Tuesday, 1 May 2018

Exam Unit - Representation in Music Videos

Music Video – Hurt by Johnny Cash


The first music video I am analyzing is the video for Hurt by Johnny Cash. To start off, the song and video represent a tone that makes people feel emotional; to reflect on life. The artist of the song, Johnny Cash, is present in the video, making the viewers of the video see him as a man full of sadness. He appears in several different spots: be it a chair, table and other parts of the room the video is taking place. The editing of the video helps it to switch to Johnny Cash in the present to showing footage of him when he was young in his career. The lyrics speak for what the story is that you are following for the video. Like plenty of other music videos, this video fulfills the conventions that most music videos follow. It accomplishes it all by a number of factors including the performance, message and style the video is going far; everything a music video should include. The music video clearly represents the themes for this song, which is something that music videos often portray.

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