Media Language In Dream Flashcards
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Rap Genre Context
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- 1960s/70s
- developed by inner city african americans
- cross boundaries
- hip hop subculture / rapping, djing, breakdancing, graffiti
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Dizzie Rascal Context
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- solo rap artist
- sub-genre of garage and grime
- born in london, had a rough up bringing
- music was his passion and driving force
3
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video type of ‘dream’
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- performance and narrative
- d.r performs himself, directly addressing audience
- plays central character (amplify dream)
4
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Narrative in “Dream”
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- two worlds/ 1960s living room, contemporary city on piano
- journey of dizzies childhood and rise to fame
- Todorov/ linear narrative featuring disruption and resolution showing overcoming adversity
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Intertexuality/ Cultural Context in dream
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- refers 1960s children’s TV/ “Muffin the Mule”
- actress resembles host Annette Mills and puppets from show are used - Lord Charles”
- dmoa, positions audience as children being told story
- innocent, childlike backdrop contrast contemporary issues and issues spoken
- create nostalgia for older audiences
- reflects less complex society contrast contemporary issues (Gauntlett)
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Setting in Dream
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- juxtaposition of children TV characters with contemporary settings such as night club
- juxtaposition of matriarchal older women and young grime male ( fable like quality)
- period setting established through mise-en-scene (wallpaper, curtains, piano)
- contemporary setting of narrative, stereotypically socially deprevied
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Iconography in Dream
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- childhood reference (building blocks, musical box, toy car and helicopter, puppets)
- use establish video is fable with clear moral message
- mic prop when discuss music journey connating power as voice can be heard
8
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Characters in Dream
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- female pianist dmoa with audience introduce d. r, narrator, stereotypically older person to rap
- d.r plays himself
- puppets play others
9
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Lyrics connection with visuals
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- illustrates narrative in linear structure
- literal interpretation of lyrics, greater sense of verisimilitude and reliability
- simple props and iconography
10
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Barthes Theory of Semiotics
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- images semantically illustrates lyrics
- symbolically deeper meanings in relation to more abstract notion
- hoodie is a sign of youth rebellion
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Structuralism (Levi-Struass)
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- binary opposition reflect society hierarchy of power (white older women larger scale than black young male)
- childlikness signify nostalgia against harsh realities of life
- anti social behaviour vs hard work narrative
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Structuralism (Levi-Struass)
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- binary opposition reflect society hierarchy of power (white older women larger scale than black young male)
- childlikness signify nostalgia against harsh realities of life
- anti social behaviour vs hard work narrative
