Music video research...Girls aloud

Analysis of Girls Aloud- ‘I can’t speak French’

Lyrics:
The lyrics to this song show how someone is afraid to tell the person they love that there the one for them.
So by speaking in ‘French’ it indicates love, as Paris is known to be the love-guru place.

Name of the song:
The name of the song is in-different, by just looking at the song name the audience wouldn’t understand what the song was going on about until they heard it.

Music:
The music is ‘funky house’.
It has the same beat through out the song but at different speeds and tempo.
There are drums and pianos that make the beat up.

Shots/Camera work:
Each shot lasts for only a few seconds.
It is designed to be a vintage video there are elements of Marie Antoinette style in it aswell.
The beginning shot is a long shot of the entire band and the actors involved.
It is situated in a castle so various shots of the actual place can be seen.
The song gradually becomes quicker when it hits mid-point.

Genre:
There are many genres in this video, the main one is ‘funky house’
and R’n’B.
Also pop, electric pop and dance.

Clothes used in the music video:
The clothes have elements of Marie Antoinette style and Victorian style.
There short and show a lot of their body of, which shows that they want to be seen as a sexy band.

Who Girls aloud are:
Girls aloud are a girl group that was created on the ITV1 talent show- Popstars: The Rivals in 2002.
The group consists of Cheryl Cole, Nadine Coyle, Sarah Harding, Nicola Roberts, and Kimberley Walsh.

Girls aloud success:
They have been successful in achieving a string of 20 consecutive UK Top 10 singles (including four number ones), two UK number one albums, and having been nominated for four BRIT Awards, winning Best Single in 2009 for ‘The Promise’.
Girls Aloud hold the record for the shortest time between formation and reaching number one in the UK Charts and have since become one of the few UK reality television acts to achieve continued success, amassing a fortune of £25 million by May 2009.
Guinness World Records lists them as ‘Most Successful Reality TV Group’ in the 2007 edition.
They also hold the record for ‘Most Consecutive Top Ten Entries in the UK by a Female Group’.