Redundancy and Entropy - Analysis

I have analysed the videos of two artists who are similar to the artist I have chosen for their redundant and entropic features.

Kate Nash - Foundations

This video mostly only has redundant aspects. The music and lyrics match the visuals throughout, for example, she sings "intelligent input darlin' why don't you just have another beer then?" and the image shown is of a fridge full of beer. Also, the images change at the start on the beat of the song. This is a redundant feature of music videos, particularly pop videos.


  
Also, meanings are amplified by what we see in the video. The clearest example of this is at the end, where we see a shot of the door that sums up what the song means. This is a common feature of many music videos, but particularly in this genre.

Last of all, Kate is seen singing throughout. The shots are generally close ups of her face, singing,which is a redundant feature of a lot of music videos, particularly those of the pop genre. It is one of Goodwins' 6 features of music videos. 










However, there are also entropic features. Rather than having conventional representation of lyrics, by just showing that object or action, it is represented by something else. For example, in the screenshot to the right, the lyrics are “And every time we fight...” which is unlikely to be a physical fight, but is represented with boxing gloves.

Also, stop animation is used to make household objects interract, amplifying the meanings of the lyrics.This is a very entropic technique, especially in pop videos, but adds to the meaning in an interesting way.

Charlene Soraia - When We Were Five

On the face of it, this video seems very entropic. However, there are many redundant aspects within it. First of all, there are shots of the artist singing throughout the video, which is a common element in many videos, but is particularly redundant in pop videos. 

Also, another redundant elemnent is that there are close ups of the artists face, as there were in the previous video. This is a very common feature in pop videos. 














Similarly to the last video, the visuals change with the music, which, as stated before, happens in a lot of videos, especially pop videos, and is part of Goodwin's theory. 

However, there are also many entropic features. It is not common at all to have the artists face obscured by anything, or in this case a home video playing. Record labels usually want clean shots of the artists face in the video.










It is also entropic to show a shot of something that is totally irrelevent to the song and the music. The video shows a shot of the video that is playing over her, when she is not in the scene. It is entropic in pop videos, but this sometimes happens in indie or rock videos. 

Furthermore, for a pop video, it is very strange to have no links between lyrics and visuals. The majority of the video is of the artist, however when other things are shown, they have no relevence to the lyrics at all. Generally speaking, there will be links to lyrics in pop videos. In the screenshot on the right, the lyrics that go with is are "Don't cry, remember who I am - I broke your heart" which has no relevence to roses.