ALL AMERICAN REJECTS – GIVES

YOU HELL

Media Deconstruction

THE TYPE OF VIDEO

The video is a Narrative, as it has the band playing

as well as a storyline about two neighbours that

don’t get along. The differences between the

neighbours are obvious, being their activity and

their appearances, such as the colour of their

houses. This is shown as the first presented couple

seem very posh and neat by their hairstyles and

how they act. Next door are very different, as they

get up at late hours at night and come across like

couch potatoes.

WHAT HAPPENS IN THE VIDEO?

The video is about a couple that live next door to a

band who get up at night time. The main

characters, being the men, hate each other

because of how they are, like the guy in the band

(lead singer) is very noisy when the couple are

trying to sleep at night. They do different things to

anger each other, and when they come into contact

with each other is when they kick into the chorus,

singing as if they are shouting angrily “When you

see my face, I hope it gives you Hell, I hope it gives

you Hell!” This is like them having their own

argument.

WHAT HAPPENS IN THE VIDEO? CONTINUED

The girlfriends of the guy’s aren't impressed by

this, but they wave at their male neighbours in a

flirtatious manner. Like when the posh girl gives a

little wave to the singer when he outside the

front, and when the posh guy waves to the singers

girlfriend through the window. At the end as the

men are shouting out the chorus at each other, the

girls plan to swap boyfriends. The posh guy ends

up in the band’s house, while the lead singer ends

up in the posh house.

DOES IT MEET GOODWIN’S RULES?

1) DEMONSTRATES GENRE

CHARACTERISTICS?

CHECK!

2) RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LYRICS AND

VISUALS?

CHECK!

“I WAKE UP EVERY EVENING...”

3) RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MUSIC AND

VISUALS?

CHECK!

THE SHOTS SWITCH IN TIME WITH THE GUITAR

4) CLOSE-UPS OF ARTIST?

CHECK!

5) NOTION OF LOOKING?

CHECK!

6) INTERTEXTUAL REFERENCE?

NONE FOUND... :(