When you initially hear a song it is often difficult to understand the meaning of the song, and even in some cases the lyrics. This is where music videos can be very helpful. They put a story line with the lyrics. This allows the viewer to understand it much better. However, this was not always the case, as televisions have not always existed. It was a long time after the television had gained popularity that MTV came along, and MTV in turn was responsible for creating music videos. As television was a visual medium, it would thus require something to view. This resulted in the music video, which led many different artists to fame. One artist who has used music videos as advertisement was Modest Mouse,…
Using the juxtaposition of images and sounds, Moore has created a montage of images, to show what kind of "flawless" society America really is. At the same time, the song "What a wonderful World" plays, while the scene changes into a montage of images involving heavy gun violence, shootings and military forces in other nations. The song is a large contradiction to the images of violence and destruction. The major impact of irony takes place in the last scene, when the footage of the 9/11 attack is shown while the song continues to play and hits climax. This technique of juxtaposing images and music attracts the audience's attention, and clearly shows us that we are not really living in a "wonderful…
“I Enjoy Being a Girl” (music videos and women’s capitalist role as primary consumers and sexualized objects)-…
American culture has learned to become sexist and misogyny with the influence of the sexual exploitation of women in the music, media, advertising and entertainment industries. For instance, today music videos are the latest expression of sexuality and gender stereotypes; however these music videos are often condemned for its exploitation of women. In the documentary Dreamworlds 3: Desire, Power & Sex, Director Sut Jhally analyzes how music videos both inform and are informed by our culture’s dominant attitudes regarding femininity, masculinity, sexuality and race. Sut Jhally begins to illustrate a unique and powerful understanding to the continuing influence of music videos and its storytelling, in terms of its cultural behaviors and attitudes. With the help of Sut Jhally in addition to analyzing the interrelated social problems we are able to investigate the social constructs of music videos and examine how they are drawn and shaped within our culture.…
Moore begins his documentary with a man who had an accident, but had no health insurance and therefore had to stitch his wound himself. The soundtrack used in this scene depicts sadness and sympathy. Moore uses this kind of song to introduce empathy for people without health insurance. With this kind of music, viewers are able to feel some connection between them. He increases the volume of the sound when he finds something to be dangerous and brings the music down when someone has lost a loved one.…
As the music video begins, the main character is in a depressing looking bathroom shaving his hair off, in preparation to put on the symbolic ski mask. He is doing this because of the unexpected loss of his car radio, which was a form of safety in his life. Assuming music is his escape from the world, he no longer has a way of listening to it. This forces him to be in silence with his thoughts, having to face his own problems. “I have these thoughts so often I ought to replace that slot with what I once bought cause somebody stole my car radio”(2:09-2:14 Twenty One Pilots). He wants to replace those troubling thoughts, but can only do so through music. The ski mask he puts on symbolizes the fact that he wants to hide himself from the world, in an effort to avoid confrontation with his problems. If he had music to help him through…
Music, a defining aspect of Human culture for centuries, is influenced heavily by the social institutions of the time. This can be most evident in “pop”, short for “popular”, music. Music is a demonstrative language of culture. It tells a story, conveys ideas, opinions, and emotions of life experiences. Music has the power to link generations. In recent history such themes include Jazz and blues, the Big Band era, country, rap, and various other genres of music. Each of these classes of music are drawn from and represent the particular culture and time of the background of the artist or the events that inspired it.…
The use of music in this film is a technique used to trigger an emotional response from the viewer. An example of this in Bowling for Columbine is the Happiness is a Warm Gun montage which contains stock footage of a number of murders and suicides. Another example is the use of the Louis Armstrong song, What a Wonderful World, set to another montage of American foreign policy decisions over the last fifty years. These and other songs are used, often to the point where they can be viewed as sarcastic, because the songs often contradict what is being shown on the screen. While there are no special effects used in the movie, the music itself can be construed to a degree as an effect, nor are there any specific lighting effects.…
Music videos are created for many purposes, the main purpose is to promote the artist. By creating a video to go with a song will make more viewers interested as they want to watch the video and then after a couple of times hearing the song they might decide they like the music and then go on to buy the album or download it, this then resulting to a rise in sale figures. Also by watching videos, you become familiar with the appearance of the band or artist. There are many different camera techniques used in videos. They use different angled shots, some being close up as this give face recognition and wide shots as you get to see the whole scene…
Ever since 1981, the year that MTV first aired “Video Killed the Radio Star”, music videos have been a huge part of the popular music industry, and any artist hoping to be relevant was expected to produce some music videos. What makes music videos so important is the ability to create a visual representation of the music. Jamiroquai’s music video for the song “Virtual Insanity” is essentially an interpretive dance number for the themes present in the lyrics of the song that are the fear and rejection of technology. However, the entire video is ultimately, heavily ironic, due to the fact that the video employs the use of impressive technology to shoot.…
2 Chronicles 16 in the Bible states that “the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth.”1 Regardless of personal conviction, awareness, understanding, theological leanings, or beliefs, God sees. He sees everything. In Genesis 16, Hagar declares to God “You are the God who sees me.” Nothing has ever escaped his sight or awareness. He is never overwhelmed, anxious, or surprised. Solomon states in Proverbs 15:3, “the eyes of the Lord are in every place.” In many ways, this understanding is both intimidating and comforting. As…
a. Describes the client’s self-concept pattern and perceptions of self (e.g., self-conception/ worth, comfort, body image, feel state).…
The paper is an essay that will make a critical analysis to the “Feminist music video”. The paper will further address the Feminist movement from the point of view of the presentation made in Cyndi Lauper’s “Girls Just Want to have Fun,” and Indigo girls’ “Hummer and Nail,” and analyze how feminist movement has evolved since the year 1960 to the year 2014.…
“Pearls before Breakfast” is the story of Joshua Bell, a famous musician who assisted in a social experiment by the Washington Post. On a cold January morning, at the L’Enfant Plaza, he played classical pieces for nearly an hour. During that time, 1097 people walked through the station. About 20 people gave him some money but walked on without listening, only 6 people stopped to listen to the music. He made $32. When he finished playing and silence took over, no one noticed, no one applauded, there was no recognition. No one knew that he was one of the best musicians in the world. He played one of the most intricate pieces ever written, with a violin worth $3.5 million. In the story, it is evident that to properly associate beauty, viewing conditions must be optimal. If you look at the Mona Lisa through a cloudy window, the painting would not be anywhere…
I have chosen to analyse the music clip You Belong With Me by Taylor Swift. I will be discussing the influence of music video clips on youth and how the influence helps to construct a sense of social identity. In the past decade, film clips have had a major effect on youth culture. Many film clips from artists such as Lady GaGa, Rhianna, Miley Cyrus and Beyonce can portray a very negative effect on youth. The film clips are made to look “sexy” and can make young women look as if they are “sex toys”. Young women, such as teenagers, view these film clips and are determined to follow in the artist footsteps.…
