Goodwins Theory

Here are the two songs I chose and some notes I want to include in my video.

Narrative in Music Videos

Detailed Textual Analysis on Videos

Star Image & Development

How a star's image develops overtime through music videos..
2009 - 2015


 

Under the sheets - 2009

 

In the Music Video 

The music video opens with Ellie’s hands playing a drum, to her with a black background, then leaving a bed occupied by an man and walking through a brick building surrounded by different versions of herself.  

For example she’s seen sitting on the floor, playing guitar, writing her lyrics in her socks, riding a vintage bicycle and swinging in a hanging chair all at the same time. She is also seen playing drums covered in glitter.

 

Meaning of the song  

Under the Sheets is about a girl and a guy who are in a relationship, but it's a very dark relationship, it's only based on being physical. It is not like a sexual song, it shows more that some relationships are based on nothing that is real, they are not based on something good. 

 
 

Fashion 

Throughout the video Ellie Goulding wears a black sequin top and high-top kicks and a plain shirt and a black jacket here and there. Her hair is just left opened and wavy.

 

LIGHTS - 2010

 

 

In the music video

 

In the video Ellie Goulding dances and is shown playing the drums and the tambourine whilst different lighting effects including lasers surround her as she sings. It also shows her in numerous scenes swinging different hand-held lights and torches around giving the impression of a light painting. 

 

 

Meaning of the song

 

Lyrically, the song discusses the fear of the dark that Goulding had as a child, and how she could only sleep with the lights on. 

 
 

 

Fashion 

 

She wears a short black dress with black fingerless gloves, followed by big black boots throughout the video. She is also shown wearing a white shirt with a black collar, which is tucked into her black shorts in half of the scenes, and in a couple of scenes she wears a sparkly silver dress which is also short. Again her hair is left wavy. 

 

 

FIGURE 8 - 2012

 

 

 

In the Music Video

 

The music video switches between black-and-white and coloured shots. It shows scenes of Ellie in a flat in several different situations, such as lying on a mattress as she clutches a red piece of cloth, lying in bed with her on-screen boyfriend and breaking dishes. 

 

 

Meaning of the song

 

The song reflects on breaking up with an ex and then missing them. 

 

 

 

 

Fashion 

 

Ellie is shown in a white vest at the beginning of the video and then is covered in a red veil or ressed in a red flowing gown throughout. She has also shaved the side of her head and has pastel pink hair, where as usually she's a blonde.

 

 

 

BURN - 2013

 

In the Music Video

 

 

The video shows Ellie singing with friends and solar flares shining upon their movements with some smoke. The video also features a lot of people running and with Ellie wearing a hooded jacket. Ellie is seen in a gigantic field with hundreds of people carrying light spheres and the video ends with flares and more dancing. For the end, the lights form Ellie's logo in the field. 

 

 

 

 

 

Meaning of the song

 

 

As there is no proper explanation about what the song means, but in my opinion, the song is about getting together and showing the world how to shine by spreading lights, maybe? 

 

Fashion 
 

Ellie wears a dark hooded jacket with a black top and black sneakers followed by shorts with a huge chain necklace and loads of rings. She has a sort of like a tomboy look for the first half of the video. Her outfit changes towards the end of the video where she wears a white crop top, and jacket followed by sparky short skirt, more lighter and girlier than before. Her hair is slightly straight then normal but is still quite wavy.

 

 

 

 LOVE ME LIKE YOU DO - 2015

 

 

In the Music Video 

 

It stars Ellie Goulding entering the mansion and then move on to her and her on-screen partner, ballroom dancing in the same mansion. There are also many short scenes from Fifty Shades of Grey. 

 

 

 Meaning of the song 

 

The song is made for the film Fifty Shades of Grey, which only means the song is about the film.  

 

 

Fashion 
 

Ellie enters wearing a all black, black leather jacket, black top followed by a black bag and boots. She is then shown wearing her dancing costume which is also black and has her hair styled back for a change.

 



Music Video Techniques

    Popular Music Video Genre - Rock

Evanescence - Bring me to life

This music video was extremely popular and was released on April 22, 2003. The band won in the category for Best Rock Hard Performance at the 46th Grammy Awards where the song was also nominated for Best Rock Song."Bring me to life" peaked within the top 10 of more than 15 countries, making it the bands most successful single to date. The video shows a rock band playing and the artist finding her way to join them.

Animation 

Gorillaz - Stylo 

Stylo is from a British Virtual Band called Gorillaz and was released on 26th January 2010. It was the first singe from their album Plastic Beach and features vocals from Bobby Womack & Mos Def.As the Gorillaz band are animated, the video shows Murdoc, 2D and Cyborg Noodle in a bullet-riddled, smoking 1969 car getting chased by the one and only Bruce Willis in a red 1968. It was however the first Gorillaz song to reach any Japanese chart, rising to number 8 in the Japan Hot 100. 

Narrative

Stan - Eminem 

This song is by a very popular American rapper known as Eminem which features British singer Dido. It peaked number one in the UK and Australia. Stan has been called one of the rappers best songs and signature songs. It was nominated for multiple awards, including best song and has sold over 750,000 copies in the UK.
The music video shows a story throughout the whole song with the lyrics which makes it really interesting to watch because of suspense.

Surrealist

E.T - Katy Perry 

The song E.T. is by Katy Perry (American) and was also written by her along with song producers Dr. Luke, Max Martin & Ammo. It features Kanye West. The song topped charts in Canada, New Zealand, Poland, Australia, Ireland, Scotland & Crotia. The song sold over 6 million digital downloads worldwide, making it one of the best selling singles worldwide.

The music video includes unrealistic features such as aliens and flying objects followed by pastel-coloured make-up.

Pastiche

Walk - Foo Fighters

Walk is song by an American rock band called the Foo Fighters. It was written by Dave Grohl & co-produced by Butch Vig. 

The song reached No.1 on the Billboard Rock Songs chart on July 201, 2011 and won 2 awards at the 54th Grammy Awards for Best Rock Performance & Best Rock song in February 12, 2012.

The music video premiered online on June 2, 2011 and was directed by Sam Jones. It was heavily influenced by the 1993 dilm Falling Down.

Parody

Headlines Parody (Drake) Headvines - Affion Crockett

This song was originally by Canadian rapper Drake but was turned into a hilarious parody by Affion Crockett who is a comedian. 

In the Music video, he starts out by imitating Drake and turns the focus to Drake's eyebrows. Affion lets us know at the beginning of the video "Parody is comedy, never disrespect".All the scenes in the video are done exactly the same as the original but he changes up the lyrics sounding similar to the original. 

Cutting to beat

Rolling in the deep - Adele

Rolling in the deep is a song is written and recorded by British recording artist Adele. It was also written by Paul Epworth. The song was released on 29 November 2010 as the lead single and reached No.1 in 11 countries and top 5 in many more regions. It sold over 7,600,000 copies in the US.The music video was directed by Sam Brown and was premiered on Channel 4 on 3rd of December 2010. The scenes in the video show loads of glasses filled with water that vibrate and to the beat of the drum. 

Miming & Lip sync

I really don't care (Fan Video) - Demi Lovato

This song is by an American singer known as Demi Lovato featuring Cher Lloyd who is an English singer. It was written by the artists themselves followed by Carl Falk, Savan Kotecha and Rami Yacoub. It peakd number one making it Demi's 3rd No.1 on the US chart.

The official video was released on June 26, 2014 but the lyric video was uploaded on May 14, 2014 on Demi's Vevo account. It features several shots of Brazillian fans lip syncing the lyrics of the song almost at they're singing it.

In-concert or Live footage

Aint Nobody (Loves me better) - Felix Jaehn ft. Jasmine Thompson

Ain't Nobody was originally by Chaka Khan but was covered by English singer & songwriter Jasmine Ying Thompson. The song made number 32 on the UK Singles Chart. The cover was then remixed by German DJ Felix Jaehn in 2015 and became a huge hit peaking at No.2 in the UK and charting several other countries and with over 100 million views online.

The video shows her journey backstage and on on stage singing the song in front of millions of people with neon lights flashing everywhere.