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Narrative Theorists

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Vladamir Propp was a Russian critic who analysed hundreds of fairy tales in the 1920s. He came up with the concept of defining characters to clearly defined purposes, rolls and functions for the story. We could use this theorist towards our video when evaluating our characters and the rolls they play. For example in our narrative structure we are hoping to reveal the reality of unhappy family life, the affects of bullying and the after affects of loss. Here we have come to the conclusion to use one character to express the emotions and realities behind these situations. Therefore we have defined the roll of our character as someone who will exploit the realities of emotional ordeals. Tzvetan Todorov was a literary theorist who suggested that at the main protagonist of a story always starts with a state of equilibrium (where life is normal and happy). The state of normality is then disrupted from an outside force and an event of resolution occurs to reinstate the equi...

Music Video Analysis

Music Video Analysis by Isabel Denney- Foster from Isabel Denney-foster

Andrew Goodwin's Seven Features of Music Videos

Music videos demonstrate genre characteristics. (e.g. stage performance in metal videos, dance routines in boy/girl groups, aspiration in HipHop.) There is a relationship between lyrics and visuals. The lyrics are represented with images. (either illustrative, amplifying or contradicting) There is a relationship between music and visuals. The tone and atmosphere of the visuals reflects that of the music. (either illustrative, amplifying or contradicting) The demands of record label will include the need for lots of close ups of the artist and the artist may develop motifs which recur across their work (a visual style). There is frequent reference to notion of looking (screens within screens, mirrors, stages, etc) and particularly voyeuristic treatment of female body. The artist may develop motifs or iconography that recur across their work (a visual style). There are often intertexual reference (to films, TV programs, other music videos etc).