Coursework: Summer Project 2024
1) Research: music videos Music Video 1: Narrative Taylor Swift - You Belong With Me This song we can apply Todorov's theory as well as Propp's theory as the equilibrium is that the artist Taylor as the girl who met the guy which can be the hero and she can be the princess later on they liked each other and got close however the villain which is the new girl with brunette hair who took away the guy from her and separated both of them this is now the dis equilibrium however finally the resolution which was at the end which seems like to be an event like prom where they met again and finally got together as the guy left and ignored the new girl and focused on Taylor his original real love partner where they expose the papers to each other that they wrote but was not able to reveal. we can apply Binary oppositions as the two girls are very opposite and juxtaposed in terms of looks and characters. Music Video 2: Camerawork (shots, angles, movement) The Weeknd - Blinding Lig