PREP Your prep is to watch Wheatus Teenage Dirtbag twice. Look up the lyrics if you need to check what he is saying. Next lesson, you will be able to answer questions on the 'media language' and 'representations' of this music video because you will know it quite well by then.
We study a pair of music videos:
Wheatus Teenage DirtbagWe look at media language, media representations and media audiences.
The sample question below is worth 4 marks and you would write about a page.
Media language:
We study the media language elements specific to music videos such as locations, costumes, choice of camera shot, framing, angle, lighting, lip- synching, performance and editing, including montage.
Music videos have a set of codes and conventions specific to the genre, such as cutting to the beat, performance (the artist singing / playing), lyp-synching (to convince the audience of the authenticity of the performance and ability of the artist), interpreting the lyrics, refrains, stars.
Music videos have a set of codes and conventions specific to the genre, such as cutting to the beat, performance (the artist singing / playing), lyp-synching (to convince the audience of the authenticity of the performance and ability of the artist), interpreting the lyrics, refrains, stars.
