Analysis 1

This is the music video for the rock band 'Def leppard's song 'pour some sugar on me'.This is a typical rock music video in that it contains parts of narrative and also parts of performence. In the first scene it opens with a shot of a door and then the lead singer of the band opens it to the lyrics of "Step inside, walk this way" this scene is narrative of the lyrics as the singer is inviting the audience into the room, this could also be interpreted that they are inving the audience to listen to the song. The next line of the lyrics is "you and me baby, hey hey" after "hey hey" line the music starts, first there is a few individual shots of the different members of the band and one of the drum kit and then it goes back to the lead singer for the "hey hey" then the band start playing. There is then a few close ups of the instruments being played during this instrumental part of the song, there is then a very blunt straight cut from a guitar to a member of the band to the next line of lyrics starting. There is then a shot of a builder type person walking toward the door of the building the band are playing in, however it remains very focused on the band, this may be due to the fact that they were a reasonably unsuccessful at this point so the public had not got to recognise the band so they were letting the public get to know the band. This sequence it keeps cutting back to the builder type person as they get closer and closer to the door with a sledgehammer. This part of the video is accompanied with the lyrics "Love is like a bomb, baby, c'mon get it on, Livin' like a lover with a radar phone, Lookin' like a tramp, like a video vamp" and then when it gets to the lyric "Demolition woman, can I be your man?" the camera pans upward to reveal that the builder type person is a woman, this contradicts the stereotype of the male builder. At this point the music intensifies, implying that this is an important aspect of the video. During the second "hey" after this it cuts to a crowd of people ranging from young boys to old women, showing that they like their audience to interact with their music and that their audience is important to them and at the same time that they want people of all walks of life to enjoy their music. Then it cuts back to the band and the singer and the bassist sing "Razzle 'n' a Dazzle 'n' a Flash a little light" together showing that the band is close and get on well, this makes the audience like the band more as it makes them seem more human and friendly, they carry on singing together, this seems to be the master shot while there are cuts to the band playing vigorously and looking like they are putting a lot of effort into playing and like they are enjoying it a great deal. There are also cuts to other women with carious heavy machinery and tools such as axe's, continuing the contradiction of males doing hard labour jobs rather than females. The focus then goes back to the band as a whole, they all seem to be having a lot of fun playing while outside the women start to demolish the house they are performing in. The band seem to be having so much fun playing that they are oblivious the the cement dust falling from the ceiling as the women demolish the house, this shows that they really enjoy what they do which may lead the viewer to believe that they are musicians purely because they love music and love performing and not for financial gain. Then there is a cut to the original woman wiping her hands and brow of sweat as the lyrics "i'm hot, sticky sweet, from my head to my feet yeah" are sang.

it then goes back to the crowd for "HEY" and the crowd all join in and look like they're having a lot of fun. "HEY" is sang a few more times while the origional woman is getting into a crane with a wrecking ball on and begginning to operate it. Then "listen, red light yellow light green light go! crazy little woman in a obne man show" implying that this is a big task for a woman and that it would normally be performed by a man, again contradicting the stereotype of the man going out to work and the woman staying at home and looking after the house and children. Then the lyrics "mirror queen, mannequin, rhythm of love, sweet dream, soccharine, loosen up" this highlights that the woman is not a typical 'girly girl' while also telling other women who are perhaps 'girly girls' to loosen up and be less worried about their appearence and acting like they think they should. This is all while the woman is beginning to use the wrecking ball to knock down the building the band are performing in. After this point the lyrics begin to repeat themselves and the video matches the lyrics with the same clips from earlier in the video such as the woman wiping her brown of sweat etc, however the building is being knocked down gradually at this point, hit after hit, the hits of the wrecking ball match the beat of the music. While the building is being knocked down parts of it are falling in on the inside of the building, to keep continuity and reassure that this is the same building that is being hit from the outside with a wrecking ball. Then the demolition woman is pulling out a detonator wire from the building, the explosion then matched the final drum beats and the building exploads and it then goes vback to the crowd outside and the crowd turns round to reveal the band stood in the crowd unharmed.