Arctic Monkeys - i bet you look good on the dancefloor
Arctic Monkeys: Audience 1) What do we know about the Arctic Monkeys audience? Think demographics, psychographics and how they got into the band. Arctic Monkeys' audience are likely to be white, middle class and young. 2) What audience pleasures are offered by the music video for I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor? Diversion, Personal Relationships, Surveillance and Personal Identity. 3) Pick out three particular shots, scenes or moments in the video that would particularly appeal to Arctic Monkeys fans. Why did you choose those moments? This is a performance video designed to look like a 1980s TV performance, It was filmed using old TV cameras to give it an authentic, nostalgic effect. The simple performance video subverts music video conventions narrative-based in the 1980s and 1990s. It opens with the singer introducing the song and adding the words 'Don't believe the hype'. This could be a reference to the online following the band built up using Myspace.
