Titanium - Representation

  Titanium - Representation



Recap

When we studied Heaven, what were the four elements of representation that we considered?

Now that we have them written down, begin to fill out these four elements with different representations from Titanium.




Task 1 - Representational Analysis

The video denotes a clear, linear storyline as a young boy escapes police after venturing out of his school. Enigma codes obfuscate the cause of young boys' situation, and an open-ended conclusion continues to heighten mystery. 

While there is a clear link between lyrics and visuals, the story itself is open to interpretation with no definitive ideological meaning.

  • What events are shown?
    • School
    • Home 
    • Woodland
  • What issues or topics are referred to?
    • Bullying
    • Abusive relationships
    • School shootings
    • Police brutality
  • Which social groups are denoted?
    • Teenagers
    • Teachers
    • Police
    • Parents
  • Which individuals are in the product?
    • Lee's character
    • Teacher
    • First police officer

Place each of these representational elements written in pink into the corresponding row in the table below. Identify denotations that represent these different elements and note down their connotations as well.





Task 2 - Audience Positioning

Now we need to consider how an audience is encouraged to respond to various representations within Titanium.
  • What is the preferred reading of Titanium? How are Sia's lyrics and David Wilson's visuals encouraging us to respond?
  • What might a negotiated or oppositional reading of this music video look like? Consider the negative representations of certain social groups.
  • Are there signs of realism? To what effect?

I also want us to consider some of our theories in relation to Titanium by writing two or three sentences of the application of each
  • Todorov's Narratology - consider equilibrium, disruption, return to new equilibrium
  • Neale's Genre Theory - consider repetition of genre codes and the effect of intertextuality
  • Hall's Representation - consider the extent to which this entire narrative is open to interpretation. Is there a dominant reading?






Homework

When answering these questions, we need analytical detail. 

You should write the question in your books before answering them in as much detail as possible.

Q:// What do you think is the connotative message of the video?

Q:// Do the social groups/individuals signify mainstream or alternative representations?

Q:// What, conventionally, influences the meaning of the visuals? What is the relationship between sound and image?

Q:// How is the artist represented?

Q:// How does the music video encode realism?

Q:// What viewpoints and ideologies are signified throughout the music video.

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