Nickelback - Rockstar Textual Analysis #1

Nickelback - Rockstar  The only shot throughout the music video of the artist, adding a feel that the record company aims to sell this track without the use of showing solely the artist  Textual Analysis Group Analysis by Chip The opening shot of the music video, sets the theme of the song, as the young boy starts to mime the son...

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Sum 41 - Motivation Textual Analysis

Literal meaning is added to the lyrics of thesong by the singer making numerous handgestures like the "small" one in this shot. Textual Analysis by Chip  The only solo in this song is shot from behind this changes the typical convention associated with the genre as most solos are shot from infront of the artist, this is a good shot showing the position of every band memb...

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Blink 182 - Always Textual Analysis

The main gimmic throughout this music video is the split screen effect, this is used to full effect to add originality to the video and story. Textual Analysisby Chip Four people are featured in this music video the band and a female actress, the actress is used in this music for sex appeal and is shown in her underwear in a number of sho...

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Midgar - Lead Your Children to the Sky Textual Analysis

The lead role to this music video is divided by the band and guest singer, with theguest singer having a role of recreating theemotions of the character in the lyrics. Textual Analysisby Chip The band is used for performance shots throughout the music video, a contrast is made between the band and guest star by the contrast between light and dark in their sets and roles....

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Eminem - Without Me Textual Analysis

A good example of the many intertextual references throughout this music video in  this shot the scene is of a typical american talk show, but as well as this famous rapper  Xzibit is seen next tothe Eminem (to the left)  Textual Analysis by Chip Eminem features in this music as more than just the main star, he also had roles as characters created for the story of this music vide...

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Genre

This is our peice on how different genres are represented through music videos. It has a heavy focus on the RnB genre but also analyises the other genres side by side so you can see how they compare in the industry. Genre (Click He...

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Audience

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History of a Music Video

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Auditions

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Initial Ideas

Artists / Songs:Enter Shikari (Take to the Skies) – Ok, Time for Plan BEnter Skikari (Common Dreads)The Jump Pilots (All)Dr Pop (All)Pandora (All)Sacrifice the Sky (All) Genres:Rock … IndieRock … PureRock … ScreamoPopRnB Target Audience15-25, male: Rocker ColourCharacter 1:·         Dark·         Dull·         Black/GreyCharacter 2:·         Brighter·         Light·         Green/Brown LightingDark/Bright (contrast)Harsh = Rock Characters Rural Character (1)·         Hoodie/Jeans·        ...

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Rise of Youtube

This task covers the development of a modern platform for viewing music videos, YouTube, this famous website is a way for users to share a view videos, a great way for record companies to showcase their latest songs and music promos. Rise of Yout...

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Forms and Conventions

This task develops the individual forms and conventions of music video's and gives examples for them. Forms and Conventi...

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Making of a Music Video

This task develops the individual stages of production, including the different roles of everyone involved in the process. This research is based on the average production, with large and small scale projects obviously changing the stages slightly. Making of a Music Vi...

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Star Construction

This is a research task into how Stars are created, including three sections on star image, star vehicle and star power. Developing each section and explaining their meaning. Star Construct...

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The Rise of Music Television

This is a research task into the development of broadcasted music channels, mainly focusing on the first music TV institution MTV, it covers the development of the channels and how they diversified to fit the changing audience, as well as their modern competitors. Rise of Music Televis...

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Genre Research (RnB)

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