Music Video : The Suburbs

The opening scene establishes a three man bomb defusing team confident in their skills baiting us to relax for the moment. However, through the multiple different shots we witness things that begin to create some uneasiness, including shots from ground looking up at some Iraqi people looking through windows, balconies and rooftops. The point of view camera angles causes us to

I have chosen the music video entitled “Little Game by Benny” to be the highlight in my topic for the media log. This amazing music video already hit 3.5 million viewers and is still counting. The music video demonstrates of how the society forces us to be something that we do not want to be. It is portrayed by 3 boys and 3 girls who were being underestimated because of the personality that they are portraying.

In the video, there is a group of adolescence who don't know who they really are yet. They do not know what they will be in the future and what they want. A girl and a boy are shown looking at images of themselves being something in the future and then switching. There is confusion in this stage, and a threat of identity. As described in the chapter, adolescents must establish basic social and occupational identities, or they will be confused about their roles as adults.

In the introduction of the video to “Alright” by Kendrick Lamar, he uses footage of “the hood” or a rough neighborhood in California to expose the harsh conditions of income based housing in rough black

The target audience of this video would be teenagers and young adults, around the ages of 11-26, as this age range incompasses most people interested in comic books and superheroes. These are generally people who are more open-minded and likely be believe in fantasy worlds and superpowers, possibly even imagining or role playing themselves in a superhero role. It’s also likely that they too read comic books under the disguise of a textbook! These people will be the ones the plot and main character resonates the most with and who will take the dominant ideology to heart. These are also the people who are either in school or just got out of school, and therefore may have personal connections to bullying at school, thereby drawing them into

Nearly every decade consists of at least one film that helps to define the development of a generation. The film is able to paint a clear enough picture that not only captures the cultural aspects of the generation but also portrays the social implications and complexities associated with the environment the culture thrives in. In regards to the genre of hip hop and rap and its relationship with black life and urban imagery for example, Cooley High may be representative for a generation that was in their 20’s during the debut of the movie. The next generation of the 1980’s would most likely be able to understand the interworking’s of the movie Krush Groove whereas the generation of the 1990’s would more than likely link themselves to such films as New Jack City and Juice. These films depicting the rise of black boys to black men were in rarity during their debut and because of the popular actors and underlining themes in them have had a significant long lasting impact on people of color as well as young white Americans that have been somewhat interested in the everyday struggle of their inner city counterparts. Through a careful analysis of films such as Krush Groove depicting black life in the 1980’s to the urban imagery displayed in the 1990’s movies of Juice and New Jack City the progression of the portrayal of young black males can be observed as well as the difference in viewpoints on black humanity, and stereotypes.

Define the rap style and make a case for how the song fits the rap style by discussing the characteristics seen and heard in the music with supportive examples from the video. (Check with sites such as Google or Wikipedia to fill in the above information on the audio release.)

”(Kallen) MTV broadcasted music video interpretations of many popular songs, causing people to take notice of the different hairstyles, and fashions seen in the music videos. A popular MTV showcase music video, “Video killed the Radio Star”, forever changed the focus of music and lyrics to fashion and theatrics

Sharpe’s music video for "Playing Fair," directed by local cinematographer Zachary Parks, is beautifully shot. The video opens with an old woman pensively smoking a cigarette, raising the volume on her car stereo playing “Playing Fair.” Sharpe and his band then roll up in montage of shots that exude youthfulness, nostalgia, and high energy - perfectly encapsulating the sound and emotion of the song.

As I was scrolling and clicking away on YouTube, engulfing myself in trailers for upcoming movies, my eyes caught a thumbnail and title that brought a tingling sensation in my fingers. I was ready to immediately click the video and see if this moment was real. “O-M-G,” I said to myself as the video began to play. “It’s real, it’s really, really real,” I continued in a satisfying shock. The action, the humor, and the star studded cast the trailer presented drew my attention in like no other trailer that day had. “I have to go see this movie!” I eagerly anticipated as I swayed to the beat of the song they had played in the background, “Welcome to the Jungle” by Guns N’ Roses. The video concluded in big, capitalized, orange ombré letters JUMANJI:

The 2000s started a change in music very different as the ones in past decades, since this was the year technology commenced rise importance in human life. Hence, the usage of auto-tune, pitch corrections and multimedia programmes started to be used in multiple songs of this decade, also YouTube will appear in the upcoming years as a way to share music videos, therefore, varied hits of this decade, like Hey Ya! From OutKast or Crazy in love by Beyonce have some of the new technological features and give videos a big importance. Under those circumstances, the differences between those 3 decades are that in the 1980s, music criticized people living situations, in the 1990s, music criticized mentality and the living generation and in the 2000s, music talked about the changes society was living. To sum up, music will keep changing throughout the years. In some years, some of the themes music can talked about are the continuous technological advances or how humans are ending themselves. Nevertheless, given the situations we’re living today, music could talk about the imminent wars that could

The last aspect in the pretty hurts music video is dialogue. The lyrics in this music video send a very strong message an example of the lyrics is “Perfection is a disease of a nation”. The example of the lyrics tells us how women have been brought up with this perfect body image and think that this is what as women they need to achieve. This leads to women putting pressure on themselves to achieve perfection. It creates some women being obsessed with achieving perfection and makes them put themselves through physical pain to make sure they achieve it, which is not necessary good for their health. Putting themselves through the physical pain leads them to having emotional pain. We see these images of this perfect body through social media and

ANALYSIS Anaconda can be identified as a pop music video and has characteristics of rap, and hip hop. This can be ascertained by analysing the music video in detail. Mise- en- scene of the music video looks at the props, costumes, hair and makeup, location, colour and lighting. These elements will determine the type of music video.

What the video tries to show is that when you look around, almost everyone you see has some problem on their mind. Throughout the music video, each spot shows each individual story of the people stuck in the traffic jam. Each individual’s stories are different but they still hurt in their own way. However, the message of the song is that everybody has different problem and ``everybody hurts`` in the same way, proving that you are never alone, so everybody needs to stick together.

The song tells the tale of suburban hero, a working class teen without faith or direction. In telling his story, important issues are encountered with a focus on the working class teen. The shallow and hypocritical nature of mainstream media is also touched upon. The music flows between the five parts like a rock opera, and it works with the lyrics to give us a deeper sense of the challenges “Jesus” faces. The song also features a 14-minute music video including dialogue and a shortened version fitting only the song itself, which can give more indication of the song’s intended meaning. In part one, Jesus of Suburbia, we get a background of Jesus’ character, including the fact that he does cocaine, marijuana, alcohol, and cigarettes; and he doesn’t believe there is anything wrong with that. We see he lives with his divorced mother who is often gone. The music to this first act is standard pop punk, consisting of fast power chords, loud lyrics, and stop time. Lead singer Billie Joe delivers lyrics in his traditional full-of-angst fashion, and this reflects the attitude of Jesus. Additionally, the music video shows Jesus breaking up with a girlfriend and proceeding to have sex with multiple intoxicated girls and do hard drugs in a run-down area. In this section we see into the life of someone we might not want to even think about as well-off students at a good university. Though we don’t necessarily connect with Jesus yet, it is easy to pity his situation. After a few chords and two drum fills, we move on to the second