Case Study on a music video directer - David Fincher

Sources: "I want my MTV" by Rob Tannenbaum and Craig Marks
                http://www.tvovermind.com/music/10-music-videos-directed-david-fincher
                http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000399/awards
                https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Fincher
                https://vimeo.com/122990387

Practice CD covers

"I'll smash your face in" unedited

"I'll smash your face in" edited

"I'm a lot of fun" unedited

"I'm a lot of fun" edited

Object one unedited

Object one edited

Object two unedited

Object two edited

"Your mum will like me" unedited

"Your mum will like me" edited

"Serious artist" unedited

"Serious artist" edited

"Not looking at the camera" unedited

"Not looking at the camera" edited

"Tortured artist" unedited

"Tortured artist" edited

Controversy in Music Videos

Sources:  http://www.nme.com/list/20-of-the-most-controversial-music-videos-ever/373505

Textual analysis with genre theories applied

Exploring a genre: Indie Folk

Sources - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indie_folk
                http://www.billboard.com/artist/326708/passenger/biography
                https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lauren_Aquilina
                https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabrielle_Aplin
                https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mumford_%26_Sons

Andrew Goodwin's theory

Goodwin’s conventions of music videos from Elsiew

Genre Theories for music videos

To find out about different theories click on the mind-map