5 mark question

Explain one way in which music videos use media language to differ from each other refer to one example of contrasting media language in two music videos you have studied in your answer

Music videos use media language to differ from each other this is seen in the little mix music video black magic with the costumes that they wear such as the baggy non reveling clothes and later on they wear fashionable revealing clothes to gain the male attention where as in somebody to you by the vamps they are wearing shorts and a tee shirt to show the laid back sense this gives us a major contrast between the two media texts as they are aimed at different people resulting in the different mise-en scene these are what set these two music videos apart

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  1. JCoSS Media Dept7 March 2018 at 04:46

    Josh! PLEASE USE PUNCTUATION!

    You have written "as they are aimed at different people", but are they? Who is the target audience?

    3/5 The first half of this response answers the question well, however you lose focus half way through. I'm not sure what you're trying to say towards the end of your answer.

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