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Music video comparison - Beyonce and Stormzy Comparing representations vossi bop by stormzy - analysis   Codes and conventions – performance/narrative/experimental features Camera work (framing – shot types, angle, position, movement) Editing – beat-matched? Elements of continuity/montage How does the video interpret the music and/or lyrics? Structure/narrative Intertextuality Sound Mise-en-scene – colour, lighting, location, costume/dress, hair/makeup  Exam question: Compare the ideologies conveyed through the representations in the music video to Vossi Bop  by Stormzy and Formation by Beyonce. In your answer, you must consider how representations convey ideologies consider the similarities and differences in the ideologies conveyed make judgements and draw conclusions about how far social and cultural contexts affect the representations. answer the following questions briefly, perhaps using screenshots to draw comparisons bet

Music video comparison - Vance Joy and Dua Lipa Comparing music videos Exam question: compare and contrast how media language is used in the music vid eos to Break My Heart by Dua Lipa and Riptide by Vance Joy .  Make reference to: Cinematography and editing Music video conventions  How visual elements create meaning for the audience break my heart - anaylsis  Codes and conventions – performance/narrative/experimental features Camera work (framing – shot types, angle, position, movement) Editing – beat-matched? Elements of continuity/montage How does the video interpret the music and/or lyrics? Structure/narrative Intertextuality Sound Mise-en-scene – colour, lighting, location, costume/dress, hair/make-up  answer the following questions briefly, perhaps using screenshots to draw comparisons between the videos What key differences are there in style between the two videos? In what ways do the two videos visually match the ly

formation- textual analysis, themes and representations Context Formation, lead single for the album Lemonade, was released the day before Beyoncé performed at the Super Bowl final in February 2016. The Formation music video, directed by Melina Matsoukas, was released with the song. This music video has won numerous awards including a Clio Award for Innovation and Creative Excellence in a Music Video at the 2016 awards, and has been nominated in the music video category at the 59th Grammy Awards. The video is set against the backdrop of the flooding in New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina and the associated racial tension in America, and also draws historical parallels with references to racism and slavery. Initial analysis - themes of conflict the theme of conflict is shown in many ways, the way the black community is treated in modern society by the police, the way they were treated during the time of slavery. this reference can be seen in the clotging used in certain s

MEDIA LANGUAGE 1 - Semiotics - Roland Barthes (advertising, music videos, newspapers, magazines, online media) • Media products communicate a complex series of meanings to their audiences through a range of visual codes and technical codes. These codes can broadly be divided in to proairetic, symbolic, hermeneutic, referential, and so on. • After many years of codes being repeated, their meaning can become generally agreed upon by society. For example, a scar on the face of a character can function as a hermeneutic code, indicating to the audience that they are ‘the villain’. Key work – Image, Music, Text  2 - Narratology - Tzvetan Todorov   (television) • Todorov's theory of narrative equilibrium is based around a three act structure. Firstly, a state of balance or equilibrium is established. This balance is disrupted or broken in some way, which leads to a liminal period or period of disruption. This second stage typically takes up the majority of a narrative. Finally, a