared in two out of three music videos, and like Noel's white clothing, the owl is white also and comes into shot after Noel, therefore this could signify that the owl is a metaphor for Noel being wise.
In the video, unlike the first video, the swimming pool is now empty.
The plot has elements of Propp's narrative; the hero, princess and the villain.
Another intertextual reference crops up, when the waitress is taken into the carriage, this is taken from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
3) If I had a gun
Once again the owl reappears
The pool is once again full, denoting that the waitress is saved once again
The balloons on the swimming pool could signify that they were once lost and now found, like the waitress.
The diner is called 'Last Chance' referring to the waitress' last chance.
The first music video starts off at the diner, and this last video does also, creating an equilibrium.
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