Music video

1. What is being represented

In our music video we represent the hip hop culture by having the singer wearing stereotypical hip hop clothes like hoodies and chains also there is props like baseball bats.

2.

The representation is partially being represented because the clothes and props represent the hip hop genre but the character is not representing it because he is a white boy with long hair which is not stereotypical of a hip hop singer.

3.

The representation is created in that way because the audience has to focus on the singer while they watch the video and they can clearly see that he is trying to represent the hip hop genre.

4.

The effect of this is having a appropriate music video for a song and in a sense keeps the continuity of the song and video together because they will both link together. it will also help to sell the artist too.

Our Movie

Stuart hall's theory is that the director encodes it and we decode it with different meanings

Gratification theory is that we watch it for different reasons like educational, to copy them etc

Narrative work

Vladimir Propp's theory


1. hero - drug dealer simon
2. Villian - druggy
3. The Donor - none
4.The Dispatcher - The Druggy
5. The Helper - none
6. The false hero - none
7. The Princess - none
8. The Father - none

Preparation - The druggy is looking around for the dealer in a car park
Complication - The hero gets mugged by the druggy
Transference - The drug dealer runs out to try and catch him
Struggle - The hero has to try and find the druggy throughout the rest of it
Return - None
Recognition - None

Levi Strauss's theory


His theory is that there is contrasts in characters. There are only two characters shown in it which are the Drug Dealer and the Druggy, which shows that they are the only two characters that provide contrast in the Hero/Villain way.

Todorovs Theory


1. Equilibrium - The equilibrium is that they are both looking to do a normal drug deal
2. Disruption - It gets disrupted by the drug dealer getting mugged
3. Recognition - the audience knows something is wrong after he makes a quick get away
4. Repair - The Drug Dealer tries to repair it by chasing the druggy
5. New Equilibrium - There is no New Equilibrium.

1.Does my text have a clear story?
The text was partially clear as the audience can understand that the drug dealer has got mugged and needs to chase him to get the drugs back, but what is confusing is the perspective of who's side we are meant to be on due to the text being in an omniscient narration.

2.Is the structure linear/non linear/montage etc?
The structure is linear and we did this because we wanted to make the narrative of the film easy for the audience to understand because it was going to develop and have a lot of twists and turns in it. Todorov's  theory backs this up as we wanted the 5 stages of the narrative to be simple. Also by doing this it would allow there to be a new equilibrium that would allow the audience not to be confused at the end.

3.Are there key roles in the narrative?
There are some key roles in the narrative and both characters follow this as they are both a contrast to each other which helps to explain the narrative to the audience of one being a drug dealer trying to make a living and the other stealing the drugs and clearly being a bad character, this follows Levi Strauss's theory of characters that have a contrast of a Villain/Hero

4.Is my text structured by cause + effect?
It is partially structured by cause and effect as cause and effect as it has 4 of the 5 parts of Todorov's theory but the New Equilibrium is not involved in it.

5. What are the audiences expectations in this genre?
The audiences expectations are that the thriller needs to be thrilling and this is done in the thriller video by having a fast paced point of view shot of them running out of the buliding which builds tension and makes the audience nervous in it.

6.What is the function of narrative for audiences + institutions?
the narratives function is to make the whole thriller look like a drug deal that has gone bad and the rest of the film will focus on the drug dealer chasing him to get the drugs back. This is good for audiences as it is stereotypically thriller and good in the institutions.

Application of narrative theory's for batman begins

Propp's theory:

Hero= Bruce Wayne

Villian= Scarecrow/ Henri Ducard

Donor= Henri Ducard

Dispatcher= Henri Ducard/Alfred

The Helper= Jim Gordon

The False Hero= Henri Ducard

The Princess= Rachel Dawes

Father= Alfred

Levi Strauss theory:

Hero/Villain : Bruce Wayne is the hero while Henri Ducard and Scarecrow are the villains

Young/Old : The young Bruce Wayne and young Rachel Dawes are young while Alfred is old. This is done to make the film appeal to more audiences old and young as they can relate to them.

Rich/Poor: 

Analysis of Vladimir Propp's Theory

Harry Potter:

Hero= Harry Potter
Villain= Voldermort
The Donor= Dumbledore
Dispatcher= Hagrid
Helper = Ron
The False Hero= Snape
Princess = Hermione

Harry Potter fits in with Vladamir Propp's gender stereotypes and theory.

Thriller Analysis

Micro Elements:

Editing:

• Fade in's and out's were used to make a smoother progression throughout the film
• the jump cuts used at the start of the video build the tension and suspense at the start of the video, it also develop the narrative to show that something serious is going down.

Sound:

• At the start the music is good because it creates suspense and is a fast tempo but as it does not change throughout the film which ruins the suspense because its builds the audience up but nothing happens
• Lack of dialogue means there is not a very good narrative

Mise en scene:

• Good use of props including drugs and phones to help form the story and make it more believable and realistic
• Costumes where typical drug dealer clothes like hoodies and trackies.
• The locations used in the car park with the dark lighting help to represent the thriller genre of the video aswell

Cinematography:

• close up of person washing his hands helps to represent the genre of a thriller but was not really linked to the storyline very well
• over the shoulder shot of person creates suspense and mystery because you dont know who he is
• point of view camera shot was used to develop the narrative as it shows to the audience that he got away
• The still shots that were used in the car park in the video were a bad thing about the video as it was meant to be a fast tempo to create tension and make the audience nervous when it infact did the opposite.
• the long shot which is supposed to develop the narrative is pointless because it does not do anything

Special effects:

• The stunt in our film was a fight scene which was supposed to develop the narrative but was not very believable and not very well explained