The video is taken from the film A Hard Days Night and thus shows a section of the film making it a narrative video. It is a typical Beatles video, where the members of the band are messing around and find themselves in trouble. Throughout the video we only see the four band members and one other character, who is from the film, that tells them to get off the private property. There is no obvious link between the lyrics and the visuals of the video, there is a link between the music and the video however, with an upbeat track being reciprocated by jumping and running by the members of the band. There are lots of close ups of the band, this is to do with both their relation to the movie, and the demands of the record label. There are very few occasions where they look directly into the camera as they are still in character for the film and not recording a standard music video.
Twist n Shout - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVlr4g5-r18
The video is completely performance with the majority of the video being made up of just two shots of the lead singer and then the two guitarists doing backing vocals. There is only a small relationship between the lyrics and the visuals, the content of the lyrics is about being in love, and the visuals show the band members in very happy upbeat moods, apart from this there is no link between the two. The music and the visuals have the same link as there is snappy editing which helps to highlight the theme and mood of the piece. The demands of the record label can be clearly seen with all of the video showing the faces of the members of the band. The whole band are wearing matching outfits and are dressed fashionably as of when the video was shot.
I Want To Hold Your Hand - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAgZ295t4Oo&feature=related
Once again the video is completely performance based, the video is shot in one room and it consists of the band playing the music as it is heard throughout. In the background of the shot there is a mock up of the front page of the 'Daily Echo' which is a newspaper from Liverpool where the band are from. The band members are again wearing matching suits which brings them together and unites them more so than if they were in a mixture of different outfits, it also represents their style with slim fitting trousers and jackets. Once again it is the tempo of the music and lyrics that links to the video, with the members of the band all smiling and dancing showing their character. There is no point in the video where the camera is not on one of the men, which is exactly what the audience want to see, their favourite band performing their favourite songs.
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