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• Impressionist: When the audience is It is used in psychology
This is when the under allusion that in terms of explaining
video is more something will happen the gendered pleasures
fantasy based but the story changes and refers to the idea
rather than reality. at the end so it’s not a of gaining sexual
sit first seemed. pleasures .
These styles and elements are the basic
foundations of a music video.
Impressionist Music Videos
Impressionist music videos’ lyrics do
not link or relate to the video itself
explicitly. The deeper meaning within a
song is usually conveyed.
In the video, young dancer Maddie Ziegler, 12, performs in front of a black
background and stays there for the whole video. She dances interpretively with a
lot of hand gestures and movements, the whole video consists of this. There is no
clear link between her actions and lyrics-which allows the viewer to interpret it
however he or she feels necessary.
Surrealist Music Videos
These music videos are very similar to
impressionist music videos however
surrealist ones are very abstract and
may not have a relation with the music
itself.
Katy Perry’s ‘ET’ is a very good example
of a surrealist music video because
everything in it in dream-like.
Basically I think the affect this guy has on her makes her believe that
he's something other than human, he has her so infatuated that he
must be something supernatural. metaphorically, it's just a song with
a metaphor.
Allusion music videos
Allusion is a very similar concept to inter-textual
reference but in a less obvious, less in your
face way. Sort of a subtle nod to the audience
that isn’t so much of a big deal.
This creates inter-textuality between the film and the music video. After he finishes
exploring the fantasy world he dances with a group of women also dressed as rabbits;
however, this time he is wearing make-up to complete his transformation. Also at the end
there is a shot of the artist in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer trademark lion replaced with the
rabbit character.
Voyeuristic Music Videos
These kind of music videos include
voyeuristic angles of a women in
order to entice a male audiences
interest in the artist and also the
lyrics to which shots represent.
Nicki Minaj’s ‘Anaconda’ is a very
basic example of these kind of
videos in which the lyrics and the
video compliment each other.
Other than that some music videos
randomly shows such feminine
angles such as in Zain Malik’s
‘Pillow Talk’.