History of Andrew Goodwin:
Andrew John Goodwin was born in born in Hillingdon, Middlesex and was Director of Music and Organist at Bangor Cathedral for 37 years.
Whilst living in Oxford and then in the West Midlands, Goodwin studied at the University of Liverpool and was subsequently a positive student at the University of Bangor (Wales). He obtained degrees in Music at both Liverpool and Bangor, and is also a Fellow of the Royal College of Organists.
He was Director of Music and Organist at Bangor Cathedral for 37 years,and he relinquished his position in the Cathedral on Saturday 31 October 2009. In 2001, he was presented with the Archbishop of Wales' Award for Church Music in recognition of his work. He has regularly been involved with television and radio broadcasts, not only with the Cathedral Choir, but also as a soloist and accompanist. In addition he has served as a member of the Broadcasting Council for Wales' Music Advisory Panel, and has travelled widely both as a recitalist and as a music examiner.
Identification of key features in music videos:
1. A relationship between the lyrics and the visuals, with the visuals illustrating, amplifying or contradicting the lyrics.
2. A relationship between the music and the visuals, with the visuals illustrating, amplifying or contradicting the music.
3. Genre-related style and iconography present.
4. Multiple close-ups of the main artist or vocalist.
5. Voyeurism often plays a major part, especially in relation to females.
6. Inter-textual references to other media texts may be present.- Further entertainment for its audience.
Goodwin states that various music videos are often constructed by the link between the visuals and the song plus the artist. The relationships is built between these in the video, and the close-ups of the artists may give them the representation and publicity they desire. Voyeurism is used to increase the video’s attractiveness, particularly to males, whilst intertextuality is often portrayed as comedic videos.
A variety of these features are present in almost every music video, depending on the genre of the song, mise en scene layout and the aim of the record company/artist.
You've got the wrong Andrew Goodwin here. It pays to cross reference your research. However, I would argue that we are not really interested in John Goodwin the man, but how his theories help us to understand music video.
ReplyDeletePlease delete the 'history of John Goodwin' part. You must use his ideas in your analyses.
What is the point of theory in a 'stand alone' blog post?