Four Kicks is a Conceptual video,

although the lyrics do include violence,

the video isn’t a story. Lyrics like “And the

red mans fire in his eye” and “I’ll be lovin’

him under my shoe” has elements of

anger and violence. So there is a

relationship between lyrics and visuals.

During pauses between sentences from the band, people in a dark room with red flashing lights begin to aggressively fight with each other, the band situated in the middle of the room as they play the song. During the sentences and the chorus, The room turns white and the people fighting freeze in their positions. Some of them are about to do something, like one person is about to be hit in the face with a fire extinguisher. Others have already been it, like a girl has been hit over the head with a bench.

1) Demonstrates genre characteristics?

CHECK!

2) Relationship between lyrics and

visuals?

“And the red mans fire in his eye”

CHECK!

3) Relationship between music and

visuals?

Shots change to the beat of

the bass from the people

fighting

CHECK!

4) Close-ups of artist?

CHECK!

5) Notion of looking?

CHECK!

6) Intertextual reference?

... I couldn’t find one :(