Tuesday 29 September 2015
Sunday 27 September 2015
The top ten music videos of the summer
Here are the top ten music videos of the summer voted for by the public.
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Sunday 20 September 2015
Controversy in Music Videos
Recently we did some investigation into what kind of controversy appears in the media and why this controversy occurs.
We read an article called Video Games by Column. It discusses "the new gratuitously violent and nudity-fueled Rihanna video which set the internet alight with righteous indignation." According to Dorian Lynskey, that could have been the whole point.
The article and writer argues that Rihannas new video is a basic 'mini movie'. It starts to insinuate that when an artist resorts to creating a short film for a music video that "its time too quit", according to Nirvana/foo fighters star Dave Grohl. It summarises the music video. Rihanna kidnaps the accountants (played by Hanibal's Mads Mikkelsen) wife, tortures her, then kills the accountant and takes her money back.
He says "predictably, the internet unpacked the sexual and racial politics of the video... Whilst ignoring the fact that this is just the kind of thing pop stars do at a certain point in their careers." I think this is a really interesting point to pick up on, due to the fact the author is stereotyping and classifying. He's suggesting audiences are oblivious to faults of an artist but also categorizing all pop stars in to a category of "they get desperate they have to do something drastic." It becomes clear to readers that the authors issue stems with the way some pop stars present themselves and it wouldn't be the first time this has been said.
He also says "The 'event video' must be long, self regarding, hubristic and flamboyantly expensive." He insinuates Rihanna uses her video to present herself as a "no fuck giving badass but comes off as somewhat desperate." His opinion on the subject is pop artists use controversial music videos too get views and more notability.
We read an article called Video Games by Column. It discusses "the new gratuitously violent and nudity-fueled Rihanna video which set the internet alight with righteous indignation." According to Dorian Lynskey, that could have been the whole point.
The article and writer argues that Rihannas new video is a basic 'mini movie'. It starts to insinuate that when an artist resorts to creating a short film for a music video that "its time too quit", according to Nirvana/foo fighters star Dave Grohl. It summarises the music video. Rihanna kidnaps the accountants (played by Hanibal's Mads Mikkelsen) wife, tortures her, then kills the accountant and takes her money back.He says "predictably, the internet unpacked the sexual and racial politics of the video... Whilst ignoring the fact that this is just the kind of thing pop stars do at a certain point in their careers." I think this is a really interesting point to pick up on, due to the fact the author is stereotyping and classifying. He's suggesting audiences are oblivious to faults of an artist but also categorizing all pop stars in to a category of "they get desperate they have to do something drastic." It becomes clear to readers that the authors issue stems with the way some pop stars present themselves and it wouldn't be the first time this has been said.
He also says "The 'event video' must be long, self regarding, hubristic and flamboyantly expensive." He insinuates Rihanna uses her video to present herself as a "no fuck giving badass but comes off as somewhat desperate." His opinion on the subject is pop artists use controversial music videos too get views and more notability.
Wednesday 16 September 2015
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