Research and Analysis: Textual Analysis of Lonely Boy- The Black Keys


What are the characteristics of the genre in the music video?
-Lonely Boy is a blues rock genre
- Characteristics usually use upbeat visuals to match its blues and rock styled tempo

What is the relationship between lyrics and visuals?
-As this music video is concept based it does not have that many connections between both the lyrics and visuals although there are some shots that link for example
-"I'm a lonely boy" wide shot of dancer on own
-"Your mama kept you " rocks arms as mother does

What is the relationship between music and visuals?
- The relationship between music and visuals often match with the pace of the music for example, at the first ten seconds the person in shot starts dancing but as the tempo changes he starts dancing in a more upbeat way.

Are there close ups of the artist and image motifs?
-There are not many close ups used in this music video, it uses a constant wide shot this could be to create the image that the viewer is seeing the sequence through somebody who is passing by as, it is in a day to day location but is strange to see.

Is the music video performance, narrative or concept?
Performance- dancer in shot is miming the words
-Concept- as it does not really relate to the song although some aspects do


Conclusion
Overall,I think this music video uses concept to create a unique music video for the song, to make it memorable for its audience.

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