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Foo Fighters - Something From Nothing

This music video contains illustrative ideas, this being a representation of the lyrics in a visual form. For example in tho music video when the lyrics are sung they also appear on screen. This style of music video was typical to the foo fighters album 'Sonic Highways' as each video includes the lyrics appearing on screen whilst the band is performing.

The fact the lyrics are shown on the screen also indicates that they are very important as the lyrics were written whilst touring different areas of America, and are reflective of the experiences Dave Grohl and the band had and the stories they were told. The making of this song and the writing of the lyrics was shown in an episode of Sonic Highways, the video is shown at the end of the episode. By the lyrics appearing on screen it gives the audience more of a chance to read and connect with the lyrics.

This video takes place in a studio and shows the band simply playing together. Throughout the video we see the camera go to close ups of each musician playing an instrument, including guitar, bass and the drums. This typical of the foo fighters star image, we are able to see that they are a proper band, playing real instruments and making real music, which is a lot different to the majority of posters around at the moment.

Mike Posner - I took a pill in Ibiza

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This particular video by Mike Posner shows ideas put forward in the theory by Andrew Goodwin that he discovered whilst analysing music videos. The video itself illustrates the song lyrics, the opening line "I took a pill in ibiza" is reflected via the music video as we then see Mike Posner taking a pill in front of a mirror. It can also be stated that this video shows star iconography as we are able to see Mike Posner and recognise that its him starring in the video however this a negative way of portraying himself within this video as it shows him taking a pill.

Andrew Goodwin also believed music videos create certain genre characteristics, due to this being a dance song, it is set within a club where dance music would be played, and has people dancing around to the music. Voyeurism can be discussed as part of this music video also, exhibitionism plays a large part in the dance genre and is showcased throughout this music video. It is evident throughout this video that girls are constantly throwing themselves at Mike Posner, there is also a higher number of girls in the club than males. There is a specific scene in the music video where Mike Posner is having sex with a girl, this is shown whilst the lyrics "I already blew my shot" is sung, a line that can be interpreted as sexual. The part sown in the music video shows an intimate act happening in a intimate location . Overall the video is good for accompanying Goodwins theory of narrative and performance and the lyrics are well illustrated via the video.

Jake Bugg - Seen it all

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The video for Jake Bugg seen it all illustrates between lyrics and visuals as the general consensus for the music video is that the protagonist walks around seeing strange things, hens the saying and the song title "seen it all". An example of this is when the protagonist walks into a random corridor to see a ping pong table with Jake Bugg standing there, they then play ping pong before Jake Bugg then disappears, again backing up the idea of the saying "Ive seen it all".

In terms of genre, this video features a few conventions which Goodwin discovered, one of these conventions is that the video is narrative based. In this video it is as if Jake Bugg is telling a story from his past and uses the lyrics to link in the with the visuals.