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Music video: Recurring- Ellie Bunce lots of camera effects, something do do while shooting, not in edit. As a video it is very interpretive. the story that is  shown could be story of the life of the person, for example the earthy start to the video suggests the start of life. the story progresses as we see a pile of books, this suggest the early life and education that the pro former had. The constant reminder of a girl being lost in the woods suggest the person being lost in life and unknown as to where to go next.  Finally, the person looks back at memories, and looks down the tunnel this is known as a metaphor for the cycle of life. Overall, the music video resembles the cycle of life and somebodies journey through life.    Say Amen Saturday night-Panic at the disco   The story that is betrayed is based around the key, the key represents greed and violence.  The key shows how people are influenced by power as the key has a very ...

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This music video was released in 2004, in his "boy in da corner" album. This album was first released on 21 July 2003 by XL Recordings in the United Kingdom before being released the following year in the United States. A widespread critical success, Boy in da Corner became one of the most acclaimed records of 2003 and went on to win the Mercury Prize for best album from the UK and Ireland. It also peaked at number 23 on the British albums chart and sold over 250,000 copies worldwide by 2004. The song writer was D.Mills], and the music video was directed by Dougal Wilson, he is known for his adverts for IKEA, Lurpak, Heinz and perhaps most famously John Lewis, Dougal started out by creating playful, humorous music videos. His videos for big names including Jarvis Cocker, Bat for Lashes, Basement Jaxx and Dizzee Rascal are what got him noticed by the ad agencies. This is the music video:  My original reaction to the music video was: the puppets that are shown in the...

Clay says this about the change in consumption... "for the first time in the history of television, some cohorts of young people are watching TV less than their elders[…] young populations with access to fast, interactive media are shifting their behavior away from media that presupposes pure consumption" Consumption is the act of using a good, resource or service. Clay has views on the future of all forms of media as Clay says... "when we use a network, the most important asset we get is access to one another. We want to be connected to one another, a desire that the social surrogate of television deflects, but one that our use of social media actually engages"

What does it mean to be a fan? abbreviated form of the word ‘fanatic’ it has roots in the Latin word ‘fanaticus’ ‘fanaticus’ meant ‘a temple servant, a devotee’ Henry Jenkins says that ‘the relationship between readers and writers [is] an ongoing struggle for possession of the text and for control over its meanings’. Jenkins also says that the are stereotypical fans the characteristics include:  that the fans are brainless consumers they devote their lives to worthless knowledge they place inappropriate importance on cultural material they are social misfits, emotionally immature they are unable to separate fantasy from reality Jenkins says that there are 5 levels of activity for a fan, these levels include: Number 1, a particular mode of reception:this means that fans watch with a mixture of ‘emotional proximity and critical distance'. Number 2, particular interpretive practices, this means that a fan will create ‘strong parallels between their own l...