Analysis of Tenacious D's'Tribute'

Music Video demonstrates Genre Characteristics:

The genre of the video is evidently rock and this video features many characteristics of this genre as:

• They are performing with a guitar (one of the main instruments used within this genre)
• The video is like a live performance
• Like a parody song/video
• References to the devil/hell link to the rock genre
  
• Costume-casual clothing
• One of the men is old and balding
• Taking conventions of the rock genre and making them humorous
• Typical trouble makers, rebellious and violent at times

Relationship between Lyrics and Visuals:

• 'There shined a shiny demon'- a demon was also shown
• 'Looking into my eyes'- Jack Black points to his eyes
• 'Two and one make three'- Uses his fingers to show the numbers
• He illustrates the song throughout
• When Jack Black talks/sings his facial expressions show what he is talking about

Relationship between Music and Visuals

• Sound of flash followed by a visual flash
• Slow building song, then a big flash which makes it faster

Influence of Record Label and use of Close-Ups:

• Introduction to who they are
• Lot's of close-ups

References to the Notion of Looking/Voyerism:

• Camera is positioned where the screen would be as if we are looking in on them

Intertexual References:

• Ben Stiller shown towards the end of the video, as one of the passers by
• Their CD is shown
• David Grohl plays the devil