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ReptiliaThe Strokes

Thought Beats
From the start of the music video it always cuts to beat. Further into the song, the intensity of the music
increases and the pace picks up, at this point the cuts are a lot faster.

Narrative and Performance


Throughout the song, lyrics begin to get more aggressive and this can be shown with the vocalists voice
and the facial expressions he pulls in the video. Anger can be related to the rock genre so his facial ex-
pressions fit the conventions of a rock music video.
The video consists of close ups on the musicians and shows clips of the band playing their instruments. A
common convention of rock music videos is featuring the band playing their instruments so this shows
that this video follows conventions.

Star Image
During the music video, there are close ups on the bands ap-
pearance. At the start we see a hand grab the microphone and a
golden watch on the wrist. This is a sign of wealth and can relate
to the genre of rock. The drummer is wearing a leather jacket
which can relate to being a bad boy. This is iconography and
gives an impression of how the band present themselves with
their specific clothing style. Their overall appearance is to look
ragged, this can be told by the close ups of their rough shoes,
long hair and their worn out clothing.
At the end of the video, the vocalist spits at the camera. This
shows rebellious behaviour and links to the rock genre. It also
makes the vocalist look like a thug and again this is iconography.

Relation of visuals to song


As the lyrics of the song become aggressive, the facial expres-
sions of the vocalist get more aggressive making the words of
the song more powerful.
As the pace of the song gets faster, cutting between shots gets
faster.
The lyrics Look at myself are sang and one of the guitarists
looks at the camera for the first time. This is the only way the
lyrics illustrate part of the music video.

Technical Codes
There are a lot of close up shots which help to create the iconography of the band which can help the au-
dience get to know them better. Fast pace editing

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