Benny Benassi - Satisfaction (Voyeurism Example in 'Dance' Genre)



Benny Benassi's 'Satisfaction' music video features a number of different women operating heavy machinery in bikinis. It exhibits both voyeuristic and exhibitionist shots of women. There are three different versions of the music video and this is the second, most famous one. The video is practically a virtual advertisement for a variety of power tools. All of the tools are used in a sexual manner. Due to its content, the video was relegated to nighttime hours during its television coverage. The camera focuses on their sexual area and introduces the girls with them. All of the girls during this music video are incredibly sweaty to emulate the sexual act. The pace of their bums shaking is in time with the beat of the song. There is a point during the video where a lot of fragmented body parts are shown in quick succession. 'Satisfaction' does not feature any male roles to further allow the audience to focus on the women and their sexuality.

As previously stated, in the beginning of the music video, one of the girls is introduced using a medium close-up shot of her legs which then ascends up to her backside. The colour red is clearly used to connote lust and promiscuity.

 The girls sometimes engage in sexual eye contact with the audience to entice and arouse them.

The use of the power drill and other heavy machinery is also a euphemism for intercourse. The shot displayed above is incredibly promiscuous as it bears similarity to genital caressing.

The machinery is also used to jiggle the boobs and bums of the females during the music video.

'Satisfaction' clearly intends to evoke sexual satisfaction from the audience. The females during this video remain eye contact with the camera throughout the video to create a certain sense of intimacy towards the viewer. This music video is about as voyeuristic as it gets and objectifies the women by using their bodies to turn the observer on.

Music videos of the 'Dance' genre typically feature women in little clothing to entice potential viewers into watching the video for sexual satisfaction as the artist tends not to perform during it. For example, Eric Prydz's 'Call On Me' is infamous, alike 'Satisfaction', for it's sexually explicit music video.