TASK 3

TEXTUAL ANALYSIS OF MUSIC VIDEOS

NAME OF TRACK: TAMALE

ARTIST: TYLER THE CREATOR

FEATURES OBSERVATIONS EXAMPLES

GENRE

CHARACTERISTICS

HIP HOP

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LYRICS AND VISUALS?

WHEN TYLER SES TURN IT UP THE TWO BACKGROUND IMAGES OF HIS FACE LOOK UPWARDS SIMULTANEOUSLY.

‘3:43 TO 3:45’

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MUSIC AND VISUALS?

THE SONG TAMALE INCLUDES MANY VISUALS DEMONSTRATING TYLER ANNOYANCE WITH THE WAY AMERICA IS RUN HOWEVER TYLERS LYRICS DO NOT REALLY MATCH WITH MANY OF IMAGES AND ARE VERY UNUSUAL AS YOU WOULD EXPECT. THE ONLY PIECE OF EVIDENCE I CAN FIND OF A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MUSIC AND VISUALS IS WHEN TYLER SES “LETS FUCKIN BOUNCE” BEFORE BOUNCING ON A WOMENS BACKSIDE.

ARE THERE CLOSE-UPS OF THE ARTIST AND STAR IMAGE MOTIFS?

YES THERE ARE FREQUENT CLOSE UPS OF TYLER. THE OPENING 30 SECONDS ARE CLOSE UPS OF 3 CUT OUT FACES OF HIM ON AN ORANGE BACKGROUND. THE WHOLE VIDEO COULD BE SEEN TO CONTAIN STAR IMAGE MOTIFS AS TYLER FEATURES THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE VIDEO.

IS THERE REFERENCE TO THE NOTION OF LOOKING?

THE THE NOTION OF LOOKING COULD BE REFERENCED TO THE SECTION WHEN A MINISCULED TYLER IS JUMPING UP AND DOWN ON A WOMENS ASS. THE WOMEN IS IN A BIKINI SO IT COULD BE SEEN TO DRAW THE MALE GAZE.

ARE THERE INTERTEXTUAL REFERENCES?

I COULDN’T FIND ANY INTERTEXTUAL REFERENCES IN TAMALE AS IT IS BASICALLY AN INSIGHT INTO TYLERS MIND MEANING THAT THERE IS NO REFERENCES TO OTHER INSPIRATIONS.

IS THE VIDEO CATEGORY ILLUSTRATION,

THE VIDEO IS DISJUNCTURE AS MANY OF THE LYRICS HAVE NO LINK TO THE

FEATURES OBSERVATIONS EXAMPLES

GENRE

CHARACTERISTICS EASY RIDER

ACTION BRONSON

HIP HOP

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LYRICS AND VISUALS?

MANY OF THE LYRICS THROUGHOUT THE TRACK MAKE REFERENCE TO THE IMAGE ON SCREEN. FOR EXAMPLE ‘WE TOOK ACID FOR 10 DAYS STRAIGHT’ A WOMEN PLACES WHAT APPEARS TO BE LSD IN ACTION BRONSONS MOUTH

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MUSIC AND VISUALS?

SLOW MOTION 3D EFFECTS ARE USED TO AMPLIFY SOME OF THE INSTRUMENTS THROUGHOUT THE VIDEO.

ARE THERE CLOSE-UPS OF THE ARTIST AND STAR IMAGE MOTIFS?

THROUGHOUT THE MUSIC VIDEO THERE WERE CLOSE UPS OF BRONSON SHOWING HIS EMOTIONS THROUGHOUT THE VIDEO.

IS THERE REFERENCE TO THE NOTION OF LOOKING?

THERE IS REFERENCE TO THE NOTION OF LOOKING WHEN THE WOMEN BRONSON IS WITH TAKES A SHOWER.

ARE THERE INTERTEXTUAL REFERENCES?

IS THE VIDEO CATEGORY ILLUSTRATION, DISJUNCTURE OR AMPLIFICATION? HOW MUCH OF EACH?

ILLUSTRATION AND AMPLIFICATION.