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

Rock Genre - Encoding and Decoding

Guns ‘n’ Roses - "Paradise City"

"Youtube" link to video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rbm6GXllBiw&ob=av2e

Live performance show the thousands of fans, Sunglasses suggest tropical warm weather, associated with holidays and ‘rocker’ dress sense is typical of the genre of music

Encoded
- Dress Sense – rocker, long hair, unkempt, Black
- Guitars, Head banging, High Energy Performances
- Lifestyle is busy
- Famous but have kept their roots

Decode
- Rebellious, big performance for their fans.
- Enjoying their lifestyle
- Carefree

Signifiers
- Guitars, Instruments

Signified
- Band
- Rock, Rebelliousness, ‘epic’

Conventions
- Smoking, drugs
- Non-conformist lifestyles
- long hair, anarchy, youth, rocker fashion
- dark undertones, death