Tenacious D - Tribute Music Video Analysis

Tribute Music Video

Genre Characteristics:

Jack and Kyle don't look like typical rock stars which shows shows parody

Guitar would represent a live performance of a rock band

The video is not too serious which relates to Jack Black being a comedian

Jack Black rips his shirt which shows chest

Relationships Between Lyrics And Visuals:

'We looked at each other', Jack and Kyle sing these lyrics as they look at each other in the video

Relationships Between Music And Visual:

As the music builds up the the video changes between the stories

As Jack does the electric guitar solo shows the visuals of a flash in the background

As the music starts fades out at the end of the song the devil dies and the story finishes

References To The Notion Of Looking/Voyeurism:

The camera is positioned where the screen would be which gives the audience a different view

Intertextual References:

Dave Grohl from Foo Fighters is in the music that plays the devil

Ben Stiller walks past the booth in the music video

The CD 'Tenaciuos D' at the ending of the video which comes out of the photo booth

Questionnaire

Questionnaire

1. What is your age?

10-15

16-20

21-25

25+

2. Who out of the music artists below would you consider to be an influence to you? (Please Circle)

Take That

The Script

Linkin Park

Jay-Z

Slipknot

James Morrison

Eminem

JLS

Other (State Below)

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3. What is your favorite style of genre? (Please Circle)

Rock

Pop

Hip-Hop

Indie

R&B

Rap

Other (State Below)

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4. Our target audience for our band would be, teenagers.

What fashion wear do you think will apply to our target audience? (E.g. Skinny Jeans, Chinos, Converse…)

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5. What is your favourite pop song?

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6. What do you think should be in a pop music video?

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7. Do you like movies such as Twilight? (Please Circle)

Yes

No

8. Do you think it is a good idea for members of a pop boy band to have their own significant identity look? (Please Circle)

Yes

No

Record Label

Polydor Records, under the parent company of Universal Music are known and experienced for the boy band genre after working with The Wanted. With countless Top 10 singles and albums, Over 50 past and present artists, 80 years plus of experience, this is our favored choice for the label for our boy band to be signed up to.


Artists signed to Polydor who are similar to our boyband:
ABBA
A-Ha
Bee Gees
Girls Aloud
Jonas Brothers
N-Dubz
OneRepublic
The Osmands
Pussycat Dolls
S Club 7
S Club 8
Take That

'Boyz 4 Now' Mood Board Pictures

Boyz 4 Now Mood Board

In our 'Boyz 4 Now' mood board we have shown:

• The lyrics of the song that we have chosen, 'It's Gonna Be Me'


• Ideas that we have created from gathering some target audience profiling


• The powers that each band member would have


• The loctaion of the places we could set our music video


• The indentity of each band member


• Intertextual references from films


• Boys bands that we would try and create the same look for

Jay-Z & Linkin Park Digipak Analysis

Digipak Lesson

A digipak is a CD which has a cardboard cover with artwork from the artist photoshoot/music video promotion.

The codes and conventions are that the artist would relate to the music video and their image from the style/make of the digipak. The track list on the back of the case, the record label, the barcode, the artists name and album title on the spine of the album, DVD logo for the music video.

A record label would release a digipak rather than a CD jewel case because it is cheaper to produce, it is good to use for promotional copies.

The consumer would prefer to that the album was a digipak because it is smaller and lighter than a CD jewel case and also that it would not break as easily.

Music Video Brief

This is the brief that we are using for our boy band called 'Boyz 4 Now'. The ambition of the band is to try and become the next generation of boy bands that can exceed in 'Take That' and 'Westlife's' footsteps.