Media Studies Induction

The name of the song is Something Beautiful which can have various connotations and will be presented by the artist through performance. The artist will be a young female who will be presented as quite strong and women empowered through her outfit and the lighting used in the video. The way in which she performs will use body language to emphasise her character and style as an artist. How and why will you use media language in your media production? The music video will be using Roland Barthes' theory of semiotics and signification, as well as, Andrew Goodwin's five key aspects to a music video. Goodwin's theories would also be applied as firstly, his theories are associated with the conventions of a music video and at least one of them can be identified in every music video. The music video will illustrate a relation between the visuals and the lyrics or possibly have some disjuncture as well as have a star image.   This would be seen in the music video, as the...

The 1991 founded Dazed & Confused magazine is a bi-monthly British style magazine that covers music, fashion, film, art and literature. Dazed is the most influential independent fashion and culture title in the world. The magazine’s target audience is for fans who appreciate the arts and is generally a younger generation, both male and female. Accordingly, Dazed does not just feature one particular area of art, it focuses ideas on fashion, photography, social life, music and film etc. This audience constantly seeks out new culturally diverse material. They tend to be in their early twenties to early thirties. Dazed is produced by a small private company called Waddell Ltd. and there biggest published magazine is Dazed. They have also developed an online version of the magazine called Dazed Digital which is a lot more accessible for their audience.  Dazed magazines main artist or celebrity who feature in that particular issue usually take up most of the front cover, being t...

“How are media language and representations used to create emotional responses in the audience in Beyoncé’s “Formation” video?” Beyoncé’s music video ‘Formation’ uses various media language devices and representations through visuals and lyrics in order to create an emotional response from the audience. The music video is based on the flooding that was at the time in New Orleans caused by Hurricane Katrina. This would immediately create an emotional response from the audience as there were many issues that had arisen from the natural disaster, both physically and politically. Naturally, there would have been a crisis in the loss of homes and building being washed away by the floods; however racial tensions did come about following from this. It was brought to attention that many of the New Orleans black citizens felt that there was a prejudice against them and that they were not aided or treated the same way as the white Caucasians may have been, post the floods. It was found that p...

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