Textual Analysis (1)

The Beatles' 'Ticket To Ride' music video is an abstract production with occasional performance, The action in the video bears no relation to the lyrics and does not follow any narrative. It follows the convention of many music videos by concentrating on audience gratification. The audience are happy seeing the artists as well as hearing the song.
The video portrays a band in an unusual location.. a snowy mountain. Where they create humour by doing various things in the snow, for example making snow angles.
In places the bands actions have been increased in pace or slowed down to fit the pace of the song, i.e when they are being chased by the train - this is important so that the two medias fit. Various shots have been used to keep it interesting, a long shot being the most predominant used so that we can see their actions. Naturally, this shot is appropriate to skiing so that we can see when they fall over and thus add to the humour. When the rare element of performance comes is featured we have close ups so that we can see them sing and identify with the lyrics. Musical notes bouncing across the screen add to the playful effect.. and in addition the use of a depth of field to make the band drift in and out of focus.
I felt it was an appropriate video to look at due to it being a very early music video which set lots of the conventions for modern music videos. Moreover, Oasis admit to having many influences both lyrically and musically derived from The Beatles.