Textual Analysis Of Music Video
The music video i will be analysing is Jay Z ft Alicia Keys - Empire State of Mind. This video has many view on you tube about 150 Million. The video was directed by by Hype Williams. The video was filmed in New York. The Genre of this music video belongs to both Rap and R'n'B. The characteristics of both these genres are shown in this song/music video through Jay Z rapping to an instrumental and the vocals of Alicia Keys.
Jay Z ft Alicia Keys - Empire State of Mind
What is the relationship between the lyrics and visuals?
In most of the videos i have seen there has been a relationship between the lyrics and the visuals. A few of these relationships can be found in Jay Z's Music video. For example at 0:41, when Jay Z says "Me, I'm up at Bed-Stuy, home of that boy Biggie
Now I live on Billboard, and I brought my boys with me" we see an image of The Rap king Notourious BIG, and an image of Jay Z's name on a bill board.
As the song progresses at 0:58, the song says (Jay z and Alicia Keys) "Tell by my attitude that I am most definitely from
In New York, concrete jungle where dreams are made, oh There's nothing you can't do, now you're in New York" at this point we see a shot of Alicia Keys playing a piano while singing in the middle of New York City. During this part we see several shots of different parts of New York.
The relationship between the lyrics and the visuals continue. At 1:41, Jayz says "Welcome to the melting pot, corners where we selling rock Afrika Bambaataa shit, home of the hip hop Yellow Cab, Gypsy Cab,Dollar Cab, holla back" at this point we see a variety of pictures which is mainly dominated by Yellow cabs as stated in the lyrics by Jay Z.
At 2:35, The song goes on to say "Lights is blinding, girls need blinders
So they can step out of bounds quick
The sidelines is blind with casualties" these lyrics can be related to the the visuals. This can be shown when we see a long shot of Jay Z in the room in front of a window without blinds and the bright lights are shining in his face.
What is the relationship between the music and visuals?
The video is full of relationships between the visuals and the music. The beat throughout the song is constant, it doesn't change and it is constant. Unlike Eminem (Stan) music video i analyzed, which the beat is based on the mood of the rapper.
Are there close-ups of the artist and star image motifs?
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