Music Video Deconstruction #1

Try This At Home by Frank Turner, from the album Poetry of the Deed 2009.
Directed by Ben Morse.

Genre Characteristics and Relationship Between Lyrics and Visuals

Although not obviously, this video is quite representative of punk. The main point is that the video is 'DIY', an important part of the punk attitude, something that the lyrics of the song also reflect. The lyrics encourage listeners to have a go and become musicians themselves, and the video shows Frank getting people musically involved in the video, even people who obviously aren't used to holding a guitar or keyboard etc.
Also, the video is made up of large groups of normal people having fun, surrounding the artist and one could imply that they're also 'joining the artist's revolution'. Though this is not a characteristic of older punk videos by the true founders (such as Ramones or The Clash), it has become a common part of videos by modern American bands like Green Day, Blink 182, Sum 41 and Good Charlotte.


Relationship Between Music and Visuals
There is a lot of on-beat editing, but it's not a key element of the video.

In Regard To Andrew Goodwin's Other Theories
Firstly, according to Goodwin, Try This At Home is a performance video.
He also said that music videos refer to 'the notion of looking' - this happens in this video, as people in the video are performing and looking at the person who is watching, directly addressing the audience.