1. AdvancedPortfolioHomeworktask.SubmissionFridayOctober3rd
Task 1: Choose 1 music video
State Title/Artist/Genre/Style
Use the followingboxesdetailingLacey’sRepertoire ofElements,to analyse the text:
Task 2: Nowwrite upyouranalysis,usingscreengrabsfromthe videotoillustrate yourpoints.(800-
1200 words)
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Genre elements Conventions
Characters –
representations,
stereotypes,
behaviour,body
language,specific
actors/stars
5 band members ‘working on their project, recording songs, driving
around’ – tattoos, black leather jackets, smoking (cool,
1 female ‘object of sex’
Body language – attitude, laughing with each other, stressed about
work.
Narrative events–how
isthe narrative
orderedand
structured?
Following different parts of their life: a lot of driving around
California also shows a girl waiting for main band member to go
home to him – it shows her on her own a lot at the start and also a
clock ticking which may be like she is waiting.
Iconography – props,
symboliccodes
Mercedes, smoking, records, books, guitars, the beach, funfair
(symbolic of their lives? May be social life mixed with a romantic
relationship and also working.
Setting- mise enscene California – where they are from, the beach (romantic – just as the
song is) driving around shows they are ‘never stopping’ and that
they are always busy – their lives are hectic.
Technical and audio
codes– camera use,
editing,lighting,
diegetic/nondiegetic
sound,sfx
Bokeh, fast cuts, shallow depth of field. Often a bright light shines in
front of the camera and hides an image, this is so that the cuts flow
together smoothly and look professional. The camera flips upside
down at the end of the video which may be conveying their ‘busy,
none stop’ lifestyle
Black and white – ‘’cool’’ ( indie genre)