Redundancy: Highly predicted, understandable, expected and conventional.
Eg, Small talk - which has no depth or length in the conversation.
Eg, Small talk - which has no depth or length in the conversation.
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| The picture of this sunset is very redundant because it's what we would normally associate sunsets with - the sea. There is nothing in this photography that is abnormal, therefore making it predictable, and thus redundant. |
Entropy: Unpredictable, surprising and unexpected.
Eg, a normal conversation which turns into an argument.
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| This image is entropic, because of the way that the girl is smiling, which contradicts what the sheet of paper says. Clearly though however, the statement on the sheet is sarcastic - but this is what helps it have the entropic element. |
Redundant
- The location matches the theme of the song
- Functional camera angles, cuts, etc.
- Women are dressed in revealing outfits
- The singers mime to the words
- Story of a couple
- Cut in time of the music
- Story matches story line
- Song about love
- Rihanna and Eminem together = big budget music video
Entropic
- Huge SPX
- Story line incorporated in the music video
- Huge star, Megan Fox
- Actors mine a part of the song as though they are speaking
- Flare light use
- Contrast in settings (between the field of wheat, the burning house, etc)
- A rapper and singer are together in one song
- It is a mutual problem between the couple in the story, whereas in most music videos, the problem always arises from the man cheating on the woman.
= This music video looks redundant, but at the same time it is rare to have an extremely famous & successful actor in a music video itself (ie, Megan Fox). Also, the way that the actors sometimes mime the words along with Eminem's rapping in the middle of a scene is unusual. The concept of the song itself is typically mainstream, due to the fact that it's dealing with relationship issues, but the visual way in which this song is portrayed did deliver more than just my expectations; due to the unusual twists within it.
California Girls - Katy Perry ft. Snoop Dogg
Redundant
- Cut in time of the music
- Women are dressed in revealing outfits
- Functional camera angles, cuts, etc
- Big budget music video
- The location matches the theme of the song
- The singers mime to the words
- Dancing/Dancing in a provocative way
- The singer is collaborated with someone else
- Very colorful
- Not very in-depth regarding values or significance, just a happy song
- Nudity
- Mainstream music video
- Snoop Dogg is made to look like 'pimp'
Entropic
- Huge SPX
- It is set in a board game
- Animation is used, (such as the gummy bears)
- Humorous, (the gummy bear swears at Katy Perry)
- Animation & real life mixed together
= This music video is redundant because it came within my expectations. However the huge take to the special effects and animation which is frequently incorporated did surprise me; as I did not expect these things to occur in this music video, - but it made it enjoyable to watch. The theme to the music video runs very much parallel to the song, which is what makes it redundant; as well as the fact that Katy Perry & all her backing dancers are dressed in provocative, revealing outfits.
Hold On - Good Charlotte
Redundant
- Cut in time of the music
- Functional camera angles, cuts, etc
- The location matches the theme of the song
- The singers mime to the words
Entropic
- Doesn't seem a big budget music video
- Uses people from real life
- It's about a significant cause, made to help people
- Real specific statistics and facts are used to back up the meaning behind the lyrics
- Writing is on the screen, as well as just footage
- A long cut in the music, for dialogue to be played by the people featured in the music video
- The people featured are of all ages
- It gives an important message
- Mainstream song, not a mainstream music video
= In my opinion, this music video is mostly entropic because the message behind the song is not common. The way that there are people included it who possibly actually do have had real experiences of what the song is about in this music video, makes the audience feel more towards it's messages and values. This video does appear to be made for a significant cause in order to help people. Real statistics, facts and dialogue are used to help project this sense of realism and meaning into the song and its visual portrayal.
Rude Boy - Rihanna
Redundant
- Cut in time of the music
- Functional camera angles, cuts, etc
- The singer mimes to the words
- The women wear revealing outfits
- Dancing/Provocative dancing
Entropic
- SPX/3D effects
- Black and white sections are edited in with color sections
- Cartoon based, no real-life background
- The location doesn't match the theme of the song
- Theme is around animals
= This music video is mostly redundant, because although animation and SPX are the dominant themes of this video - the mainstream lyrics are expressed as a stereotypical mainstream music video. For instance, Rihanna and her backup dancers wear revealing, provocative outfits in every shot; and they dance around men in provocative ways. Also, Rihanna mimes to the song lyrics, just as artists typically do in these types of music videos. However, in contrast, there is a strong entropic side to this music video, as the animated, random locational backgrounds do not match the idea of the song, and the dominant dress theme is based around animals. Yet in my opinion, the editing plays the biggest part in making this music video have an entropic side; as there are different overlaid shots, spontaneous hue changes between colour and black and white, animated props/backgrounds, etc, animated writing incorporated in the shots, and different types of angles, cut paces and camera movements.
Concepts which are very similar in each music video:
- Cut in time of the music
- Women are dressed in revealing outfits
- Functional camera angles, cuts, etc
- Mostly always a big budget music video
- Theme to the song
- The singers mime to the words
- Actors/Other people other than the band in the video
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