1. When you have found your 3 pieces, apply Lacey’s repertoire of elements to ONE of the texts. The
texts may be sourced by your production team, but analysis must be carried out individually.
Wizard - Martin Garrix And Jay Hardway
When you have completed the above, apply Steve Neale’s theory of repetition and difference to the
text. Ask yourself what elements of the text are conventional and whether it breaks convention in
any way.Present your analysis on your blogs, either as a written word document, a PowerPoint with
audio or a Prezi.
Genre elements Conventions
Characters –
representations,
stereotypes, behaviour,
body language, specific
actors/stars
Characters in the video are the 2 performers Martin Garrix and Jay Hardway and also all,
the people that are in the crowd. There is the stereotype of the sweatiness and energy of
the house music genre shown in the crowd and the performers. The behaviour of the
performers is conventional to the genre as they show a lot of energy and get the crowed
hyped in a stereotypical way by getting their hands up in the air. The scene were they are
in private jets is also stereotypical of the genre as they are shown to live jet setting
lifestyles.
Narrative events –how is
the narrative ordered and
structured? Can character
types or other narrative
elements such as
opposites/ stages of
equilibrium/disequilibrium
be applied to
photos/video?
The video is mainly performance with elements of narrative. The performance element of
the video has the Martin Garrix and Jay Hardway performing the song to hundreds of
people in a venue which is possibly part of a music festival. The element of narrative is the
artist flying to the venue which is the state of equilibrium in the narrative. The equilibrium
is broken when the music drops and the performers and crowd go wild to the music.
Iconography – props,
symbolic
codes/fonts/colour
schemes
Iconography used is the both of the artist name that appear at the start of the video which
are always presented as a cover on the Dj tables when preforming live. The deck and the
headphones what the artist use is also another part of iconography in the video as you
would expect to the see this in most live performances for the genre of music
Setting- mise en scene in
moving image/photos
The mise en scene of the video is a music venue were the are preforming for many people
which is dark and lit by the strobe lights that are in time with the music. The second scene
is when both of the artist are in private jets flying in to preform together.
Technical and audio codes
– camera use, editing,
lighting, diegetic/non
diegetic sound, sfx/page
layout: the Guttenberg
principle/rule of thirds
The lighting in the video varies between high and low key. Most of the lighting is deduced
from the strobe lighting which impulses in time to the music. The lighting is also edited in
at the beginning during the establishing shot which identifies both artists and the song
name surrounded by the edited strobe lighting. The editing is slow paced at first until the
beat drops then the pace of the editing speeds up in to the speed of the music.

2. Submission dates: Friday 29th
November (1st piece)/Wednesday 18th
December (2nd
piece) Friday
10th
January (3rd
piece)