1) Name of Artist? Daniel Powter.
2) Title of Song? Bad Day.
3) Date of Release? 25th July 2005.
4) Director of the video? Marc Webb.
5) What genre of music does this song fall into? Pop.
6) Is there a relationship between lyrics and visuals in the song? Yes, the lyrics are about someone having a bad day and feeling down; the video represents this by actually showing two people who are obviously having a bad day themselves. An example of a section where the lyrics match the visuals is when the lyrics say "the point is they laugh at what you say", and the video shows a shot of people laughing around the male character who is not laughing himself. The lyrics illustrate and amplify the lyrics of the song. They amplify because the video is suggesting a negative mood. However it is also illustrating because the lyrics could directly fit into the feelings of the characters and describe what they are doing or thinking at all stages of the video.
7) Is there a relationship between the music and the visuals? Yes, reguarly throughout the music video there are cuts put into place in time with the beat of the music. Also, the artist is shown playing the piano at a slight interval when a piano is being played in the song. For example, at the very beginning of the music video, the screen is split showing the two characters routines. The clock changes its time fitting into the beat, and the characters move to the beat also (turning the alarm off, rolling over etc). From 1.29 in the video, Daniel Powter is filmed playing the piano which fits in with the music as there is a short interval in which a piano is being played.
8) What is the importance of the artist in the visuals? I think that the artist is important in the visuals because he is almost seen as telling the story himself as he is singing it, and filmed in several sections of the video looking over at what is going on, and contributing towards the negative mood of the song. The image of the artist makes him look like the average man, dressed in jeans, a jacket and a woolen hat; which can make the viewers relate to the video themselves. This type dress is also what Daniel Powter usually wears most of the time, and in some of his other music videos. This means that he is instantly recognisable in the video to people who already know of him.
9) Is there any voyeurism in the video? No, this video contains no voyeurism.
10) Does the video have any intertextuality? No this video does not make reference to or show influence from any other media texts.
11) What is the mixture in the video between performance and narrative? Narrative is more dominant in the music video than performance, as most of the video is taken up by the story of the two characters, which come together at the end. However, occasionally it does switch to the artist who is lip syncing the song or playing the piano. It is structured so that there is a section of performance after most scenes of the story.
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