Goodwin's

He wrote a book, "Dancing in the Distraction Factory", 1992.

His Theories
- Music videos demonstrate genre characteristics (e.g Stage performance in metal band, dance routine for boy/girl band).

Green Day - 21 Guns Music video





- There is a relationship between lyrics and visuals (either illustrative, amplifying, contradicting).

Keane - Somewhere Only We Know
The lyrics are, "I came across a fallen tree", while a car come across an array of trees (some fallen over)




- There is a relationship between music and visual ( either illustrative, amplifying, contradicting).

Supergrass - Alright
The music is very up beat while people are enjoying the sunny weather.




-  The demands of the record label will include the need for lots of close ups of the artist and the artist may develop motifs which recur across their work. (a visual style).

Kylie Minogue - Can't Get You Out of My Head






- There is frequently reference to notion of looking (screens within screens, telescope, etc) and particular voyeuristic treatment of the female body.

Green Day - American Idiot






-There is often intertextual reference (to film, TV programmes, other music videos etc).

Lily Allen - Alfie
Copy of the Looney Tunes title sequence