Music Video Analysis

I have chosen Nickelback's Rockstar to analyse as a similar concept to my own music video.

Throughout the whole song, you find complete strangers or celebrities lip singing to the rock song all in different settings.

I believe that the band is more interested in expressing their music and less in expressing a particular image of themselves. The song's memorable chorus and its up beat tempo makes it catchy and fun to sing. 

The main singer of the band is shown a couple of times throughout the clip in form of medium shots. This could have been done to simply remind the audience that it is their song.

On occasional lines, the visuals link with the lyrics e.g ''Get a front door key to the Playboy mansion" at 1:58 where you see the beached blond hair women on their loungers in the sun. 

On the last phrase, the representation of the clip changes into a performance where it cuts to a establishing shot of an audience all singing along to the song. The camera then pans round to see the band and the instruments on stage.