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Lyrics: The visual track of the music video is only a performance video of the band playing the song. So there is not really a story behind the video. But the lyrics tell a story of a breakup. The song seems to be about the guy being better off without the girl, hence the song title "You won't be missed"
I do believe that the visuals add new meaning to the lyrics. The vocalist of the band looks really pissed off on every part of the song excluded the choruses, so the visuals and performance shows that he is very unhappy with the relationship depicted in the lyrics.

Music: The visuals definitely provide a feeling of tempo, rhythm and texture to the song. The visuals in the video depict the band jumping, stomping and headbanging to the music. Even though there is no story in this music video I think that these visuals really enhance the meaning of the song by just showing the band playing the song and interacting with it.

Performance: I would say that this video mimics the band's concert performance, they are doing a performance video just how they would play a live show. I like this raw approach of keeping it simple and just showing the band doing what they do. I would say that the technical capabilities of the video enhance the performance, just with the high quality cameras and different angles used in the video. It really takes the music and band to a new level interacting with the audience. The band definitely appears just like I would expect them to, normal clothed guys with a few tattoos. That's the look for metal bands nowadays. 

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     I produced a pop-punk/metal hybrid song. This song is divided into an Intro riff, verse, repeat intro riff for one measure, then a transition to a breakdown. Then a transition to the second chorus (with harmonies), then the outro riff.
     At this time my visualization for my music video has been just been some type of performance video of the band playing the song, then switching to the story part of the video. And back and forth throughout the whole song. That's all I have so far but some fresh ideas will definitely come shortly.

Video Killed The Radio Star

    I think that video definitely killed the radio star. Look at where we are at today with video versus radio. Yeah radio is still being used by many people. But lets face it, people only use the radio when they are driving their cars, and I think radio in cars are getting taken over by ipods and iphones.
    Video has taken over every aspect of communication, and nowadays video is definitely the most prevalent form. When people want to find out any information or listen to music, the internet is the go to source.
 

Copyright Laws

I believe that copyright laws do protect the media producers somewhat. These laws do not stop people from downloading movies, TV shows, video games, and software. But I think that it does discourage them. Some people have been caught downloading media illegally and lawsuits with hefty sums have followed.

So I think that copyright laws are there to discourage people than to rather stop them altogether. As for as the lawsuits go, this can encourage or scare people to actually buying the media. It's not worth pirating media just to get fined millions of dollars later and possibly ruin your life. It's way safer to do the responsible thing and buy it yourself.

Critical thinking is a thing of the past.

The technology of today is eliminating the need to think about our daily activities. Just take some time and think, when was the last time that you remembered to do something yourself without looking at your planner or calender on your phone?
With today's technology we don't have to think about what we have to do next, our next move is always a swipe and a button press away. This caters to our fast paced society, thus why they are so popular. We don't want to have to wait and we certainly don't want any complications. Critical thought is slowly dissolving and I don't think that it will ever go back to its original state.

Signifier-Signified

1. The music. This music gives off a feeling of unease and signifies that Mitt Romney is not the right guy.

2. The Penny. This could signify that Mitt Romney needs to be more like Abe Lincoln, a better president.

3. The "Gun Owners Beware" ad attacking Mitt Romney. This lists things that Mitt Romney has wanted to implement in our laws. This could signify that he is unconstitutional.



1. The gun in the beginning. This gun appears to be placed in the ad pointing at the watcher. This could be trying to get the message across subliminally. Making the watcher think that they will become a victim of gun violence if they do not vote for Gary Johnson.

2. The music track. Very eerie music track. Sets the tone for a problem. This could signify that there is a problem that needs fixing.

3. The crime scene tape. This could be intended to scare the watcher in the same method as number 1. Making the watcher think they could become a victim. But there is no gun pointed at their face this time. They are in the perspective of looking at the crime scene. Maybe a family member harmed or killed?




1. The commentary. At some points the commentator talks in a southern or "redneck" accent, also says words like "aint." This could signify that the ad is being centered towards country people and Harry Bertram likes country folk.

2. The song. Country Roads is being played throughout the ad. Another signifier that could appeal to the "redneck" audience and Harry Bertram likes the small town country people.

3. The ending video. This could signify that Harry has a sense of humor, and that was put there for a lasting impression to remember the ad.

Psychoanalysis....Alien

When watching the Alien movies as a kid I never noticed all of the sexual subtexts. Now watching it again recently and reading this article, it made me think. It really has a lot of sexual undertone.

Ripley has many scenes where she is barely clothed, and I noticed a lot of pornographic posters in rooms of the ship. Also the craziest of them all when Ash could have killed Ripley in many, many other ways. He decied to roll up a magazine and stuff it down her throat.......Yeah. No words need to be said, you know what I'm talking about. Lastly when Lambert is trapped up agaist a wall, the Alien seems to being playing with her, its tail moving around between her legs before finally killing her.

Now if knowing stuff like this is making people money and helping them get through life. Maybe more people should take up Media Studies and learn the way!