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Statement of intent
How do you intend to use the four areas of the media theoretical framework to communicate meaning and meet the requirements of your chosen brief? My fictional band is called “Cobalt Flats” and are a small group who release upbeat, instrumental, 70’s funk style music. The song I am using for my music video is “Lonely Town” by “Vulfpeck”. The lyrics of this song are raising mental health issues and have links to depression in particular. This song will be released as a single by the group who are showing concern to the problem of mental health and depression. The music video I will create will be a narrative / performance mixture. The performance side of the video will simply be shots of the musicians in a home studio recording the song. The aesthetic I am going for can be described as saturated and lo-fi. The studio footage will be simple camera shots with some visual effects over the top. The narrative will be about “the mayor of lonely town”, which is a line from the lyrics, and...
Unfinished sympathy music video textual analysis
Massive Attack are a hip hop/electronic group from Bristol, England which emerged from the unique music and graffiti scene in the late 80's/ early 90's. "Unfinished sympathy" was their first ever single on a major record label. Founding members: Robert "3D" Del Naja Grant "Daddy G" Marshall Andrew "Mushroom" Vowles Graffiti artist Banksy, whose identity is unknown, has been theorised to be a part of massive attack as a blogger had mapped appearances of Banksy's artwork around the world and noticed a link with Massive Attack's tour dates. 3D denied all the claims and said it was just a coincidence but they were good friends. Trip Hop and its significance: Originating in the 1970's, Bristol became a hotbed for English pop culture. Rock, Reggae and Punk were the dominant sounds, and the city had a huge skateboarding and graffiti subculture which carry's on today. This is all surrounded by Bristol's economic and racial hi...