2. Geri Halliwell – ‘It’s Raining Men’
‘It’s Raining Men’ by Geri Halliwell is in the
mainstream pop genre of the music world.
Within the music video Geri is seen
performing in many locations; this shows
that the video is a location performance.
The music video has some narrative but
nothing big. She is basically auditioning in
front of some judges, singing and doing a
dance routine.

3. Visuals & Lyrics
The visuals and lyrics
work well together,
some even link.
The song is about
raining men, the rain
part is illustrated within
the music video, but I
don’t see any men
falling out of the sky.
There are quite a lot of
men surrounding Geri
in this music video
though, so maybe
that's where then men
part of the lyrics
comes in.

4. Visuals & Music
The visuals and music
are very important
and don’t always
work that well.
In this case, the
music video has
The editing changes pace
worked very
with the song/music. Cuts
well, visuals
on the beat are in
and music
excellent timing. Last but
together.
not least, the location
changes when the music
changes.

5. Selling The Artist
This video sells Geri Halliwell very well. It shows off her body mainly which was her
new image at the time. There are many close ups of her body and face to attract
the audience (Mainly male – The Male Gaze). Quite a few changes in costume as
she is showing people she looks good in everything; also most of her clothes reveal
most of her body (Exhibitionism). She is usually in the centre of all shots as she is
the most important person, so everyone should focus on her.

6. Voyeurism & Exhibitionism
Voyeurism is one of the key factors of this music
video. As the video is all about Geri showing off
her new body, which is exactly what is being
shown. Voyeurism in music videos, like this one,
is used to attract the male audience (The Male
Gaze – Laura Mulvey). Geri also dances very
seductively using her hands to caress her body;
this makes Geri more voyeuristic, and this
happens throughout the music video.
Exhibitionism invites the sexual gaze upon Geri.
She has a lot of flesh on display for all to see to
show that she is sexually provocative and in
control of it.

7. Geri is being ‘gazed’ at all the way through the music video, by the audience and
the people within the video itself. There is a powerful controlled gaze upon Geri
who is displaying herself and her body to everyone (The Male Gaze, Laura
Mulvey). Not only men are looking at her, even women are looking at her as well.

8. Intertextuality
Beyoncé – Love On Top
This music video performed by
Beyoncé is a good example of
Intertextuality with Geri’s video.
Beyoncé is shown wearing next
to nothing, just like Geri in her
music video. This shows their
sexy and seductive side that
influences the male gaze
(Laura Mulvey).
This sexy side to them both
contrasts with them both
dressed smart and elegant.
Beyoncé is seen wearing a
gold suit and Geri is dressed
up like a ballerina. They are
both still very attractive so
would still be ‘gazed’ upon by
men mainly.

9. J LO GERI
Intertextuality
Jennifer Lopez– I’m Glad
Geri Halliwell’s ‘It’s Raining Men’
has a very similar pattern to
Jennifer Lopez’ ‘I’m Glad’. The
visual side and the narrative are
very similar in both music videos.
They are so similar you would
believe that Geri copied J Lo’s
music video. As you can see, all of
the images on the right look very
similar, almost the same. Not all
audiences would spot that they are
so similar. There is a sexy and
smart side to J Lo, just like Geri in
her music video. These two music
videos together are a great way to
show Intertextuality.