playing with fire

Feature	Observation	Example
Genre characteristics	Keeps the in the confines of the genre, this is done by keeping to the music and matching it with the video	Whilst he is rapping, the video matches the rap at all of the points in the song.
Relationships between lyrics and visuals	“The gang don’t care as he falls for the trap”	After he has beaten up his friend the gang become friends with him.
Relationships between music and visuals
Are there close-ups of the artist and star image motifs	There are quite a lot of close ups to emphasise the point that what he is talking about is serious.
Is there reference to notion of looking	When the boy realises what he has done to his friend he looks at the camera.	The close up on his face after he has beaten up his friend because he wants drugs.
Are there intertextual references
Is the video performance, narrative or concept based? How much of each?	Performance, narrative and concept	The music joins in with the