The Beastie Boys - Sabotage
Genre and Narrative
- The music genre is hip hop
- The video is disjunctive as the lyrics and music are completely seperate from the visuals
- Archer states that disjunctive music videos are based on abstract imagery and dont make a lot of sense which can be seen in this video as the narrative is difficult to follow
- It is conventional as it uses a fast cutting rate to convey verisimilitude
- It pays homage to 1970's 'cop' programmes such as Hawaii five-O, SWAT and Starsky and Hutch
- However it is also very unconventional to mainstream music videos as it doesnt feature any performance and the narrative doesnt even match the themes of the song
- The video features lots of examples of mise-en-scene through its urban 1970's setting, aswell as its use of costume to promote its cop narrative
- In terms of camera it only uses handicam there are no fixed frames or angles
- The video has some intertextual reference about society and its representation of the police service which is seen as almost comedic and not a particularly serious topic
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