1. Analysis of Gothic Music Videos
and their Codes and Conventions
with Screen Shots

2. The video starts with the
tattoo of a bat showing
the genre of the music
video i.e. horror.

3. The video
starts with the
picture of a full
moon which
shows that it
has something
to do with
ware wolves or
vampires.

4. Black nail
colour is
common
in goths.
Black eye
shades
to look
scary.

5. Scary
eyes, deep
cuts and a
mysterious
look on the
face express
true goths.

6. Black
clothing, tatt
oos, black
eyes, strange
facial
expressions
depict the
gothic
nature.

7. Night time
scene. Black
clothing, bla
ck cap and
the girl
walking
alone.

8. The vampire in
the video. A
typical picture of
a scary gothic
girl. Egyptian
tattoos on her
arms, sexy black
clothing and red
lipstick with
open blonde
hair. It gives the
picture of a true
vampire.

9. Dirty language
is used in the
video. One
thing to note
is that even
the people in
the
background
are wearing
black coloured
clothing.

10. Vampire
teeth and
facial
expressions
are codes of
vampire
videos.
Usually red
lips and
black
clothing is
the main
code of
vampire
videos.

11. The picture of
a skeleton. A
typical horror
video tattoo
without which
a horror video
seems
incomplete.

12. The main
vocalist is also
dressed up in
black with scary
eyes and
horrifying facial
expressions.
The background
is dark and
scary. A key to
successful
horror videos in
this case the
gothic video.
Piercings
are also
common in
the goths.
Lip
piercings in
this video.

13. Blood and
killing- a main
point of gothic
horror videos.
Scary faces
that make
people feel
horrified are
common in
gothic videos.

14. The spider
necklace gives
a sense of
horror and
uneasiness, bu
t it makes the
horror more
terrifying and
fun to watch.