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Vance Joy   - Riptide The song fits into the genres of indie folk and indie pop, which explains why the music video draws its influences from indie sub-culture, evident in the fashions and locations featured in the video. Indie sub-culture is heavily influenced by iconography which revolves around the natural world and vintage culture, and a lot of music videos that fit into the indie genre focus themselves around natural spaces and areas. The indie fashions which are featured in the music video are also reinforced in motive by the overall look of the video, which has a somewhat vintage feel. This is due to the effects used on the video which make it appear also aged due to warmer colour balance used on the clips. Video also relates to the idea of the male gaze, which was proposed by Laura Mulvey. The male gaze is a concept of second-wave feminism in which the camera (and subsequently, the viewer) are put into the perspective of a heterosexual man, thus allowing fo...

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beyonce formation essay

Beyoncé uses her work to fight for black rights With her spectacular intervention in front of millions of TV viewers, Beyoncé brought radical politics to mainstream pop.T he message of “Formation” pounds through, like an elegant, detailed, modern civil rights seminar.It shows visuals on the black American experience, past and present. she is an icon to the music industry and with this she has used her fame to get across racial issues that are affecting back rights. Her performance is to convey messages about what is wrong and how people are suffering due to  inequality. Beyoncé is a feminist icon On the other hand, Beyonce has been remarkably successful in her singing career.  Most people, I think, would agree that this success is primarily a result of her talent as a singer and songwriter.  And, in this sense, she is a feminist icon.  She is an example of a woman who broke into th...
black feminism-  Black feminism  is a school of thought stating that  sexism , class oppression, gender identity and  racism  are inextricably bound together. [1]  The way these concepts relate to each other is called  intersectionality , a term first coined by legal scholar  Kimberlé Crenshaw  in 1989 intersectionality-  Intersectionality  is an analytic framework which attempts to identify how interlocking systems of power impact those who are most marginalized in society. [1]  Intersectionality considers that the various forms of what it sees as  social stratification , such as  class ,  race ,  sexual orientation , age,  disability  and  gender , do not exist separately from each other but are complexly interwoven.  antebellum-  occurring or existing before a particular war, especially the US Civil War. "the conventions of the antebellum South" black is beautiful- Black i...

coursework magazine research

House Style: A  company's preferred manner of presentation and layout of written material. The expression  house style  refers to the specific usage and editing conventions followed by writers and editors to ensure stylistic consistency in a particular publication or series of publications(newspapers, magazines, journals, websites, books) I-D Possessed by a raw, visceral energy, the first issue consisted of 40 pages that held a mirror up to the British subculture and street style of the time. Hardly surprising when you consider that in the years since i-D started, fashion has gone mainstream and the underground is now something the High Street aspires to. But while i-D now documents high fashion too, it's still laced with the same rebellious spirit as was present in its early issues. "You don't have to wear this watch or that item of clothing to be valid." Thanks to this empowering message, the magazine coined a new currency that revolved around creativi...

Goodwins theory applied to Dizzee Rascal Dream

1.Look at how Goodwin’s theory applies to Dizzee Rascal’s Dream (supporting points with screenshots) This screenshot is linked to the visuals as police brutality is prominent against black youths involved in gangs. Illustrate, music videos use certain images & shots to illustrate/explain the meaning of lyrics to their song and the genre. Disjuncture. Is this situation , the meaning of the song is completely ignored in the music video. Amplify repeat ability- This is when the images and camera shots are manipulated and shown repeatedly through out the music video and is drummed into our vision. Relation between the music and visuals Relation between the music and visuals Andrew believed that a music video can promote a song by though the way it analysis the lyrics. This is shown in many music videos when a character does exactly what the song says. Narrative and performance of the song Andrew Goodwin believed that it was important for an artist to be involved in...