Sophia Media Studies

MEDIA STUDIES REVISION MUSIC VIDEOS There will be TWO questions … One will be 9 Marks and may ask you about one music video. One will be 20 Marks and may ask you to refer to both. Time yourself accordingly.  Roughly one minute per mark. No Matter what the question is YOU KNOW what the marker is looking for: Media Language  and  Media Representations. Reference to a theorist or two. So, what are we trying to prove? That Media Producers make choices to REPRESENT an artist through MEDIA LANGUAGE. Start by re watching Billie Jean. Representations of Michael Jackson  as a brand and performer created by the Billie Jean Music Video;  1.)    Smooth 2.)    In demand  3.)    Untouchable 4.)     Famous 5.)     understandable 6.)     explanation 7.)     objectified      Rewatch Letter to the Free. Representations of Common created by the Letter to the Free Music Video; 1.)    Moral 2.)    Cares about key issues

Practise Exam ‘Music Videos are a tool that use media language to create representations about artists. Discuss with reference to your two close study products’ Music videos are seen as a promotion or advertisement of the artist. It creates a representation of an artist to market to an audience. This is reinforced through editing, cinematography and mise en scene.   The Letter to the Free music video is talking about how the black community are treated like an object and a criminal. We can see this through the use of editing as they have a black floating object that just lingers around the prison. This can show that that they are seen a a thing that floats around causing mayhem. we can use strut halls theory of race representations in media. This is because the music video shows that their is a blur between race and social class and people associate the black community with lower class. It also talks about the three black characterisations in media which are the slave

She was more like a beauty queen from a movie scene I said, "Don't mind, but what do you mean, I am the one Who will dance on the floor in the round?" She said I am the one who will dance on the floor in the round (Annotations)  Mesmerised  by her beauty, MJ can’t help but accept her offer, even though he is unsure why she chose him. A ‘dance on the floor in the round’ could be a euphemism for sex, but it most likely simply means that Michael was the one she wanted to dance with during this interval of songs. She told me her name was Billie Jean As she caused a scene Then every head turned with eyes that dreamed of being the one Who will dance on the floor in the round People always told me, "Be careful of what you do Don't go around breaking young girls' hearts" (hee-eeh) And mother always told me, "Be careful of who you love And be careful of what you do (oh-oh) 'Cause the lie becomes the truth" (oh-oh) Billie Jean is not my lover