Bricolage

Today in lesson we were given a concept and had to work out what this concept was, i had to find out what the concept of 'Bricolage'. The term bricolage is used to describe a work that is made from combining existing materials, independent of their original purpose. The first thing i found out is how subcultural groups used other items of clothing and used them to promote their own messages. A example of this is punks using dog collars as a status symbol. It was the idea of putting a idea with another to create something new. It was about taking...

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Pastiche and Parody

Pastiche And Parody  Pastiche Unlike a parody, which aims for a comic or satiric effect, a pastiche is often intended as a compliment (or an homage) to the original writer though it may just be a collection of borrowed words and ideas. Pastiche is a serious version of what a parody is, it intends to pay tribute to the original text in a sense. Pastiche follows the post-modern root in saying 'Nothing is new'. Pastiche is really common in our society and has been implanted into many things typically music videos and films. Pastiche is...

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Auteur's in music videos

In today's lesson we found out how directors and producers of music videos. We looked at the music producer Chris Cunningham and were asked to find out his style and what he brings to his music videos. Analysing from Madonna, Aphex twins i have visually seen that he likes to insert a aspect of horror and unexpected elements which are disturbing. He also uses the pace of the music in sync with the video. Chris Cunningham is a very technical director...

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Music and me (Class)

Music and me Class discussion Today we discussed our Music and Me blog post with each other - Today's lesson revolved around the music and me blog post we had done in the previous lesson, in the lesson we went around each person and looked at the music videos that each of us had selected and everyone had to explain why and what made us choose these songs. I found that most of the songs chosen from our childhood were due to our...

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