How will this help me?
After looking at how reoccurring themes throughout the indie genre are represented, it has helped me as I now understand how they are portrayed to the audience. For example, through the more controversial topics like alcohol and drugs, I have learnt that they are typically symbolised through lyrics, visuals and props rather than being shown themselves. Eg. A melting clock is seen in the Arctic Monkeys video which has connotations of the effects of drugs but it never shows any substances. This conforms to Barthes narrative codes which suggests things the audience see have deeper meaning. Also, I have realised that the gender of the person in the video is represented in according to what the gender of the artists is. For example if the artist is male then they represent males as strong and dominant (conforming to stereotypes) and females as being sexualised and conforming to the male gaze theory. If the artist is female, typically, both genders are represented as being more feminine and emotional which challenged male stereotypes.
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