Pop Genre - Encoding and Decoding

Natalie Imbruglia - "Torn"

"Youtube" link to the music video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEUrw3b85r4&ob=av2n

Heartbreak, Relationships, About the singer; not about the instruments, with a narrative to drive it

Encoded
- Relationships

Decode
- Unhappy / Melancholy

Signifiers
- Unrest
- Negative Body Language

Signified
- Distress / break up

Conventions
- Heartbreak, relationships
- Singer is the centre of the song