What is the function of a music video
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The document discusses the functions of music videos. The primary function is to promote the artist and make money for record labels. However, genres like dubstep use music videos mainly for entertainment since the music is more important than seeing the artist. Music videos can also symbolize larger ideas, evoke emotions in viewers, and be used for artists to represent themselves or social groups. The main functions of music videos are to promote artists, entertain, symbolize concepts, evoke emotions, and allow for representation.
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What is the function of a music video
- 1. By Angeline
- 2. The function of a music video is to First of all Promote the Artist. Most of the time the soul purpose of the music video is to promote the artist as the artist is the highlight and the main ingredient to make a record label lots of money. However; not all genre’s music video has the same purpose.
- 3. Anexample of this is Dubstep. Dubstep videos are usually to entertain. This is because Dubstep is dance music therefore the artist does not necessarily have to be seen in the music video because the music is the most important thing.
- 4. A music video is also done to symbolise greater or bigger things. Artists use videos to make points about themselves or about the world or about others.
- 5. Music video sometimes function to evoke emotion in the audience. Some artist use this to get people thinking about themselves and about the world. A key Artist who did this a lot was Michael Jackson.
- 6. Music videos are also used to for representation. Music artists use videos to represent themselves and sometimes a sex as a certain thing. For example some female artists such as Rhianna represents her self as a sex object. This has become her unique selling point.
- 7. Music videos function is to mainly: Promote the Artist To Entertain To Symbolise something To Evoke emotion in the audience For Representation