REPRESENTATION

It can be argued that all mediums are representations of someone or something: the way something is represented depends on how the ideas and characters come accross to the audience.
Media and Film studies handbook (Hodder Arnold, 2007) states: "Most media products reproduce dominant ideoligies in the way that they represent the world, which has led to many minorities complaining that that are misrepresented in the media." I believe that my music video is contrasting to this statement as i aim to represent parts of society which are not often shown in mediums such as music videos.

My music video includes representations of both male and females. Where some of these would be quite stereotypical roles, they are also quite unique in terms of characters which are usually portrayed in music videos.
The man which is represented in my video as the artist is a modern stereotype, he displays anger and is dressed in a fashion suitable to the musical genre. He plays quite a protective role over the younger girl in my video as he is later shown to be her brother. This is quite unusual for music videos as they often feature love stories rather than family related issues.

The girl in my video portrays the stereotypical 'damsel in distress' as she runs away from her home. However, she is also quite unique as she does not appeal to Laura Mulvey's 'male gaze' theory. This is because i have chosen a young girl to star in my video and it would therefore be inappropriate to the storyline for her to be used for voyeuristic purposes.

I am ultimately representing real life situations in the 21st century, but because it is through music video i am able to use more intimate imagery (with close ups as the spectators gaze) as well as the extra-diagetic gaze, where my characters will connect with the audience. I also aim to include some intra-diagetic gaze where the artist (brother) will be connecting with the young girl.