-‘Paramore - Now’ video analysis.
By Georgia Challinor 12DPE
1. Are there any generic conventions? (eg stage performance in a metal video, dance rotine for a boyband, cutting to the beat) Are there any conventions from other genres?
This video is not very generic of the genre of rock music. In comparison to other Paramore videos there isn’t an element of stage performance in a studio or any instruments involved. In most of their old videos they have been in a concert style set-up studio or location miming along to a ballad with bright lights and colorful writing whilst minor storylines happen around them. Instead this video is set in a battlefield filled with dirty- clothed enemies, dust and rotten vegetation, making them the
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If you want it's intended meaning, director Daniel Cloud Campos wrote this message on his instagram below a photo of silhouettes in the smoke:
"Smoke of love. Toxic to those who have hate in their hearts."
Daniel Cloud Campos wanted it to represent love, but really, it could symbolise anything, as long as it’s positive.
4. How are the performers represented?
From the very opening shot, we are presented with two opposing forces: Paramore represented by singer Hayley alone and the Captain. This shows that she is powerful and strong. A grenade is thrown causing an explosion knocking her unconscious; she lies there not making an effort to move allowing people to get hurt around her. This shows that she is reckless and feisty going along with the lyrics “don’t try to take this from me, don’t try to take this from me”. Her band mate runs over to help her up; she grabs his arm but dashes off before she gets to her feet as another band member tackles riot police to the ground. This shows unity, which is key to the song as it was written about to past members leaving and how Paramore will continue on to produce music.
The enemy turns his attention on Hayley, who is still in a vulnerable state on the ground. She doesn't want to fight him. She just looks up at him in despondency. He sees how vulnerable she is, and seems to appreciate the way that she chooses not to fight back, slowly lowering his
This symbol is first introduced in the novel where the man and his son are resting in a parked car with whatever they can find to give them warmth. After they settle in, the
The final symbol in the story is the direction that the cranes fly to. “…their great wings beating the air and their long slender necks pointed like arrows toward the sun.” (Meinke, 260) After the couple kiss and close the eyes, the cranes fly toward the sun. This is a symbol of western paradise of ultimate bliss, which means they kill themselves by shooting the gun to end their lives. Flying toward the sun is a traditional symbol that says that people will go to paradise after they die.
There are also several doves at the bottom of the painting, presumably indicating purity and perhaps symbols of love as well. (Wall Text 2012)
symbolizes in the story that death will come to everyone. No one can hide, and there is no escape.
usually symbolizes death, and it tends to be used in connection with death. Furthermore, in
It could just be symbolic for a choice that he must make in his life.
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Selected Answer: | To symbolize worldly wealth, vanity, and mortality | Correct Answer: | To symbolize worldly wealth, vanity, and mortality | | |
It is used to signify that in an apocalyptic and empty world there is still hope.
and beats. The guitars and drums that were used, give the song a dramatic rock vibe. According
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Going to a concert is an experience incomparable to any other. Here it is, the moment, every concert goer has been waiting for, the artist coming onto the stage. Hearts begin to race as the music builds each fleeting second before the artist comes out. Smoke fills the dark stage illuminated by the band's tour video playing. Then, in the center of the stage, doors begin to open revealing four singing boys. Crying and screaming
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