Music video comparison - Vance Joy and Dua Lipa

Music video comparison - Vance Joy and Dua Lipa

Comparing music videos


Exam question: compare and contrast how media language is used in the music videos to Break My Heart by Dua Lipa and Riptide by Vance Joy. 

Make reference to:

  • Cinematography and editing
  • Music video conventions 
  • How visual elements create meaning for the audience



break my heart - anaylsis 

  • Codes and conventions – performance/narrative/experimental features
  • Camera work (framing – shot types, angle, position, movement)
  • Editing – beat-matched?
  • Elements of continuity/montage
  • How does the video interpret the music and/or lyrics?
  • Structure/narrative
  • Intertextuality
  • Sound
  • Mise-en-scene – colour, lighting, location, costume/dress, hair/make-up 

answer the following questions briefly, perhaps using screenshots to draw comparisons between the videos


  • What key differences are there in style between the two videos?
  • In what ways do the two videos visually match the lyrics of the song?
  • What is the preferred reading of each music video/ And who is is the target audience?
  • Both music videos rely heavily on costume and mise-en-scene as symbolic codes. What deeper meanings do these two videos hold?
  • How do these music videos use binary oppositions?
  • One video is conventional, the other unconventional. Why do music videos differ so wildly?
  • What messages do these videos encode about young women?

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