This music video is called ‘ROAR’ by Katy Perry. To begin with it is quite effective because of
its narrative. In the beginning of the video everything seems to be going wrong,
the plane that Katy had been travelling on had crashed; there-for she was
trapped on a desert island with the pilot of the crashed plane. Just seconds after that had happened the pilot
had been attacked by a tiger and taken away leaving Katy by herself. Throughout
the rest of the video she had to adapt to her environment where she learned
that the rest of the animals were much like her; kind and friendly. The concept
of the music video is also effective as well because of how creative and
different it is. You wouldn't expect a young female to be trapped on an island
with nothing but animals that become her friends. Our expectations of the
scenario would be that she gets attacked or hurt by one of the animals whereas
in this video she was pampered and well looked after ,as if she was one of them
herself. The use of visual effects was
quite effective too as it was used very professional. In some music videos they
have a small budget but would still like to add visual effects, this leaves the
video looking unprofessional and rushed. Whereas in Katy Perry’s music video
everything looks surreal creating an effect on the viewers because they then
notice it is not realistic and actually a visual effect.
Friday 24 January 2014
Wednesday 8 January 2014
Taken film analysis
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCbDUREBwUg (TAKEN)
Taken is a 2008 English-language French action thriller film
which stars Liam Neeson.
He plays a former (CIA) operative who sets about tracking
down his daughter after she is kidnapped by human traffickers for sexual
slavery while travelling in France.
Enigma codes pose questions to the audience which are then
answered shortly after or later on in the film. For example, who is she? Where
is she going? Why is she doing that? They're questions enabling the audience to
get intrigued with the film and wanting to find out the answers to these
questions, therefore watching more of it. Enigma codes entice the audience to
watch the rest of the film as they're curious as to what will happen next; they
also help to move on the narrative.
An example of an enigma code is when the main character
(Liam Neeson’s) daughter is kidnapped by human traffickers. People may question
Why she was targeted out
of the thousands of girls in Paris?
Does her kidnapping link to her father?
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