TYSON MOVIE 
(Opening 5 Minutes)
Although it is called Tyson the Movie it is actually a documentary about his life staring Tyson himself. The documentary starts with a black screen in which the titles fade in and out. The font happens to be coloured and very plain which breaks the conventions of the kind of font you would expect to see in a documentary. However you could argue that as Tyson himself has not lead a "normal life" the documentary would break the conventions as a link between the opening and what the audience are about to learn about the boxer. We then hear the non digectics sounds of a crowd and a bell ringing along with the soundtrack from rocky. The Documentary so far is unconventional s it starts off looking like its a film.
We then see a high long shot of Tyson in the ring, with his opponent. this tells us that the documentary is going to be based on his boxing career.
There is use of archive footage from Tyson's old fights, we can tell that this footage is old because of the quality of the clip i.e its grainy texture. The footage used was edited to imply that the knockout had happened within the first minute of the fight.
There is quite alot of freeze frames used throughout the documentary as there is archive footage being played which will then turn into a freeze frame and another frame would continue playing the clip of archive footage although it seemed as if Tyson was punching his component 2 or 3 times. There is also a use of the effect of swiping and fading the screen to black.
There is a frame that's frozen and zoomed in this reminds us of the Rocky film as it not only has the theme song that is played in rocky is also uses the same effects. We then hear the iconic quote "He can reign for a long long time" which was what the commentator said after Tyson won the fight, the sound of the bell the signifies that the introduction is over and the actual documentary is about to begin.
We then see the Tyson title appear o9n the black screen, which has Tyson written in very masculine bold writing the 'T' almost looks as if it is a male stance. The fire within the words represents Tyson's fiery personality and the anger within him from things that have previously happened in his life, and like the fire you cannot control him. The font is also very sharp and looks like if you were to touch the edges it would be like touching the point of a knife.
The screens overlap when Tyson was talking about himself, which makes it seem like he has multiple personalities. With the screens we can also see how he has physically changed since he started boxing.
Tyson starts talking bout his personal life in his own home, he looks very relaxed but it cuts from him being comfortable in his very posh apartment to where he grew up in Brooklyn, archive footage was also used to give people an idea of what the town was like in the 70's, this technique is called Anchorage as Mike Tyson is talking about Brooklyn and then the video that was shown was of Brooklyn.
JOHNNY CASH 'HURT' Music VideoPerformance and Narrative Video
The establishing shot is a medium long shot of Johnny Cash performing in his house with his guitar, it then cuts to a close up shot of him.in this shot we can see how much Johnny cash has aged since he first began performing. Johnny Cash was also known as the man in black, and we can see in this shot that he still wears the same sort of clothing that we wore when he was doing performances.
There is a close up of the American flag because he lived the American dream.He came from nothing, a poor background and became a rich and famous American icon who happened to have his own museum called 'House Of Cash'
. there is a shot of Cash going to sit down at his Piano, he opens the piano as if its his last chance of performing, and like this last performance is giving him the will to live. The piano performance also represents the end of his career/life as Johnny Cash the musician and becoming John R Cash. The video shows us archive footage of Cash on a steam train
and some home video's of him, his wife and his son. The slight sepia tint adds to the effect of the video, as the song itself is a reflective song that means something to him, so all the archive footage and sepia tinted shot make us feel like he is reflecting on everything that has every happened in his life, the footage that was actually shot for the video even looks as if its old footage that is being used as a sort of flash back shot.
There is a shot of all the things that were in the museum, but as the museum is closed to the public it seems as if everything has been moved into a room in Johnny Cash's own house. This also shows us that as the museum is now out closed to the public Johnny Cash's time of reigning is over, people have moved on with the music icons and left him behind almost as if the public lost intrest in him. We also see a close up shot of his mothher during the chourus in which he says "What have i become, my dearest friend everyone i know goes away in the end" we can assume that he is talking to his mother during this chorus as he feels like he has let her down and became a drug addicted washed away icon and maybe even to say that if she were still alive she wouldnt be able to recognise her own son as he doesnt even know what he has become himself.
There is a close-up shot of a golden record thats broken and just resting on the floor in a corner stood up against the wall,
and in the days that Cash was a Musician it was alot harder to get golden records than it is today, and for the record to be broken on the floor makes it seem as if the record is worth nothing anymore like its just an ordinary cd that has no meaning or worth. We see a shot of Cash sitting at a table with close ups of wealthy foods, such as caviar and lobster.
However he is sitting at the table on his self, this signifies that his fame and fortune is worth nothing if he has no one to share it with. Its also has the religious connotations of 'The Last Supper' except his alone. He is also pouring wine out on the table, which also has religious connotations as Jesus gave the disciples wine and told them to drink it for its was his blood that was shed for them. This is followed by a long shot of Cash sitting down in his home infront of a staircase with his wife standing on the stairs behind him positioned slightly higher than him and on the other side of his mothers photo. This emphasises the quote "Behind every great man theres a great woman"
We then see home video footage of Johnny Cash and his wife with their son, which shows the audience how he and his wife have grown old together. There is then a fast montage of Johnny cash's life both happy and sad, which includes some footage of "christ" from an old movie being crucified, which then cuts to a close up shot of Johnny Cash crying in hos old age. We then see some archive footage of one of the first performances which he did. We then get the closing, close up shot of johnny cash closing the piano lid
we can see the difference in his hands from the footage that we have seen as he had parkinsons disease and old wrinkled hands. He then gently strokes the lid to signify that its the end of his career and as he died shortly... after the end of his life.
Amy Winehouse - Back to BlackThe Video for Amy winehouses song back to black is a very simple video, as the song is quite a mellow/ sad song. If the song had alot of effects the video wouldnt be as effective. There happens to be alot of close up shots in the video which help to show the intense emotion which is portrayed by the video and by the song.
Its also very apparent that the video is dark, as the song is a mellow sad song. There are close ups of her tattoo's, especially the two hearts that are on her shoulder.
As the song is talking about her ex boyfriend being in a relationship with 2 people its fair to assumpe that the funeral is her ex boyfriends funeral. However there is a blose up shot of the grave and it says 'the heart of Amy Winehouse.' Which impressed me as the general assumptuion would be that she killed him, but she held a funeral as a representation of the end of her love life and there relationship.
. However In the Video Amy Winehouse is very isolated by everybody else, as she is in a room filled with people and every body else is faded away into the background, which suggests that as she is so hurt she is pushing everyone away and blocking them out. This is also shown at the 'Funeral' when she is walking infront of the funeral car with a box in her hand, and everybody else is walking behind the car.
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Rihanna- Russian Roulette
The Video starts with Rihanna stroking some spots of blood which are on the floor. It then pans and shows scrathes across the wall. When the camera zoom's out we can see that there are 2 people guarding rihanna in this padded room. We then start to see flash back shots of her and a man playing russian roulette, flash back clips of them passing the gun to each other. It the cuts to rihanna laying down on the floor in a dark room where the only light that is shining is on her as if its coming threw a tiny hole. Whilst she starts to sing we see more flash back shits happening, which implies that what ever has happened in her flashbacks has turned her into an unstable person, hence the reason she is being guarded by 2 people in a padded room.
It then continues to a scene where she is being interrogated about what happened in the room, she is sitting in a padded chair, and blood starts to trickle down her chest. as she is already in a padded cell the blood could be imaginary and a de ja vu of where the blood splattered in the past, when the man shot himself. As soon as she says "As My Life Flashes Before My Eyes" the scene starts to flash, it almost looks as if it is a lightening effect. however within these flashes we see continue to see flash backs.it also literallu shows the past events flashing in our eyes.just before the song ends we hear and bang and see rihanna's shocked face, which implies that he lost the game of russlian roulette abd ended uo shotting the bullet into his own head. A cloud of red smoke, which represents the bloody room appears in her padded cell. Rihanna then lies in the corner and the video fades to black.
THIS IS THE LIFE Short FilmThe short film starts with opening titles which said 'this is the life' with a black background, the titles are plain white writing, alongside a soundtrack. The establishing shot is of the kitchen and the family getting ready in the kitchen. This shot seems like its a point of view shot as, it looks like you are actually sitting on the table, this is accomplished with used of a handheld camera. (This short film would be classed as 'Kitchen Sink Realism' which is a British film about white working class people.) There is a close up of the moms face to show her emtions while shes asking her children to do things and get ready. There is non diegetic sounds of slow mellow acoustic guitar. We also see a sound bridge with the music and the shots. ( a sound bridge is when music links two shots together.)
We can see that the brother and sister have a very close relationship, from the scenes we have gathered that there is no father around, so its as if his sister is another parentto him.
The mise en scene is well thought about as it looks like its a real life white working class estate,with the rubbish in the front garden.
There is quite alot of freeze frames used throughout the documentary as there is archive footage being played which will then turn into a freeze frame and another frame would continue playing the clip of archive footage although it seemed as if Tyson was punching his component 2 or 3 times. There is also a use of the effect of swiping and fading the screen to black.
There is a frame that's frozen and zoomed in this reminds us of the Rocky film as it not only has the theme song that is played in rocky is also uses the same effects. We then hear the iconic quote "He can reign for a long long time" which was what the commentator said after Tyson won the fight, the sound of the bell the signifies that the introduction is over and the actual documentary is about to begin.
. there is a shot of Cash going to sit down at his Piano, he opens the piano as if its his last chance of performing, and like this last performance is giving him the will to live. The piano performance also represents the end of his career/life as Johnny Cash the musician and becoming John R Cash. The video shows us archive footage of Cash on a steam train
There is a shot of all the things that were in the museum, but as the museum is closed to the public it seems as if everything has been moved into a room in Johnny Cash's own house. This also shows us that as the museum is now out closed to the public Johnny Cash's time of reigning is over, people have moved on with the music icons and left him behind almost as if the public lost intrest in him. We also see a close up shot of his mothher during the chourus in which he says "What have i become, my dearest friend everyone i know goes away in the end" we can assume that he is talking to his mother during this chorus as he feels like he has let her down and became a drug addicted washed away icon and maybe even to say that if she were still alive she wouldnt be able to recognise her own son as he doesnt even know what he has become himself.
and in the days that Cash was a Musician it was alot harder to get golden records than it is today, and for the record to be broken on the floor makes it seem as if the record is worth nothing anymore like its just an ordinary cd that has no meaning or worth. We see a shot of Cash sitting at a table with close ups of wealthy foods, such as caviar and lobster.
However he is sitting at the table on his self, this signifies that his fame and fortune is worth nothing if he has no one to share it with. Its also has the religious connotations of 'The Last Supper' except his alone. He is also pouring wine out on the table, which also has religious connotations as Jesus gave the disciples wine and told them to drink it for its was his blood that was shed for them. This is followed by a long shot of Cash sitting down in his home infront of a staircase with his wife standing on the stairs behind him positioned slightly higher than him and on the other side of his mothers photo. This emphasises the quote "Behind every great man theres a great woman"
We then see home video footage of Johnny Cash and his wife with their son, which shows the audience how he and his wife have grown old together. There is then a fast montage of Johnny cash's life both happy and sad, which includes some footage of "christ" from an old movie being crucified, which then cuts to a close up shot of Johnny Cash crying in hos old age. We then see some archive footage of one of the first performances which he did. We then get the closing, close up shot of johnny cash closing the piano lid 
we can see the difference in his hands from the footage that we have seen as he had parkinsons disease and old wrinkled hands. He then gently strokes the lid to signify that its the end of his career and as he died shortly... after the end of his life.
. However In the Video Amy Winehouse is very isolated by everybody else, as she is in a room filled with people and every body else is faded away into the background, which suggests that as she is so hurt she is pushing everyone away and blocking them out. This is also shown at the 'Funeral' when she is walking infront of the funeral car with a box in her hand, and everybody else is walking behind the car.
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