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album analysis X5

Music Video stereotypes

Why does the media produces stereotypes?

to appeal to a wide audience [e.g Christina Agulara appealing to men.. not the primary audience] to make more money which will make more people buy the album

so the audience can identify with the artist from their social group they are displaying

so audience can link appearance of artist to stereotypical personality traits. this means the audience can identify with the artist

Artist or their status can be seen as aspiration/role model which cant be a positive thing

Video Analysis

Are the pop music videos reinforcing stereotypes?

Beyoncé run the world

1.What are the men/women doing?

Some men were charging in riot gear and the girls and squring up to them, the girls however stood ground standing on scraped cars with lions beside them. They're are some scenes were it took place in a desert

2.How are the men/women dressed?

The men are dressed in primarily black clothing and leather jackets, meanwhile the girls were half naked in short dresses 

3.Describe the body language of the men/women: are they sitting, standing?

The body language of the men started Looking intimidating but later in the video they started looking scared and worried, however the women looked confident and strong. 

4.Where is the video taking place?

The video is taking place either in a desert or underneath a highway or a bridge

5.What is the message of the song?

 The message of the song is that girls are as dominant in the world as men are and showing everyone is equal whatever gender

6.What is the story of the video?
the story of the video is that the girls are showing the men that they rule the world by dancing in minimal clothing in-front of them

7.What objects are shown in the video? (cars, jewellery)

At the begining of the video the men arrived in cars going towards the women who we're standing on scrap cars. Riot gear was used to look intimidating

8.What is the general atmosphere?

The atmosphere is very intimidating and building up to maybe something violant 

Summarise: do videos help to establish a stereotype of a pop star?

Yes, because there not wearing much clothing and all dancing in unison which may affect to a range of audiences primarily men get sucked into watching the video because of the reduced clothing of the women and the violant atmosphere which may help them release albums in the future where it affects all types of audiances to make more money and get a better reputation of a pop star 

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