Friday, 15 November 2013

Analysing music video of inspiration





JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE- MIRRORS
This music video is an example of a performance and a narrative, which makes it a hybrid.

CONNOTATIONS
The connotations of this music video are represented within the mis-en-scene. An example of this is at 7:40 when the lighting is dark which makes one side of Timberlake’s face shadowed and hard to see. This may be reflecting his emotions such as loneliness and mystery. In addition to this, at 3:35, I can identify an aspect of Andrew Goodwin’s theory as the lyrics match the video and the lighting also goes dark, which connotes mystery and curiosity. In addition to this, 




SYNERGY
Swarovski ring being advertised as box is shown in a close up at 4:48


NARRATIVE THEORIES APPLIED TO VIDEO
Claude-Levi Strauss’s theory of binary opposition is prominent in this video as we see a contrast between old and young people.
Todorov theory of 






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