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Music video comparisons

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Sweet lovin' - Sigala In rhis music video there is a lot of uses of colour, the music video is bright and happy. The main person in the music video is dancing throughout and herself is happy. The video is set on the streets of LA of what it looks like and it has a very summery mise-en-scene which helps add that dance music feel to the music video. Finesse - Bruno Mars ft Cardi B In this music video it has a very 90's feel to it and the music video style is very simililar to the way the fresh prince of bel-air was filmed and the way that everybody dresses in the video is also very similar to the fresh prince of bel-air.  In the music video they do a lot of dancing which helps it add to that music video feel. One Kiss - Calvin Harris ft Dua Lipa In this music video it has the 'tropical' feel to it, although it is a green screen behind her, it still has that summery vibe to it. There are a lot of colours involved in t...

Comparison of two newspapers

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In this newspaper they haven't chosen a 'pretty' or 'flattering' photo of her on the front of the newspaper, they have also called her 'Mrs' which is quite patronizing and is informal as the newspaper hasn't used her full proper name, they have just called her 'Mrs U-turn' which then also gives her a negative representation because it's basically saying that she goes back on what she says a lot of the time and the words 'climbdown' and 'flip - flops' and this means that she tends to go back on herself hence the 'latest climbdown' also which means she does it again and again.  The words that are used can be shown as if she is weak and isn't capable of making decisions because she is a female and she doesn't have the power.

Dance music websites

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http://www.martingarrix.com/ On this website Martin Garrix is promoting his single that has been recently released, the colours that are used are bright and eye catching and this helps grab the attention of the audience. As soon as you go on the website you are instantly greeted with his new hit single 'like i do' and to help that stand out even more the colours that they have used are very bright and eye catching. http://calvinharris.com/ Again on this website you can see that his recently new single is being promoted on the first page and the colours that they have used are very eye catching and will help grab the audiences attention. Also on the website on the top right corner you can see that he has put some tour dates there that are easily accessible for the person that's on this website now. http://www.davidguetta.com/_flames/#! This website is also promoting the single that has recently been released, he also uses bright ...

How Theresa May is represented in the media

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Find a selection of newspaper front pages that depict her and decide how she is being represented using stereotypes relating to masculine and feminine stereotypes. Outline these on your blog with some explanation. Can you use any of the ideas and academic arguments in your analysis?

Comparison of two magazines

The daily mail is a right wing newspaper and the title has positive connotations to it, right wing parties like the conservatives and UKIP supported the bombing of Syria, hence why the newspaper has positive connotations to it.  On the other hand, the independent is centre but is edging towards left wing as the title has negative connotations towards the bombing of Syria. Left wing parties like Labour and Liberal Democrats were against the bombing of Syria, which is why they have negative connotations to the title.

Music video revision

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Massive attack - unfinished sympathy Massive attack are a trip hop group, formed in 1988 in Bristol.  The group consisted of Robert 3D, Del Naja, Grant 'daddy' Marshall and formerly Andy 'Mushroom' Vowles(Mush). The group has won numerous awards throughout their career, including a Brit award. They have released five studio albums that have sold over 11 million copies worldwide. Massive attack started off as a spin off production trio in 1988, with the independently released song 'Any Love.' The video The music video for "Unfinished Sympathy", (a docu-fiction) was directed by Baillie Walsh, who had also directed the video for Massive Attack's previous single "Daydreaming", and was filmed in a single continuous shot from 1311 South New Hampshire Avenue to 2632 West Pico Boulevard in Los Angeles, California. The video, filmed on Steadicam, begins with a shot of a street gang before moving to follow Nelson walking along the pave...

Dance music research

what makes all these videos from a dance genre? -repeated beat -repeated lyrics -same tempo   Explore how the artists are using representation to appeal to their target audience in these three videos by picking out key frames from the video to analyse. -set on the streets -diversity of characters(race, gender, etc..) -something non naturalistic happens -all dancing at some point in the video -hip hop dancing  - sunny day -bright colours -colours match skin tone What other music videos could you find from the same genre? Outline two and explain why you think they are termed dance. Fleur East - Sax -  it has repeated beat, repeated lyrics and in the music video it uses bright colours, they do 'hip hop' dancing.  Kiesza - Hideaway-  this song also has repeated beat, repeated lyrics and in the music video this is on the streets, its a sunny day and there is diversity used with the people that are involved in the video.  ...