RED LIGHTS

(10 MARKS) ON WORD, 10 MINS

How is GENDER being represented in the music video ‘Red Lights’ by Tiesto.

Make specific reference to scenes to back up your answer.

The Women in the music video ‘Red Lights’ are very sexualised using their items of clothing and themes throughout the music video, for example there’s a car wash scene of them cleaning their car in a dirty manner, drawing eye to the male gaze. The women are being objectified throughout the video, however they are objectifying themselves, even the camera angles present shots and positions that wouldn’t be in the music video if it wasn’t trying to create some sort of sexual atmosphere. Each theme we move onto during Red Lights seems to objectify the two main women, or attempt to “seduce” its male audience. The video itself is quite unique, it seems to create some kind of being free and independent meaning, however goes against this by subjectifying their characters. They do this in many situations, another one being when they’re getting changed, it didn’t need to be shown but showed it for its male audience creating a wider audience.