Textual analysis 1 - You me at six

Reckless - you me at six

Conventions of the genre - conventions of rock music videos tend to include live performances, behind the scenes; this is known as 'thematic' and also 'performance'. the videos often include the band rather than actors playing something else. the band members dont pretend to be someone different they just act as they would on stage or in every day situations.

Cinematograophy - Cinematography in this music video involves lots of close ups and pans, the reason for this is so the audience can see what thier doing but it also infers that this is thier life as the pans go from one thing to the next. a bit like a home video that you might make with friends of family. Its very informal and gives the impression that this is nothing new to the band members.

Editing - Cuts are very fast paced during thier live performances, because its rock, its busy and every beat has a new shot. The lighting is as you would expect at a live performance. lots of flashing lights. the cuts tend to go with the beat of the music and the lights to emphasize the rock beat. All steryeotypical of rock bands.

Connotations - we automaticlly conote tattoos with rock bands because that is what the media shows us,there was lots of shots throughout the music video that showed the audience the artists tattoos.  They were all holding a pint glasses at the beginning, This is another connotation of rock, the instruments they have connote rock, such as the guitars and the drum kit.

Meaning of the video - I think the meaning of the video is shown throught the name 'reckless' the video infers that thry are laid back and chilld out people, when they are on stage they just enjoy themselves and have fun. I think the video is trying to portray the idea that thier lives are fun and by doing what they do they are able to let go.
Representation - Within the video they represent themselves as band members, they have the tattos, the concert, the instruments. if we didnt have these we wouldnt understand the video, the representation gives the music video meaning.