Eg 3. Dolly Parton 9-5

ACT: Dolly Parton

TRACK: Working 9-5

YEAR: 1980

DIRECTOR: Greg Perry

GENRE: Country

MAIN AUDIENCE: 30+

LYRICS

women looking at her watch

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN VISUALS + LYRICS: this has a lot of performance footage however the visuals also link with the lyrics especially at the beginning.However as the video goes along it is mostly dolly parton singing with her band.It looks like it is in the studio at the end it all performance. At the beginning word are symbolic such as the clock being shown and people running to work this is very symbolic after this section however there is not other footage. There is not a character that plays a specific part as there isnt much narrative it just the people going to work on streets.

GENRE CHARACTERISTICS: i have not spotted anything which is appropriate for this genre , the only thing i have spotted is the instruments used are quite country such as the acoustic guitars. Also how relaxed the video is where they are just wearing jeans and t shirts etc.Other members are wearing waist coats and shirts this is also very country and links with the genre.In there culture there will be alot of intertexual references with this.

Scene Taken from film

Performance Footage

PERFORMANCE, NARRATIVE AND/OR CONCEPT: There is a balance between the narrative and performance footage as it does tell a narrative of working 9 till 5 which links with the footage at beginning but not the end. This is when performance starts and there is no narrative.There is a lot of performance footage especially at the end ,all other shots that link to lyrics stop. There is a lot of lip synching and camera movement from different angles.It is a convincing performance is it looks like studio however it does like they had to take afew times as the shots dont always match up. Guitars mic stands and drums are shown also with backing singers. These are not plugged in which is good however not all the instruments we can see are played in the studio so this doesnt work very well and we can tell its fake.however this song is also taken from the film 9-5 so there is some footage from that which helps create a narrative and link the lyrics to visuals.I think it would be hard to achieve this as she is singing and playing the guitar so to recreate this we would need he full set up , amateurs would not be able to do this.


LINEAR, CLOSED NARRATIVE: the narrative is not liner as it tells a story for the beginning however i think it has a lot of intertexuality with the film as it shows some clips from that.

LOOKING/MODE OF ADDRESS: The characters singing look directly into camera as if they are telling the story to us the audience,This does create a sense of direct connection with the audience and builds a personal relationship. 

Close up

STAR TREATMENT: dolly parton is singeled out to be the main character the camera always goes back to her and has her framed some how in every shot. There is a lot of close ups of her nothing else.

MALE GAZE?

there is male gaze as she is wearing a lot of makeup and tight, low cut clothing this makes it appealing to both audiences.As well as the music part. 

Fast Pase shots

PACE + ANY VARIATION OF PACE: at the start the pace is very fast as the music builds up which is good for the year this vid was made however after this the takes start to get longer as it turns mostly into performance footage and then parts from the film its self.  At the chorus it always relates back to dolly and her singing however it is clear that this is all one long take as you can tell it is live and real performance footage.


SHOT VARIETY + NO. OF SETUPS: There seems to be 2 clear set ups one on the street at the beginning of people in different places and one in the studio. This si good that there isn't one specific location throughout as it gives the video more shot variety.There is not very many sequences which suggests the video as having little technology and perhaps being lazy. There is also a lack of shot variety which makes the video also boring due to the long takes.There is alot of old footage used such as the camera being shaky and the camera zooming in and out which isnt often used today.

Transition fading out.

FX:There is little transitions due to the video been older, however at the end there is a clear transition used to fade dolly out where the box goes to the corner.There is also some fading when the vid changes from film footage to performance footage of dolly parton.

LOCATION/S + MISE-EN-SCENE: 

the exposition is good it sets up the studio and helps tell a narrative.At the beginning the shots create anchorage for the rest of the song which also helps tell a narrative and build structure. The costume and makeup has also been thought through by having dolly in bright red to make her the star and having the other is plain colours. They are also wearing un fashionable clothing such as glasses and waist coats which links with the genre but we would not expect to see. This also links with the costumes of what people were wearing at the beginning when the beat builds  , this also links with the era of women working 9-5 , there however is no men as such in the video which is interesting perhaps to do with the time period.

NOTABLE SHOTS/FRAMING: 

i did not notice and specific shots that were framed cleverly as such , however i did think they were all framed well especially the ones at the beginning and middle as they all manages to have the clock or something related which worked particularly well with the lyrics.As technology was not good in this time period , there is no use of freeze framing or as such clever framing. dolly parton in the performance footage however is framed either close up or middle.

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