Friday, 9 October 2015
Thursday, 8 October 2015
RESEARCH - CONVENTIONS OF MEDIA VIDEOS (3/3)
What Genre is the music and how is this reflected in the video?
This song is classified as pop. The pop genre is represented in the video through the bright colours, cartoon writing, and the happy feel to the video.
How do the images relate to the lyrics?
The images relate to the music as the video shows her danicng throughout, whilst she sings about how her life is carefree, and about partying in the summer.
How do the images relate to the music?
The music is very upbeat so the editing is quite fast paced. it is edited to the beat, so the dance she is doing fits to the tempo of the music
How is the artist presented to sell them?
The only person in the video is Zara Larsson, and there is no narrative. This is because this is her breakthrough song, so tries to focus the video on herself as a way of self promotion.
Is there any reference to 'looking'? Are females presented voyeuristically?
The whole video is very voyeuristic as it is watching her dance. Linking to he lyrics of partying in the summer, the whole video includes a large voyeuristic element.
Can you spot any intertextual references?
There aren't any, as it is only her dancing
Comments on Camerawork, editing, mise-en-scene, special effects, sound.
The camera doesn't move throughout the video, and it is pretty much the same angle the whole way through. this is in order to focus on her dancing, which may be taken away from with lots of fast paced cuts to many different angles.
The special effects of the multiple versions of her dancing in different colours make the video a lot more colourful, which links to the lyrics of enjoying summer.
Is there a narrative? How is the video organised and structured?
There is no narrative, the whole video is of performance shots.
Wednesday, 7 October 2015
RESEARCH - CONVENTIONS OF MUSIC VIDEOS (2/3)
What Genre is the music and how is this reflected in the video?
The genre of this song is Rap. This is reflected in the video by the fast paced music and editing, and by the costume Eminem is wearing whilst rapping in front of the Guitar Hero background.
How do the images relate to the lyrics?
Throughout the song there are constant lyrics to pop-culture of the time. When rapping about it he is dressed in a costume relating to the person or event, in a location recognisably relating to it as well.
How do the images relate to the music?
The song is very upbeat and fast paced. This is complimented by the bright colours used throughout the video, and the short shots cut to the beat of the music.
How is the artist presented to sell them? How important are the close ups?
The video starts with Eminem saying 'Guess Who? You miss me?' This establishes that he is already a well known global superstar. Throughout the video he plays each of the characters that he is rapping about, so he is in every scene and remains the centre of attention.
Is there any reference to 'looking'? Are females presented voyeuristically?
In the scene about Sarah Palin, a pornographic actress is used. In the scene about Kim Kardashian, the actress has a largely oversized bum. In the part set on Planet Womyn, Eminem mocks feminism throughout.
Can you spot any intertextual references?
The whole video is built around intertextual references. They are:
Jessica Alba, Jessica Simpson, Guitar Hero, Kim Kardashian, Star Trek, Bret Michaels, John Mayer, Jennifer Aniston, Dukes of Hazzard, Elvis Presley, Ellen DeGeneres, Tony Romo, Marshall Mathers himself, Lindsay Lohan, Transformers, Sarah Palin, Britney Spears, and Amy Winehouse.
Comments on Camerawork, editing, mise-en-scene, special effects, sound.
The editing is fast paced and to the beat of the music. Location and costume used to fit the lyrics. Sound effects used for comical effect (e.g. farting). Bright Colours used, not normally seen in the rap genre, but Eminem's songs tend to be much more light hearted than most rappers.
Is there a narrative? How is the video organised and structured?
The Rap is talking about Eminem returning to the music industry after a long time out of it. He mainly talks about current affairs, and these are seen throughout the video as he mocks a lot of the biggest celebrities of the time.
Tuesday, 6 October 2015
RESEARCH - CONVENTIONS OF MEDIA VIDEOS (1/3)
What Genre is the music and how is this
reflected in the video?
There are two genres in this song. The operatic section and the hard rock section. In the opera section the video shows the four band members faces, and nothing else. In the hard rock sections, the video just shows band shots.
How do the images relate to the lyrics?
No they don't. The lyrics have a narrative, whilst the video is purely band shots.
How do the images relate to the music?
The images do not relate to the lyrics, but they do slightly relate to the music. In the opera section, All you can hear is the band members voices, and all you can see in these sections is the band members faces singing. In the rock sections there are a lot of instrumental parts, and the images show the band playing the instruments. The colours are also much brighter in the rock sections, as the music is more upbeat.
How is the artist presented to sell them? How important are the close ups?
The video focuses entirely on queen and their performance. Throughout the video the audience is always looking at the band. There is a range of shots throughout the video. There are some where they are close ups of the band members faces, which establishes each band members identity and character, whilst there are also low angle, long shots, which make it look the audience are in the crowd watching the band play live, which promotes the band and their live shows.
Is there any reference to 'looking'? Are females presented voyeuristically?
there are no
shots of females, as the only people in the video are the band members who are
all male. The reference to looking would be involving the shots where it makes
you feel like you are in the audience, watching the band.
Can you spot
any intertextual references?
There are no
intertextual references, as the video is purely performance shots. Having a
narrative in the video would leave space for some intertextual references, but
there isn't any in this video. This may be due to the fact that this was the
first ever music video, and was very revolutionary.
Comments on
Camerawork, editing, mise-en-scene, special effects, sound.
Looking up
at the band, as if you were watching them live. As this is the first ever music
video, the only time anyone would've ever seen a band playing the music
would've been live or on TV, where the cameras would've been in with the
audience.
Is there a
narrative? How is the video organised and structured?
The song has
a narrative, about a child who has murdered someone and is facing a jury, but
the video doesn't represent this is any way.
Monday, 5 October 2015
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