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  Coursework: Preliminary exercise 2024 Q1) The song I will be using is the famous song "Let It Happen" by Tame Impala. Q2)Music video 1:   On “Breathe Deeper,” Kevin considers stressful and negative situations, how deep breathing can help with staying calm and making it through the situation. It is very typical of the indie genre and is a very calming music video   Tame impala made this music video using animations specifically a CGI dragonfly that flies across the scene as we cut to many animated shot of the dragonfly moving across terrain. Tracking shots of the dragonfly moving across the terrain. The editing adds this sort of affect to the video making it seem nauseous and confusing to decipher. Music video 2: Higher Power " is a song by British rock  band Cold play. In the music video we can see the insane use of VFX and powerful editing as we can see the main actor in casual clothing, no makeup and no props. However we see the setting as we get a side...

 WWW: Good effort in presenting the slides(well spoken and loud)                                                                              Good concept fits really well with the genre of the music(indie)                                                                      Use of theories including Todorov's narrative and audience pleasures                                                            Good description of the Mise-en-scene EBI: Perhaps add more theories to ...

  Research: music videos Music video 1:  Title: Eminem- Not afraid Narrative: In terms of its narrative, the shots used to tell the story, and how it was edited together it strengthens the representation of the narrative shown to the audience Not  Afraid begins with Eminem shown standing on a rooftop in Manhattan, who is then repeatedly shown rapping in a shanty-looking apartment. As the video progresses, Eminem is repeatedly shown as being indestructible, as he crosses a busy high street, without stopping for cars, and without trying, he manages to avoid the cars. Eminem is then located in a mirror maze, which makes him slightly confused at first, but then he breaks the glass, and returns to New York City, which is shown to be half destroyed, and Eminem then takes a suicide leap, but instead of dying, he gains the ability to fly, and then flies around the city, returning to the rooftop where the music video had begun.  Throughout the music video, a key theme of...