lyric analysis

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0:00- 0:13
Everybody thinks that girl's so fine 0:13-0:16
Everybody's like, I'll make her mine 0:16-0:19
Everyone thinks she's a bit of alright 0:19-0:22
But I think that she's not so nice 0:22-0:25

Every guy's looking in her eyes 0:25-0:28
Every guy's checking out her thighs 0:28-0:32
Everyone thinks that girl's a lady 0:32-0:35
But I don't, I think that girl's shady 0:35-0:38
0:38-0:41

Well, I'll just read a book instead 0:41-0:43
I don't care if we're just friends 0:43-0:46
I can hang out with myself 0:46-0:49
I'm old enough now to pretend 0:49-0:53

Well, I'll just read a book instead 0:53-0:56
Well, I know that you think she's first 0:56-0:59
Well I don't even think she cares 0:59-1:02
I don't know what you see 1:02-1:05

There's nothing there 1:05-1:07
Ba bom, ba dum, ba dum, ba dum, ba bom, ba dum, ba dum, ba dum 1:07- 1:31
Ba bom, ba dum, ba dum, ba dum, ba bom, ba dum, ba dum, ba dum
Ba bom, ba dum, ba dum, ba dum, ba bom, ba dum, ba dum, ba dum
Ba bom, ba dum, ba dum, ba dum, ba bom, ba dum, ba dum, ba dum

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Ba bom, ba dum, ba dum, ba dum, ba bom, ba dum, ba dum, ba dum
Ba bom, ba dum, ba dum, ba dum, ba bom, ba dum, ba dum, ba dum
Ba bom, ba dum, ba dum, ba dum, ba bom, ba dum, ba dum, ba dum
Well, I think she's a b**** 1:31-1:32
1:32-1:38

I'll just read a book instead  1:38-1:41
I don't care if we're just friends 1:41-1:44
I can hang out with myself 1:44-1:47
I'm old enough now to pretend 1:27-1:51

Well, I'll just read a book instead 1:51-1:54
Well, I know that you think she's first 1:54-1:57
Well, I don't even think she cares 1:57-2:00
I don't know what you see 2:00-2:03

There's nothing there 2:03-2:05
Ba bom, ba dum, ba dum, ba dum, ba bom, ba dum, ba dum, ba dum 2:05-2:29
Ba bom, ba dum, ba dum, ba dum, ba bom, ba dum, ba dum, ba dum
Ba bom, ba dum, ba dum, ba dum, ba bom, ba dum, ba dum, ba dum
Ba bom, ba dum, ba dum, ba dum, ba bom, ba dum, ba dum, ba dum

Ba bom, ba dum, ba dum, ba dum, ba bom, ba dum, ba dum, ba dum
Ba bom, ba dum, ba dum, ba dum, ba bom, ba dum, ba dum, ba dum
Ba bom, ba dum, ba dum, ba dum, ba bom, ba dum, ba dum, ba dum
Ba bom, ba dum, ba dum, ba dum, ba bom, ba dum, ba dum, ba dum
Well, I think she's a bitch 2:29-2:31
ends at 2:32

Beyoncé - Pretty Hurts

lyric analysis practice

Mama said, you're a pretty girl
What's in your head it doesn't matter
Brush your hair, fix your teeth
What you wear is all that matters

Just another stage
Pageant the pain away
This time I'm gonna take the crown
Without falling down, down

Pretty hurts
Shine the light on whatever's worse
Perfection is the disease of a nation
Pretty hurts
Shine the light on whatever's worse
Tryna fix something
But you can't fix what you can't see
It's the soul that needs the surgery

Blonder hair, flat chest

TV says bigger is better

South beach, sugar free

Vogue says

Thinner is better 

these are just some of the lyrics from beyonces 2014 song called 'pretty hurts' Beyoncé starts her self-titled fifth album with an assault on the pressures that women face to attain physical perfection. Harvey Keitel made an appearance in the video as an MC at a beauty pageant. The Melina Matsoukas-directed clip is a graphic depiction of the stresses suffered by models and beauty queens and concludes with home footage of a pre-teen Beyoncé accepting a singing award after a presenter mispronounces her name. The singer plays a beauty pageant contestant whose name "Miss Third Ward," is a reference to the Houston neighborhood where she grew up.

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what makes a good music video?

• the genre of music matches the video. 
• shoot in different locations, or if not shoot from different angles in the room.
• matching mise-en-scene to the genre of music, for example a heavy metal song will have the artist wearing black costumes.
• having a shot lasting no longer than 3-5 seconds at a time, makes it more interesting to watch.
• having a good performer. you need someone to work the camera and not just stand there.
• if its not an narrative make sure it has a good performance. however makesure that the narrative matches the genre, for example a pop song will be about a girl/boy falling in love.

The Brief and chosen ancillary texts

music video brief 1. a promotion package for the release of an album, to include a music promo video, together with two of the following three options: -a cover for its release as part of a digipak (CD/DVD package): - a magazine advertisement for the digipak (CD/DVD package):

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