Dizzee Rascal - 'Dream' music video analysis Narrative The narrative of the song is about Dizzee Rascal telling this audience that he had a dream and managed to achieve it. The overall tone of this song is inspirational and Dizzee wants to get his message across that you need to work hard and be committed to achieve your dreams. The music video is set in a elderly woman's living room as she is playing a piano. The actual setting of the living room is fairly simple in colour by the wallpaper being a simple cream colour and the curtain by the window being a brown colour. The small snippet of the living room already shows that it is set in a stereo-typically ideal British woman's living room and from listeners expecting a darker tone and setting due to Dizzee Rascal being a grime rapper and there are dark undertones of the genre, however the music video and the beat is quite upbeat and colourful making this song by Dizzee an unexpected surprise. Camera and lighting The li...
Representation of Gender in 'The Man' and 'Riptide' Taylor Swift - ‘The Man’ Taylor Swift is a singer who is categorised in the 'pop' genre. In 2019, she released her album 'Lover' with one of her singles being 'The Man' which gathered a lot of attention due to its lyrics as well as the music video that went along with it. The music video itself was the most controversial of the single. Taylor Swift is typically known to have music videos that have deep meanings to them and 'The Man' follows the same principle. She directed the entire music video herself and manages to convey her thoughts about men who have toxic masculinity towards women and those who present themselves as more powerful than women, and through the music video she indirectly encourages women to fight back for their equality and stand up to men who are seen as selfish and cocky. The first shot of the music video is a wide shot of a man looking the opposite way of the cam...
The Bridge Genre conventions The typical narrative of crime-drama television shows are normally centred around a detective who is given the responsibility of solving a crime, usually a murder. Over the course of the episode, clues will gradually be revealed which contribute to solving the crime or finding the killer. Some television shows reveal the killer by the end of the episode whilst others may reveal them at the end of a set of episodes or even the end of the series. The subtle clues allow for the audience to try and solve the crime before it is revealed. The lead characters have a back story and often parts of the episodes will flashback to a moment in the character's life which will affect the storyline. It's also very common for every episode to end on a cliffhanger to keep the audience engaged. Along with narrative, there are also codes of crime-drama which are used in television shows that make it easy for the audience to identify the genre. For example, action seq...
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