1. B Y L A U R A T H O R N B O R R O W
TEXTUAL ANALYSIS OF MUSIC
VIDEO: TRAIN - DRIVE BY

2. TECHNICAL CONVENTION
• Close-Ups: of each individual band member to
make the fans feel like they have a personal
connection to each artist

3. TECHNICAL CONVENTION CONTINUED
• Performance Shots: are used to show the band
performing to their fans although in this video they
are in the vineyard.
• Band Shots: shows how the band is made up of
individual characters who come together to create
an amazing sound.

4. NARRATIVE
• Slight narrative throughout the video
as they both meet, fall out and then
get back together at the end of the
video.

5. REPRESENTATION:
• Rich, women wearing white clothing shows that
she innocent although she breaks the norm of a
women when we she the clip of her taking
control of the visitors coming to the vineyard,
man wearing black clothing shows that he's in
control, man driving
the car with her as
the passenger
reinforce the
stereotype of men
being in control.

6. MUSICAL GENRE:
• Singer Songwriter and Pop genres
helps to gather an understand of the
types of conventions which are
needed to create the type of effect in
which the people watching are
expecting.

7. AUDIENCE
• For people who can relate to the
narrative of falling in love, breaking up
and then getting back together.

8. INTERTEXTUALITY
• Both the car (Fire-bird) and the images of
the house show use the viewer that the lead
singer in the band is wealthy, which then
links to one of the conventions of pop music
video, as they like to show off their
wealth through.

9. VISUALS & LYRICS
• Linking the visuals and the lyrics
together shows that the video has
been well planned out, e.g. words
'Drive By' are sung when an image of
the male driving past.

10. PACE OF EDITING & MUSIC
• The pace of the editing
has coincided with the pace of the
music video to help create the effect
of us the view actually physically been
their. This is helped by many jump and
clear cuts.