audience is able to comprehend a forgiving theme in the midst of the story. Jay-Z committed adultery and Beyoncé choose to walk out on him, together breaking their marital promises. Proof when Jay-Z's elevator scandal was released to the public, some video footage involving Beyonce's sister, Solange, entering a physical altercation with Jay-Z presumably about him with another woman. And then Beyonce releases the unknown, private details by her third verse in Sandcastles, exclaiming, "And your…
a love song that the singer wants to give a message of the controversial issue of same-sex marriage. In the video, a gay couple is having their marriage in the church virtually, as the gay marriage is illegal in church. Besides, the structure of the song, I think this song belongs to the popular culture, because of the song is typically targeting a large amount of audience through the music industry. Also, this single is one of the songs of his debut album, which peaking in top ten over twenty…
One aspect of the media where gender and sexuality is used largely in a negative way is in music videos. In order to attract attention, video producers will create extremely risque content. Beyonce, who is know as the queen of pop, displays sexual content, and gender stereotypes in the music video for her song ‘Drunk in Love’. It takes place on a beach at night where she walks through the sand wearing a very skimpy bikini with a see-through dress over it. She poses for the camera as it scans up…
Modalities, and Marta This narrative was experienced through an online web interface. This interactive documentary was composed of video clips from Marta’s past in the Introduction, an interactive web map to explore in The Street, a spatial navigation mode where I had to walk Marta up the…
Tyler’s daughter (The Rob). With the help of schmaltz “queen” Dianne Warren (author of other sappy songs like “How Do I Live” and “Because You Loved Me”), the band was able to perform a piece that was full of gusto and romance, wrapped up by their music video in a melodramatic bow (Farber). “I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing” is a song that Carl Wilson would most certainly find chockfull of “saturated, demonstrative sentiment” (Wilson 54-55). Its high levels of emotional intensity and excessive…
Place in Music Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life and to everything. –Plato Music shapes who we are as an individual as well as a society, however, within the last several decades there has been an astonishing increase in the objectification of women in the music industry. From country, to pop, to rock, to hip-hop and rap there has been a dramatic rise in the use women’s bodies to sell music. The…
after watching K-pop music videos that it feels very commercial. Commercial not in the sense that is a profitable business, which indeed it is. In fact, Hallyu, also known as K-pop is becoming one of South Korea’s largest exports (Leong). Therefore, there is a national effort to maintain this profitable brand. First, it is important to understand that K-pop is not just lyrics and melody, it is also about the beautiful people who perform these lyrics. So, having a “genre” of music that is heavily…
the struggle of depending on alcohol to lift you up. A text that has significant value, instead of another alcohol rap song to take shots to. I will summarize this music video, analyze it using Rhetorical Method as well as using the Race & Ethnicity Method, apply an outside source, and evaluate the deeper meaning behind this music video. Kendrick Lamar started off by recalling childhood memories of being around an alcoholic family coming from Chicago. Lamar then describing why people used…
relationship to end and cannot stop thinking about it. The singer mentions a new girl who makes the guy happy and used to be her. When you watch the video with the song it adds another layer to the story. The video seems to be both a flashback of sorts and also another story completely. This song is very redundant if you are listening to it alone, but the music video was done extremely well. The storyline flows smoothly while still following along with the lyrics. The first lyrics in the song…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7bqootR6rs The products impact and effect on the audience. The audience type that will be watching this music video released by Spinnin’ Records are going to be in the C1, D and E brackets of socio economic status. I have found this to be correct as in theses brackets it will tend to be a much younger audience than in the other brackets, and from my research I have found that the average age for listening is around 24 and a good majority are under this age,…