Vid EG 5 Creep- Radiohead

ACT: Radiohead

Track: Creep 

Year: 1993

Director:

Genre: Alternative Rock

Main Audience: Males 16-25+

Lyrics







Relationship Between Visuals + Lyrics:
There is no clear relationship between the visuals and lyrics as the lyrics talk about the story of a man trying to seek the attention from a girl. However, the visuals don't reinforce this idea because we are just shown with the band performing the song but not telling the story behind the lyrics.

Genre Characteristics:

The fact that the visuals and the lyrics don't add together is a genre characteristic to alternative rock because in most music videos the visuals don't add up to the story behind the lyrics. However, the lead singer could be talking from a personal experience referring to himself as 'The creep" and how his love story didn't turn out as he planned. Another genre characteristic is the distorted guitar sound whenever the chorus is about to come up as its is a typical convention to the genre. 

 Performance Style:

The band is shown throughout the video in a variation of close up shots whilst performing their song on a stage to a live audience. There is the typical musicians found in an alternative rock band performing (guitarist, bass player, drummer and lead singer). This widens the options of shot angles as the video has been made to create this atmosphere for the audience as though they are at the live concert watching the band perform their song.

Audience in Vid: 

There is a live audience presented in the video watching the bands performance because their location is on a stage. This is a typical convention for alternative rock (rock) genre music as in most music videos a live audience is present, watching the act perform.

Star Treatment:

Each one of the performers gets their moment of highlight throughout the video. What i mean by this is that there are different moment s when the spotlight is on them and camera goes onto a close up shot of that specific person whilst their playing. However, the lead singer is the one that stands out the most as he is positioned center of the stage and most of the time throughout the video the spotlight is on him since he is the one telling his own personal story through the song.

 Representation:

The song represents certain males who don't know how to express their love towards a woman, The reason for this is because the lyrics are told from a male performer which is why it is easier for the male audience to relate. Furthermore, if it were to target a specific social group it would be a gothic group as the lyrics are quite dark and quirry, as the words "i'm a creep" are repeated constantly making it easy for abnormal social classes to relate to them.

Pace + Any Variation of Pace:

The pace of the song has been made to fit the track, there are both long and short takes throughout the video. The long takes are mostly used when the guitarists is having his own personal solo so that the audience only focuses on him, however as for the lead singer there are a lot of short takes from different angles to give off the idea as though the person watching the video is at their live performance.

 Shot Variety + No. of Set Ups:

There is only one set up throughout which is the stage that the band is performing on. The reason for this is because it is giving off the impression that the band is giving a live performance to an audience that is being filmed live as it is taken from different distances such as close ups on the band or extreme long shots to make it seem as though the camera man is part of the crowd.

FX:

There are some special effects such as smoke coming onto the stage creating this mysterious and creepy vibe for the audience, relating to the lyrics of the song as the singer is referring to himself as a creep.