Analyse of Music Videos

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Dani California

• Performance based
• Features only the band
• The video goes on a ‘journey through time’ as the band parodies various artists from different periods
• Things such as costumes, instruments and actions change to match and mimic the band that they are trying to imitate
• Goes from different decades and advances chronologically
• The last band they imitate is them selves
• In the last chorus the editing speed increases with fast cuts and zooms
• In the last section, the video keeps cutting to different periods but still returns to their own image

Reel Big Fish - Sell Out

• Begins with a scene of the band working in a cafe, no music is played, just dialogue
• Narrative and Performance based
• The lighting and colours switches from bright and colourful to dark and dull
• The video follows what the lyrics say
• Intertextual references to other artists such as Elvis
• Band dressed in casual but very bright clothes
• Band’s performance only filmed from one angle