Song Inspirations

By Chance (You and I) by JRA  

This was one of my song inspirations that got me to go for the genre:country. JR Aquino, also known as djkeeno (on Youtube), is from Anchorage Alaska. He has been singing since he was “knee-high.” He writes his own lyrics and melodies and was on American Idol Season 4, and made it to the top 44. Although his typical genre is not really country but more of the lines of pop, r&b and soul, nonetheless it still inspired me to take on these cliche love songs. The reason why this song inspired me, was mainly because the song was the typical 'Boy loves girl'  and it made thought the idea of having both the male and female character looking at their picture album whilst they reminisce or flashbacks of when and how they first met. From these pictures it shows a timeline of events and within these events we see the main character chasing after the 'Hard to get' girl.

  

Forever and Always by Parachute

This was also another song I recently heard of, right after finding Kiss Me Slowly by Parachute. The song inspired me more to proceed with Kiss Me Slowly, as I gathered the same concept of having the female character having a tough time with her relationship with the lead character because of her own problems. But I had a slight different direction for this song. The main idea I had for this song was rather different. I wanted to become literal with the lyrics because they were straight forward. The idea for this song was a marriage theme and keeping the concept of flashback, but this time a flashforward to the future. For example, of them having kids or having arguments. I wanted to use the idea of main title and lyric 'Always and Forever' that no matter the worse they go through, they would always still be together. This gives out a positive moral to the audience that, you shouldn't fight over something so small and think about the good.

By Julius Conmigo

Chosen Genre: Pop Rock/Blue Eyed Soul

The genre of our song that we will be using for our music video is Pop Rock/Blue Eyed Soul.Artists such as Lady Antebellum, Carrie Underwood and Duffy are all within the Pop Rock/Blue Eyed Soul genre. At first we was really skeptical of the genre we was going for. At first we thought of the idea of going something that is mainstream, such as the genre Pop. Nowadays a lot of people between the age of 13-30 listen to artists such as Rihanna or Jessie J. So we wanted our song to influence and aim at that target audience. However because it's mainstream, it was a bad idea since it would mean using CGI or applying a lot of expensive props into the music video. After listening to Kiss Me Slowly by Parachute we knew that going for a niche genre such as Country would be more beneficial and the best option we have. I and Mumina love songs that convey a wonderful or meaningful message, and it's a personal music interest to me as I love songs that are played by guitars and pianos. It's very relaxing and it's aimed for any target audience. Additionally, another reason for choosing this specific song and genre is because Pop Rock/Blue Eyed Soul has a naturalistic feel to it, in contrast to todays genre such as Pop, most of songs today are auto-tuned and the instruments used are artificial and edited. Overall most country songs are performanced base becoming straightforward and allows us to make a simplistic narrative.

By Julius Conmigo

Annotating Lyrics and Final Narrative/Synopsis

I have annotated the lyrics from the music video "Kiss me slowly - Parachute". Each line or verse, I added a brief comment explaining what is going to happen within these lines or verse. This helps me visualise what it would look like in the actual music video as well as save time so I wouldn't have to think of what could be filmed within these lines/verses. I created this upon choosing the song and it reflected on what I wanted to do in terms of filmography and acting the role of the characters.

The idea was to make a music video not to make a music video that is too cliche as other music videos are when two people in a relationship are fighting or breaking up. As a start we wanted to use that aspect, by portraying a happy couple into the music video which gradually goes down hill throughout the video. Furthermore we wanted to set out some sort of moral and if possible make the audience shock, crying or even surprised.

Final Narrative:

In the beginning of the video, we see the two couples fighting, however as an audience we don't know why. As the door is slammed onto the main singers face, as he goes, it flashes back to when they happy as a couple. This happens a few times and just right after half of the song, it goes to where they were both fighting again. This time you see the female character holding a note, and as she opens it she cries. Although again we don’t see what the note says. This leads to where she writes a goodbye letter to her boyfriend - the lead singer. As he receives the letter, he attempts to run to the train station and more flashbacks occur, shown in fade to white to emphasise the flashbacks. As the lead singer arrives, he sees that she is nowhere to be seen. As he looks up, he sees her smiling and waving at her, and he does the same. A train suddenly passes by swiftly and she disappears all of a sudden. The video becomes a twist fades to black this time and it cuts to a cemetery, of him walking up to a grave. The lead singer opens up the same note, saying "Cancer Positive" and another letter, explaining the real reason why she left him. Implying she is now deceased.

By Julius Conmigo

Three possible narratives.

Narrative 1: The first narrative is almost like unrequited love at. The two lead characters are childhood friends who grew up together till now. The male character is in love with the female character, but she does not see it, as sees him as a childhood friend. Throughout the whole video we see what their relationship is like with each other through flashbacks, playful and showing a great bond with one another. Soon we find that the girl is in a relationship with another guy, in result of the lead character being unhappy and got nothing to do about it. Eventually the girl catches her boyfriend in act with another girl so she decides to run away. After the lead character acknowledged her running away, he chases after her at the train station. Seeing the train has departed, he gives up and broken hearted, not being able to tell her how he felt. As he turns around, she appears in front of him, relieved and filled with joy and fades to black after they kissed.

Narrative 2: The second narrative will have interxtual references to many fairytales such as disney movies: Snow white, Cinderlla, Repunzel, Alladin etc. The male lead character plays as the prince in the story, and each specific part of the music the video will show a story, relevant to the fairytale stories I've mentioned. It will have the same linear story Good Vs Evil, saving the princess from different villains many times. When the music video approaches to the end it cuts back not to a fairytale but reality, where they lived 'Happyily Ever After'

Narrative 3: The last narrative is almost similar to the first narrative. In the beginning of the music video, it shows the lead singer running in a suit, endlessly in an isolated street during broad daylight. Throughout the whole story we see of him having flash backs of when him and his lover were together in love. It starts off when they were children, to becoming teenagers then to adults when it is present time and this when it shows how their relationship went down through fights etc. As a viewer we realise that the male character has done wrong and it leads up to the end of the video. We see him reaching his destination outside of a house. A female character comes out and he kneels down, proposing for marriage.

By Julius Conmigo

Band Profile - Parachute

Parachute

 

 Parachute is an American rock band from Charlottesville, Virginia.  They are a pop rock and blue-eyed soul band and were originally called the 'Sparky's Flaw' and changed their name to Parachute in 2008. They consists of 5 members, Will Anderson, Johnny Stubblefield, Alex Hargave, Kit French and Nate McFarland - who is the guitar and vocals. They have been touring with artists such as O.A.R., Duffy, Jon McLaughlin and The Goo Goo Dolls and as part of their first majour tour following the release of Losing Sleep in 2009 they toured with artists such as Kelly Clarkson and The Script.

By Julius Conmigo

 

Final song and Meaning

I and Mumina still looked for songs that we're more simplistic and follows a good storyline. We searched up songs in the internet that were more niche, although we still wasn't sure of the specific genre we were going towards. However we found this song called "Kiss me slowly" by Parachute. Instantly I and Mumina loved the song, because first, the song was straightforward and followed a simple storyline. We immedietley noted ideas that we can apply for this song. Second of all, we both enjoy songs that are Soul such as Adele or Country such as Taylor Swift, and we were influenced by these artists. This is the type of song we were both interested in as it consists about love and/or compassion. These are the specific element that you would find in a huge amount of music videos, even if the genre isn't Folk or Country.

The Meaning - To me, this song is about a boy who found a girl who's had her heart shattered a few times. Her parents got divorced when she was young, "She shows me everything she used to know, picture frames and country roads. When the days were long and the world was small. She stood by as it fell apart to separate rooms and broken hearts, but I won't be the one to let her go." And the only thing she's ever known of love was that it doesn't last after seeing her parents leave. The boy is falling for her and is telling her that he's not going to shatter her and asking her to stay and trust in him.

By Julius Conmigo

Potential songs

1)
The first song I chose was "Second Time Around" by Lady GaGa. This song wasn't originally released in any of her albums but she personally wrote this song before she became a popstar. I chose this song mainly because of the lyrics and the catchy beat, which has a slight imprint of ballad music. But other than that, it became a starting point for me as it gave me ideas of I can guide people to play a certain role, the acting as well as shots that I can apply into the music video. Although, it is a pop/r&B meaning it would greatly compliment the video if it had coreography (again, because it is slightly upbeat) and props such as cars for example, but also good mise-en-scenes such as lightling etc. You would usually see this in R&B music videos. I am then slightly skeptical of using this as I believe it would take effort.

2)
My second song I chose was by Rihanna called "Cry" another pop and r&b song. This was more of the path I wanted to go to, as it had a linear narrative and I was able to visualise the lyrics into an actual storyline. For this idea I wanted to apply flashbacks of the leading role of the main character from when she was in a relationship. I considered a black and white filter into the music video to give it that sense of drama and conjure other emotions. The main idea for this song was to have an opening of a female character walking into a bathroom and drowning herself, although she stops, and this is when she has flashbacks and other suicidal thoughts. Although one problem was, is that the singer herself is incredibly popular and mainstream, and the storyline that I had seemed a bit to depressing. I wanted to go for a direction of a niche artist, someone not well known but create good songs as well as having decent lyrics.

3)
For the third song, I looked up on google and searched for very niche artists. I stumbled upon quiet a few and my personal favourite was "Sunshine" by Cosmo Jarvin which comes under the category of country, rock. The song was recent which came out 2012 of his album 'Think Bigger'. Although I love the song, I was rather skeptical of it at the same time. I was worried of how I can set up the visuals such as acting and performance, the song was above four minutes which can be troublesome just in case we run out of ideas. The main problem was that my partner did not agree with the song, and as a team we wanted to go for something that we both agree on and create ideas on.

By Julius Conmigo

Star Image Analysis - P!NK

Alecia Bet Moore was born in September 8, 1979, stage name Pink (P!nk) is an American singer and songwriter. Pink was originally in a R&B girl group called Choice for three years, she eventually released her first single "There You Go" in 2000, from her debut album Can't Take Me Home. Her style pretty much changed after a few songs from an R&B to a more Pop/Dance-Rock. You can tell by the lyrics as well as the visuals.


From her earliest videos, There You Go back in 2000, you can tell her style and genre was R&B. You can deduce this due to various conventions in the music video. The most typical conventions were the props and mise-en-scene. 0:27s into the video, she wears what seems to be a golden furcoat (Golden colours usually connote wealthiness), pink revealing top and black patterned bottoms, indicating her glamourous style. The setting is placed at a skatepark/basketball court. You can also see that she dances in some parts of the video, mainly during the first half. She's also seen wearing a white and red outfit, again implying her wealthy and glamarous life-style. She rides a black motorbike,  through a window - this could possibly mean that she is rather dominant and takes control of the situation. At the end of the video she is with a masculine man riding in a black car. This shows her masculine part of herself, as she seen as being rebellious, which is unusual for a typical female as normal feminine females wouldn't do such things. She also has a pink-short hair which seems a bit masculine too, showing her 'Rock-genre' style.These are example of stereotypical conventions you would expect from an R&B music video, as it associates with the hood-life or glamarous style and back then many female R&B artist we're displayed as sexual figures, especially for the Male Gaze. Another example would be Beyonce back in her 2000s.

P!nk's style gradually changed after a few songs that she made. P!nk's third single from 'Missundaztood' (second album) in june 2002, she released a song called "Just Like a Pill" which is now more of a pop rock. The song is about dealing with getting out of painful relationships, with a subtheme about drug abuse. In the music video, she takes a more darker, and gothic/rock like approach, as she's seen in a black outfit, slightly revealing, keeping that sense of sexual display of her. The music video is much more surreal as It consisted a lot of transitions and throughout the videos there are various events that happen.
For example in 1:07 there's a man wearing a top hot in a garden, seemingly looking creepy and absurd, additionally the unusual figure has a skull make-up, probably to represent death in a way as relationship and drugs can portray the sense of depression.


Furthermore in 1:23 she wears a much revealing white clothing looking like bandages, whilst the audience sees, what looks to be like, butterflies flying upwards into the camera. This is  to give that sense of 'Drugs' making things seem as if you're hallucinating or your surroundings are unusual. Then further on in 2006 album, 'I'm not dead', her song 'Stupid Girls' she was portrayed in many different personas. There was a great contrast between stupid and ambitious female individuals. The genre was now more of a Funk/pop/R&B but then it didn't have the stereotypical R&B style back then. The conventions were more modern, seen in everyday life. Finally her recent song 'Blow me (One last kiss)' , she was back again portrayed as being the rebellious rockstar she really is.

In a lot of Pink's music videos, her costumes and hairystyle has a sense of 'edge' on them. Pink's style is rather punk to represent and emphasise her rock genre. For example her music video 'Raise Your Glass', she is seen wearing many costumes, but overall her costumes resembles her other costumes and we can deduce that her style is very obvious to the audience. For example in Figure1 she has a edgey look - huge black eye make up, maroon lips and faux hawk. In this costume she looks very in-control and dominant as the stereotypical female would not wear such outfit, overall making her look really masculine. Figure 2, she also wears black clothing. This is to further imply the superiority, dominance and style she has. Finally Figure 3 and 4, they still look raggedy and punk but it still keeps that sense of feminity in her specific style while also seeing that she has 'Girl Power'. This supports her star image as fans continue to recognise and familiarise themselves with her style - as being a punky female star.

Throughout music videos of Pink or any other music videos. It is noticeable that the majority of the camera is focused onto the star. Since a lot of people watch these videos on youtube or on their gadgets such as iPhones or iPads, the stars are usually seen in close-up shots, in a tight frame so that we are able to see them in such small screens. But there also times, where she is portrayed in a lot of fast pace editing that goes with the music, which reflects on her style as being crazy and spontaneous, since her personality is being the rock-chic type. This also presents her imagery - in ways we can see how she dresses as she has a lot of these personas (especially on Stupid Girls and the contrast between the Desirable, yet stupid girls and the Masculine, Alpha and Ambitious females).

P!nk has a more rebellious, masculine and over-powering attitude. She seems dominant in her latest music videos for example 'Blow me (One last kiss)' In the beginning of the video, she is seen on a date in de-saturated colours - implying that is set back likely in the 60's, soon after her date picks up a call - implying that he has another woman and all of a sudden she splashes red wine onto his face. This implies a lot of girl power and control, as well as the evolution of women throughout the years - in ways what they were before and what they would be like now. e.g. strong and independent. Close to the end of the music video a huge red heart explodes from the sky and rains on the wedding, whilst Pink is wearing a black outfit and seen in happiness whilst the rest of the people from the wedding are wearing white and seen in distraught and stress. This implies that Pink has that sense of 'Girl Power' and individualism as she stands out from the crowd.

In conclusion to this essay, P!nk's personality hasn't really change, but has change in terms of her genre. In all the videos I have seen, she still keeps the sense of masculinity, independent strong female but her style in music has change. From being r&b, pop to a more rock-chic. She has represented herself more crazy, fun and free i.e. edgey clothing and make up, and dominant attitude with a lot of Girl Power.This has happened to a lot of artists including, incredibly famous stars such as Britney Spears, Beyonce or Avril Lavigne

By Julius Conmigo

Analysing Narrative Music Videos - Lady GaGa Paparazzi

Julius Conmigo           Media Studies A2             Ms. McCleod

Analysing Narrative Music Videos

Lady Gaga’s music video ‘Paparazzi’ follows the typical Todorovian narrative model as it consists of all stages. The music video’s equilibrium starts off with Lady Gaga making out with her Swedish boyfriend Alexander Skarsgard. The Equilibrium’s Disruption is when is pushed off the balcony by her boyfriend after realizing she is being set up whilst paparazzi's are taking pictures of her, and ‘Lady Gaga is no more’. The recognition of this disequilibrium is when we see Lady Gaga in her crutches, implying that her fame is ‘broken’ or in the verge of falling. The reparation of the disruption is when Lady Gaga poisons her boyfriend and finally the Re-equilibrium is when she finally gains her fame back in the end.  Todorov’s narrative model is usually used in movies however since this is a music video that lasts for 7minutes, Todorov’s method is used to give and show a better understanding to the audience of what the music is taking about and somehow show a relation between lyrics and the video.

Vladamir Propps character is used to an extent in this music video; We can easily spot who plays which proppian character. Lady Gaga plays as the Hero, as she has to kill her boyfriend to regain her fame back, she also plays as the  Princess, As she is the lover of Alexander Skarsgard lover. But at some peoples opinion she can be see also as a villain or anti-hero too because she kills her boyfriend, throughout the video we see her becoming wilder and wild and goes to jail in the end, and through this we see it as being evil. Alexander Skarsgard (Lady Gaga's Boyfriend)however plays as the main antagonist, because he tries to kill Lady Gaga by pushing her off the balcony.  The structure of narrative follows the typical Good vs. Bad story line but with a twist. We see Lady Gaga as being the Hero but in the end goes to jail and in that case we see as only Villains being taken to justice. Music videos are usually montage editing but we can still tell that the time representation is linear; there is a beginning, middle and an end and that the music video is happening in real time within the video, and we understand what is happening within those times.

Lady gaga and Snake of Eden Trio

Lady gaga wearing the same costume
from the film 'Metropolis'

The music video doesn't really have an enigma code as it tells us the whole story and what happened, how she regains her fame and what she had to do. The inter-textual references that the music videos have is one of obvious ones, close to the end of the music video, Lady Gaga wears a yellow jumpsuit, embroided with Minnie Mouse faces; she too has a very cute, Gothic make up related to Minnie Mouse. However some people may not notice but there are two other inter textual references such as the one 3:13s into the video, she's seen in a metallic costume along with crutches. This is a reference to the German film "Metropolis".Lady Gaga also makes out with three hair metal rockers when she says the line "Loving you is like Cherry Pie". These trios are from Snake of Eden, a reality TV show, and the line 'Cherry Pie' is a reference to glam band 'Warrant’

By Julius Conmigo

Textual analysis of MV2 - Let You Go by Chase and Status

The music video I am analyzing is 'Let you go' by Chase and Status, a dance/pop/electronic genre which was directed by ThirtyTwo's Will Lovelace and Dylan Southern. The genre's typical characteristics are that it has a really upbeat and fast camera movements and also depending on the beat of the music the pace changes with it.

Shows that Patrick Chase is being
watched "Wherever he goes"

Throughout the whole music video there are a lot of lyrics that relate to the visuals, also we can deduce the meaning behind these lyrics that relate to the character and there are lyrics that contradict the character of this video. "There's no where to run, no place you can go, nowhere you can hide" is a reference to Patrick Chase's life. The visuals show a close up of the camera and showing the screen of the camera recording people's lives. This implies that Patrick is always being watched, or suggesting he can't run away from his lifestyle. "Wherever you are, I will track you down" it cuts to an editing room of the Patrick Chase show, slowly zooming out from a large shot, it's a mixture of both exhibitionism and voyeurism as he knows he is being watched by an audience but also not in a way he is being watched by his actions by other cameras.

Low angle - High key lighting makes
him look as if he's "Good

"There's no place on earth, where you could lay low" this lyric is also another direct link to the visuals, as soon as these lyrics are said, it cuts to "The Patrick Chase show" title. This implies that Patrick Chase uses this show to hide his true persona, he acts like a good samaritan and says things that contradict himself, one of his quotes "Uses drugs in front of his children, You are disgusting and pathetic human being", in reality he does what he tells people that is wrong. 1:30 into the video, it shows him from a low angle and a bright light above him, looking similarily to a halo. This shows the fake persona he is showing these people, and since he is shown in this angle and positioned from high up, this shows the superiority and power he has inside the show. Near at the end of the music video the lyrics "Can't go on this way" and "Things have got to change" are said. Patrick is seen miserable looking, showing him from different angles, being 'fixed-up' by make up, again to hide his fake persona once again. It cuts to a picture of his family for a few seconds, zooming in slowly. This could probably mean that the reason why he acts the way he does is because he lost a family. To further back this up, 14 seconds into the video, the camera shows a portrait again, of his family whilst the lyrics "When you're gone" are said. The lighting is dark suggesting they are deceased
 or gone.

The shutter speed of the camera becomes fast - which reflects
on the lifestyle Patrick Chase is living.

 The video is associated with a lot of fast pace editing with slow camera movements, making it easier for the audience to engage and understand what's happening but also appeal to the fact that it's dance/techno genre, everything is hectic or fast. It also relates to the lifestyle of Patrick Chase, seemingly acting like a role model but in reality is a hypocrite. The beginning of the music video, the drone (beat) of the music is rather slow, and so is the camera movement. When the beat drops at 3:04 the beat comes fast and is in sync with Patrick having intercourse with a female. From there till 3:20, it's montage editing to represent the frenzy and chaotic lifestyle of Patrick, his car then crashes onto a lamppost implying that his life is wrecked becoming a direct link to the visuals/lyrics.

Patrick Chase living in a frenzy, miserable
lifestyle.

It's unsure if the character of this video is seen as a sexual display as he doesn't have the stereotypical characteristics of a sexual display (i.e. physically strong, attractive) although he is seen doing having a sexual intercourse with two females, one during 1:57 and 3:04, shows him half naked. The mise-en-scene is pretty dark and ragged along with his make up, he seems De-saturated and worn off. The only light source is coming from the television and a lamp from behind, it doesn't give off the romantic feel, but a rather miserable, fake and dirty atmosphere. There are a lot of exhibitionism in this video. The most recent ones are seen during the beginning of the video when there are multiple zoom ins and close ups of cameras and editing rooms and also at 3:02 when there's a shot of a TV showing the 'Patrick Chase' show, implying he is watching himself or by other people.

Inter-textual reference to the
Jeremy Kyle Show

The only inter-textual reference the video has is that the Patrick Chase show is an exact replica of the Jeremy Kyle show which is a morning talk show about people's troubles. The music video is more of a narrative base as it tells us a linear story of a life about the character in this music video, they used this throughout the whole video, so it helps the audience engage and understand the story more, and makes it a lot easier since the lyrics are direct links with the visuals. The genre of the music doesn't really have any close-ups of the artist or star image motifs since dance music is a really niche genre.

The music video and genre is very niche, so it's only aimed for a certain age group, preferably at the age between 20-30 years. It's dance music so I'm assuming the story of how people are like in society nowadays, a reflection of how life is like in a party. Although it teaches the audience some sort of morale or lesson. That we shouldn't live in a way it would become miserable because we would be like Patrick Chase in the end.

By Julius Conmigo

Textual Analysis for MV1 - Dirty Little Secrets

Textual analysing of music video 2

For my essay I will be analysing ‘Dirty Little Secrets’ music video by ‘All American Reject’, directed by Marcos Siega, who also directed other videos for ‘AAR’. The genre of this music is pop rock/pop punk; we can tell that this is that specific genre through the style, mise-en-scene as well as other conventions, camera movements and editing. An example of this is that in pop rock music videos, they would always wear dark, ragged clothing, typically what teens would wear. The music video consist a lot of obscure lighting or the use of studio backlight, a lot of crabbing, tracking and panning shots.

Throughout the music video, the leader singer says “I keep you my dirty little secrets”. In addition the visuals show people showing the audience their secrets written in coloured cards for a few seconds. In a way creates a sense of curiosity and may want people to watch it again to find out what's written on those cards. “let me know what I’ve done wrong” the lead singer looks straight to the camera, it seems as if he’s relating himself to the audience, as everyone has their own secrets and mistakes, we can deduce it's exhibitionism as he directly looks and speaks to the audience. “You are the only one that needs to know” this lyrics directs this to the viewer, implying the viewer, can know his secret. It enforces that sense of exhibitionism as everyone is watching it and everyone is involved, so we can relate to the singer. “Who has to know, when we live such fragile lives, it’s the best we survive” We don’t usually see the people’s faces and they are covered, masked or blurred. This implies the people in this video are insecure because of their ‘Dirty Secrets’ and the only reason why their faces are covered is to imply their protection from judgemental people, as they live such ‘Fragile lives’. The majority of the lyrics in this video, people can relate to them, that's why we're so eager to keep on watching it.

The music video has a very fast pace but with slow moving cameras, along with panning and close up shots of cards, allowing the audience to read it for a brief moment. A guitar and drum solos are seen between 2:04 and 2:16 on a close up shot, during these seconds  there are close up shots of more cards. During the chorus the pace speeds up and comes back to its original pace during the verses. There are number of different camera works being used, such as crabbing, tracking and panning shows when they show these cards, this shows where the people are showing their cards, mostly in an isolated place to imply their insecurity. The members of the band are performing in a obscure lighted area, which creates that sense of these secrets being 'dark'. At the background of the stage, the whole back is seen covered in cards, this could mean that band could relate to these secrets.

There are few similarities between the band's music videos and as comparison I have looked at, one of their videos called 'Move Along' they have the same genre, however 'Move Along' has much faster pace and faster montage diting, this is due to the different meanings of the songs, so both songs with different meanings won't typically have the same eiditng. Although the montage editing and close up shots of the lead singer, this is to promote the band, it's not used on the leader singer, but other members as well. Although since the other members are seen in mid shots, rather than close-ups, this emphasises the importance of the leader singer. The most obvious relations that both music video, is that they have the same type of genre as well as having the same audience.

The music video doesn't really have any intertextual references. It's simple for the audience, this could be due to the target audience, being teenage boys and girls that would be more interested in the band itself, and relate themselves more to what the song is about. Furthermore 'Move Along' also too, doesn't have a intertexual references, which proves my theory of it being simple. The music video is narrative based, as they aren't performing upstage. The music video is a story about people's secrets being shared to everyone, and each lyric, we can relate or in a way may represent certain people's lives.

In conclusion to this music video, the video attracted a lot of audiences by keeping it simple but also adding meaning to it. The audience can engage with the video really well as they can relate to it too. It's catchy, and meaning-ful.

By Julius Conmigo

INTRODUCTION

Welcome to my A2 blogger for Media Studies. I loved doing AS Media and achieved a grade A for it! I decided to do it for A2 since I enjoy it a lot and wanted to explore deeper into the media industry and learn new skills, and since we're doing filming, I thought this could be an oppurtunity to do something that I used to like when I was at a young age! In this blog I will be documenting my journey on creating my music video

By Julius Conmigo