The aesthetics of music video
An analysis of Madonna's 'Cherish
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4744614 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Carol Vernallis (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1998 |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 153-185 |
| Publication date | 1998-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Popular Music (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0261-1430 • E-ISSN: 1474-0095 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0261143000000581 |
| OpenAlex | W2124333662 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
| References cited | 5 |
When we become engaged with a music video, what draws us in? What constitutes craft or artistry in the genre? Theorists of music video have usually addressed these questions from the perspective of sociology, film theory or popular cultural studies. Film theory, in particular, has had a tremendous influence on the analysis of music video, because of the two genres' apparently similar structuring of sound and image. But by the criteria of film, music videos tend to come off as failed narratives; the genre's effectiveness eludes explanation
Aesthetics · Art · Craft · Literature · Narrative · Perspective (graphical · Political science · Popular music · Sociology · Structuring · Visual arts · Cinema and Media Studies · Media, Gender, and Advertising · Music History and Culture
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| Unique citing works | 11 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,42 |
| Citation span | 2000 - 2025 (26) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 11 |