E.G4 Guns N' Roses - Sweet Child O' Mine

Guns N' Roses - Sweet Child O' Mine




RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN VISUALS + LYRICS: 

The whole video is talking about a girl, Saying 'she's got eyes of the bluest skies' it then cuts to shots of different girls.

Apart from this there is no relationship between the visuals and the lyrics as it is purely a performance video giving an insight into what it's like to be on stage with the band.




GENRE CHARACTERISTICS: 
with rock from the 80's nearly all of it was performance as editing software and special effects were nothing compared to the modern day videos, therefore the videos were nearly all of the bands performing.

INTERTEXTUALITY?

This video is intertextual with most bands in that era. From the beatles who first started this kind of band performance style to the Rolling Stones. They all have videos like this of them performing live, very rarely will you see a band from that era have a concept or narrative video.

PERFORMANCE, NARRATIVE AND/OR CONCEPT?:

this video is obviously as much of a performance video as you could get with almost the whole video of them performing!

PERFORMANCE STYLE: 

the performance style of this video is as simple as it could possibly be, just them performing their song. The shots of the band vary and the editing is done very cleverly so it doesn't get boring. It is like a fans video as you get to almost be on the stage with the band.

STAR TREATMENT

The star treatment is spread across the band, as each band member is just as important as the other, however the two that are most involved (the singer and the guitarist, slash) have more involvement in the video as the lead guitarist has a lot of solos. Then the lead singer obviously singing the whole song.

LOCATION/S + MISE-EN-SCENE: 

There is only one location which is with the band on stage! 

There is the obvious mise en scene of a band with all the speakers and the big stand etc. With the props bands usually have. It is completely stereotypical of a band, to have a guitarist drummer and singer.