Tuesday, 25 September 2018

Music Video Key Terms

Purpose 
Purpose- The idea or point between the product that is shown. so in this the point or idea behind the music video and what idea is trying to be portrayed.

Promotion of single/album- how well the single or album does, for example how many copies were sold or downloaded

Moving image codes
Camera shots/angles- Close up- close image shot of an object, for example a persons whole face.
                         Extreme close up- a zoomed close up, e.g. just the eyes of a person, represents emotions
                         High/Low angle-  From a high angle looking down on the actor/actress, making them look weak and defenceless/ from a low angle makes actor/actress long threatening and powerful.
Movements-  Pan- Moving the camera around from a fixed postiion  
                     Tilt- Camera is tilted from a fixed postion
                     zoom- camera zooms in or out of an object creates suspense
Editing-      Cut and fade- introduces next sequence or scene
                   Cut to beat- video is cut to fit the beat of the song

Visual Codes 
Expression  + gesture-  Used to captivate the actors feelings and emotions. In 'norf norf' video the white police officers facial expression connotes that he is aggressive.

Costume + props- These help to explain the context of the video, for example in the 'norf norf' video the officer has a gun which again shows his power.

Icongraphy- images used in the video

Lighting and colour-  darkness can connote seriousness and independence

Graphics- a serious of illutrations    

Key Terms      

Genre- A category of the song, pop, classical, grime
Star persona- The singers personality in the video. In  the Katie perry video ( California Girls) she is shown as immature and fun.

Motif- What the image means in the video, and the idea in the artist work.

Anchorage- when a piece of media uses another piece of media to reduce the amount of connotations. So the image goes along with the lyric

Binary Opposites-  a related pair that are opposites, e.g. poor vs rich

intertextual references-  References from another media product, a movie

Style

Narrative- the story behind the music video. ' dear future husband' is about her ideal husband

Thematic- relating to other themes or subjects


Representations- how a specific group is being represented in the video 

  • Ethinicty 
  • gender 
  • sexuality 
  • nationality 
  • religion
Audio 

Lyrics/ dialogue- what the words mean and have to do with the narrative




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