Methods of Analysis

James and Teddy

RihannaMan Down

Genre Characteristics

• Rihanna –Man Down is a mainstream pop song, which is rihanna’s genre type.

• She has a performance of location of her home country/town which implies it could be linked to a truthful story about hr past. Also whenever she is reflecting, she is perked on the edge of her bed, where most personal matters occur and where you can be at peace.

Visuals and Lyrics

• Lyrics refer to the video on occasions such as during the chorus.

• During the flashback scenes, the lyrics do not match up to the visuals as she is seen to be happy around others but she is singing about a ‘Sticky situation’ which does not fit.

• But towards the end of the video, the last scenes reflect lyrics and the mood of the song.

Visuals and Music

• Change of location- Whenever she is reflecting during the music she is seen on her bed.

• When the tempo increases and her ‘Bad Boy’ characteristics come through the location changes to a club where these are portrayed and occur.

Selling the Artist

• She is wearing everyday clothes this shows that that this event could have taken place and is linked to her real life. Throughout the video her costumes changes, for instance when she is happy at the start she is wearing bright clothing, then towards the end when she is being confronted by a superior figure, her clothing changes to darker colour’s showing vulnerability and sadness.

• This video shows of her ‘good image’ whereas she is portrayed as the good girl gone bad, she has gone back to her older ways as she is seen to be the victim in the crim.

Interextuality

Voyeurism

• Throughout the video she doesn’t look directly into the camera. This shows that the storyline is quite secretive as she doesn’t directly address the audience. This tells us that the video/story is very personal.

RihannaRude Boy

Genre Characteristics

Rihanna – ‘Rude boy’ is also a mainstream pop song which is her genre.

The video is made in a studio using a green screen, this shows that the video is aimed directly at the audience as she has used a studio just for the intention of the video where as in her ‘man down’ video she was in her home location.

Visuals And Lyrics

The lyrics refer to the visuals quite a lot throughout the video