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taylornation · 1 year

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WE’RE NOT FINE AT ALL! Taylor is nominated for FOUR GRAMMYs! 🧣 Song of the Year - All Too Well (10 Minute Version) (The Short Film) 🎬 Best Music Video - All Too Well: The Short Film 🎸 Best Country Song - I Bet You Think About Me 🪶 Best Song Written for Visual Media - Carolina

#GRAMMYs #Song of the Year #All Too Well (10 Minute Version)#All Too Well: The Short Film #I Bet You Think About Me #Taylor's Version #Carolina #Best Music Video #Best Country Song #Best Song Written for Visual Media #Recording Academy

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swiftieinbrazil · 1 year

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Taylor Swift's nominations for the 65th Annual Grammy Awards

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itstaylorbitches · 1 year

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Taylor has been nominated for 4 Grammy Awards, which will be held on February 5, 2023, in Los Angeles:

Song of the Year - All Too Well (10 Minute Version)

Best Music Video - All Too Well: The Short Film

Best Country Song - I Bet You Think About Me

Best Song Written for Visual Media - Carolina

Finally, Taylor ties Lionel Richie and Paul McCartney as the most nominated artist in the "Song of the Year" category with 6 nominations.

#taylor nation #taylor swift #taylornation #taylorswift #grammy awards #los angeles #grammy #song of the year #best music video #best country song #best song written for visual media #carolina #i bet you think about me #all too well #all too well (10 minute version)#all too well: the short film #red taylor’s version #Paul McCartney #lionel richie

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m0ch4-cup · 1 year

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Daily life of a serial killer

#artwork #character art #original character #original work #oc artwork #original art #oc #my oc art #my characters #dancing walking rearranging furniture #babs is shopping #i let the bird out of the cage #banger #best song ever #best song written for visual media

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godlesslostsoul · 5 months

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You want me to cry on command? Only one way: Lift Me Up by Rihanna

Bonus points if it’s the credits after I watched Wakanda Forever again

#black panther #black panther wakanda forever #wakanda forever #sobbing #when I saw it in theaters I cried on command three times #the funeral at the beginning #when the queen died (specifically when I heard Shuris cries)#the credits with the song (even harder when the end credit scene played)#lift me up #Rihanna thank you for this master piece #fun fact it’s the only non Barbie movie Grammy nominee for best song written for visual media #if she loses I’ll sob

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lonfetti · 1 year

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LONNIE. 4TOWN IS A GRAMMY NOMINEE

IMAGINE BEYONCE, TAYLOR SWIFT, AND FUCKING LADY GAGA BEINH BEATED BY 4TOWN IM CRYING

#and the best song written for visual media grammy goes to!!!! 4TOWN!!!!!!!!!#AND THEN FINNEAS JORDAN FISHER GRAYSON TOPHER AND JOSH LEVI GO ON STAGE IM AHHAHAHAHAHAH #GO GET EM BOYS

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doyoulikethissong-poll · 6 months

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A. R. Rahman - Jai Ho 2008

"Jai Ho" is a song composed by A. R. Rahman for the 2008 film Slumdog Millionaire. He planned the score in two months and completed it in 20 days. "Jai Ho" is a phrase which can be roughly translated as "Let there be victory". At the time of its release, covers and remixes of the song and performances of the "Jai Ho" dance were posted on YouTube. It received universally favorable reviews from music critics, who cited it as the best song on the Slumdog Millionaire soundtrack, which peaked at #4 on the US Billboard 200 Chart.

"Jai Ho" won an Academy Award for Best Original Song and a Grammy Award for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media.

Slumdog Millionaire won eight Academy Awards in total, including Best Picture and Best Original Music Score, seven BAFTA Awards, including Best Film and Best Film Music, and four Golden Globe Awards, including Best Film and Best Original Score. The soundtrack won two Grammy Awards, one for the album itself and another, as previously mentioned, for "Jai Ho".

It recieved a total of 63,8% yes votes! :D 💖

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#finished #high votes #high yes #high reblog #a. r. rahman #00s #soundtracks

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mearcatsreturns · 3 months

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I have a bookstagram, and I recently followed someone because they posted about the overconsumption issue that most bookish social media seems to have. Today, though, they posted another controversial "opinion": that listening to audiobooks isn't reading, and people who claim to have read a bunch of books that they listened to as audiobooks are lying and/or deluded. Listening to audiobooks, she said, is just consuming books.

I disagreed in a fairly politely worded reply, and I intend to unfollow/block, because I find it unlikely this person will change their mind, especially since I'm far from the only person to point out that this is exclusionary and ableist. But this is tumblr/my house, and now I'm going to be as blunt as I want to be.

I'm a librarian and archivist. So much of the work I and others in my field do focuses on making books and reading more accessible and less exclusionary. It is, in fact, incredibly ableist to negate how important audiobooks are for people who have certain disabilities or challenges, and I would in no universe say they aren’t reading. For that matter, a busy person who only has time for audiobooks and for people who just prefer them--it still counts, as far as I'm concerned.

See, there's a difference between an audiobook and a podcast or long song or radio program. An audiobook is still a book--it was written with a particular narrative structure, and the author plays a defined but limited role (once the book is written, it's written; the author isn't tuning in next episode with comments and corrections based on what listeners said). An audiobook is a book, ergo, listening to one is reading. Using braille is reading, and listening to audiobooks is reading.

The part that has me in full Captain Raymond Holt "apparently that is a trigger for me" mode is that this bookstagrammer called listening to audiobooks consumption. In the context of her other posts about overconsumption as an issue in the bookish community (again, agree, but also...mind your own business), this seems particularly insidious to me. Conflating influencer-driven (and capitalist hellscape) consumption with listening to an audiobook (again, a massive boon for the visually impaired and those with disabilities like ADHD, dyslexia, etc.) is rude at best and dangerously exclusionary at worst. Stop letting comparison be the thief of joy; mind your own business and stop looking at the pages that bother you. Focus on the kindness of leaning towards inclusion, meeting people where they are, and leaving judgment behind.*

*This person also said "feel free to comment if you disagree but please don't be mean or judgmental," as if they hadn't just posted the most ableist and judgmental sludge I've seen today.

tl;dr: don’t be a gatekeeping shithead, mind your own business, and

(gif by matalyn on tenor, couldn't find on tumblr)

#books #bookstagram #reading #bookish culture #audiobooks #inclusivity #i am honestly so brave for not arguing with more people #I didn't become a lawyer because I didn't want to monetize my number one hobby (arguing)#this person says they're getting a PhD and writing a dissertation on publishing #so I worry that people will lend their posts a certain weight they don't deserve #so here I am: I've literally taken graduate courses in the history of books and the text as a concept.#i specialized in that. it's what I intend to get a PhD in if I decide I'm insane enough to go back to grad school #anyway trust me bro (gender neutral)#(i won't die on ANY hill but i sure will on a whole lot)

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beyonce-knowles-carter · 1 year

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Beyoncé has received 9 nominations for the 2023 Grammy Awards, making her the most nominated person in Grammy history with 88 total nominations.

Album of the year - renaissance Song of the year - break my soul Record of the year - break my soul Best dance/electronic music album - renaissance Best dance/electronic recording - break my soul Best song written for visual media - be alive Best r&b song - cuff it Best traditional r&b performance - plastic off the sofa Best r&b performance - virgo’s groove

#beyedit #beyonceedit #beyoncé #musicedit #wocedit #marya

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trendfilmsetter · 6 months

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The BARBIE movie has received 11 Grammy nominations.

- Record of the Year

Billie Eilish - What Was I Made For?

- Song of the Year

Billie Eilish - What Was I Made For?

Dua Lipa - Dance the Night

-Best Rap Song

Nicki Minaj & Ice Spice Featuring Aqua - Barbie World

-Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media

Various Artists - Barbie the Album

-Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media

Mark Ronson & Andrew Wyatt - Barbie

-Best Pop Solo Performance

Billie Eilish - What Was I Made For?

- Best Song Written for Visual Media

Billie Eilish - What Was I Made For?

Dua Lipa - Dance the Night

Nicki Minaj & Ice Spice Featuring Aqua - Barbie World

Ryan Gosling - I’m Just Ken

#barbie #barbie movie #barbie the movie #barbie the album #nicki minaj #ice spice #ryan gosling #i’m just ken #margot robbie #grammys #grammys 2024 #grammy nominee #grammy nomination

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slaybey · 1 year

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2023 GRAMMYs nominations / 🏆 = she won

Best Dance/Electronic Recording: BREAK MY SOUL 🏆

Best Dance/Electronic Album: RENAISSANCE 🏆

Song of the Year: BREAK MY SOUL ❌

Best Song Written For Visual Media: Be Alive ❌

Best R&B Performance: VIRGO’S GROOVE ❌

Best Traditional R&B Performance: PLASTIC OFF THE SOFA 🏆

Best R&B Song: CUFF IT 🏆

Record of the Year: BREAK MY SOUL ❌

Album of the Year: RENAISSANCE ❌

🐝 Beyoncé is the most nominated artist at the 2023 GRAMMYs (9) 🐝 Beyoncé is now the most nominated artist in GRAMMYs history (+80)

#beyonce #grammys 2023 #news

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holly-poly · 6 months

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Signups Open

The nominations are now all processed (final count: 675 fandoms and 4368 ships in the tagset) and signups are now open. They will remain so until 11:00am UTC on 11 November. Please click here to see when the deadline is for your timezone.

The sign-up form is here. If you have any difficulties, let us know by commenting on this post or sending an e-mail to [email protected].

As a reminder:

- You can request/offer 3-10 fandoms - You can request/offer 1-20 relationships per fandom - If you would like to request/offer any nominated relationship, tick the "Any" box - Make certain to choose which medium or mediums you are willing to create for each fandom

Please make sure to familiarise yourself with the updated rules and the minimums for each type of fanwork over here since we have several new fanwork types this year.

Please remember that Any really does mean any. Do not request or offer Any unless you mean it. Any does not mean "any relationships except for these certain ones" or "any relationships involving this character" or "this relationship that I really like but forgot to nominate." It means any relationship whatsoever that was nominated under that fandom and is currently listed in the tag set.

It is fine to include prompts asking that a fourth/fifth/sixth/etc. character be added to the relationship you've requested. (For example, if you requested Harry/Hermione/Ron, you can include a prompt along the lines of: "... and if you want to have Neville join in, that's fine with me!") As with everything included in the Optional Details box or Dear Creator letter, though, please note that any such request is optional. Your creator is only required to create a fanwork for the specific relationship that you matched on.

Under the Requests section of the sign-up, there is a field to put a link to a Dear Creator letter if you have written one. There is also a box for Optional Details where you can put Do Not Wants, prompts, and various other details. While the optional details section of signups is optional, it is strongly suggested that participants include DNWs. Any DNWs or triggers included in the signup itself will be enforced by the mods as long as they are reasonable (ie, something that the mods can easily look for and that isn't extremely subjective).

Any DNWs listed in letters but not the signup itself, as well as any general likes/dislikes/prompts/etc. listed in the signup or in letters, are optional for the creator.

Anyone requesting vids or other visual media is encouraged to list any accessibility requirements they have in their sign-up alongside other DNWs, such as no flashing lights, no fast-moving cuts, no high contrast, no songs by [insert artist here], etc. Please try to at least provide details about general music that you like/dislike as well if you request either vids or fanmixes. Providing aesthetic preferences for visual fanworks (including face claims if applicable for the fandom) is encouraged too, to give the person creating for you an idea of what you like.

For anyone requesting podfics, please indicate whether or not you'd like your own fanworks podficced and gifted to you. If possible, try to provide more information about your likes/dislikes as well so that the person creating a podfic for you can try to make sure the fic they're recording is one that you will enjoy.

When you submit your sign-up, there is also an Optional Details box located under the Offers section. If there is any specific topic, or rating, that is a strong DNW or trigger for you and you don't want to receive an assignment that mentions said topic even as an optional prompt, please provide details in that box. We will do our best to accommodate such requests when doing matching but cannot make any promises. You are also welcome to send an e-mail to the above address, if you prefer.

Participants will be matched on fandom, relationship, and medium (fanart, fanfic, fanvid, podfic). Please note that you only need to create a fanwork for one of the relationships requested; if you match on more than one, it is your decision which one (or ones) to choose.

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#holly poly 2023 #signups

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luckydiorxoxo · 6 months

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#GRAMMYs Best Song Written For Visual Media Nominees:

Barbie World - Nicki Minaj & Ice Spice Featuring Aqua

Dance The Night - Dua Lipa

I’m Just Ken - Ryan Gosling

Lift Me Up - Rihanna

What Was I Made For? - Billie Eilish

#GRAMMYs Best Pop Solo Performance Nominees:

Flowers - Miley Cyrus

Paint The Town Red - Doja Cat

What Was I Made For? - Billie Eilish

Vampire - Olivia Rodrigo

Anti-Hero - Taylor Swift

The nominees for Best Film Score at the #GRAMMYs

• Barbie

• Oppenheimer

• The Fabelmans

• Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

• Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

#GRAMMYs Album of the Year Nominees:

Midnights - Taylor Swift

SOS - SZA

World Music Radio - Jon Batiste

The record - Boygenius

ENDLESS SUMMER VACATION - Miley Cyrus

Did You Know That There's A Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd - Lana Del Rey

The Age Of Pleasure - Janelle Monáe

GUTS - Olivia Rodrigo

#GRAMMYs nominations for Best Melodic Rap Performance:

Attention - Doja Cat

Low - SZA

Spin Bout U - Drake & 21 Savage

All My Life - Lil Durk & J. Cole

Sittin' On Top Of The World - Burna Boy & 21 Savage

#GRAMMYs nominations for Best New Artist:

Gracie Abrams

Fred Again

Ice Spice

Jelly Roll

Coco Jones

Noah Kahan

Victoria Monét

The War and Treaty

#Grammys nominations for Best R&B Album:

Girls Night Out - Babyface

What I Didn't Tell You (Deluxe) - Coco Jones

Special Occasion - Emily King

JAGUAR II - Victoria Monét

CLEAR 2: SOFT LIFE EP - Summer Walker

#GRAMMYS nominees for Best Song of the Year

A&W - Lana Del Rey

Anti-Hero - Taylor Swift

Butterfly - Jon Batiste & Dan Wilson

Dance The Night - Dua Lipa

Flowers - Miley Cyrus

Kill Bill - SZA

vampire - Olivia Rodrigo

What Was I Made For? - Billie Eilish

#GRAMMYs Best Pop Duo/Group Performance Nominees:

Thousand Miles - Miley Cyrus Featuring Brandi Carlile

Candy Necklace - Lana Del Rey Featuring Jon Batiste

Never Felt So Alone - Labrinth Featuring Billie Eilish

Karma - Taylor Swift Featuring Ice Spice

Ghost In The Machine - SZA Featuring Phoebe Bridgers

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meishouse · 4 months

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media i could talk about for hours

Spiderman: Into the Spider-Verse (dir. Peter Ramsey, Bob Persichetti, Rodney Rothman) & Spiderman: Across the Spider-Verse (dir. Joaquim Dos Santos, Justin K. Thompson, Kemp Powers) You know ther story, after being bit by a radioactive spider, Miles Morales becomes Spider-Man and soon is embroiled in a battle to save the multiverse after he collides with alternate versions of himself. These two movies are easily, in my opinion, some of the greatest feats of animation I've ever seen. With the clear and concrete understanding of the rules of animation, the brilliant animation team, bend and break those rules so perfectly to fit the story and to further foreshadow the storyline. Plus, with an amazing two soundtracks produced by Daniel Pemberton and Metro Boomin, respectively, the movie has this amazing connection with lovers of hip hop and trap music.

Saltburn (dir. by Emerald Fennel) in which wealthy Felix sympathises with his newfound friend's living situation and invites him to spend the summer with him and tragedy soon engulfs the entire family. Okay first of all, that synopsis does not do the movie justice, anyone who's seen Saltburn will back me up on this, but there's truly no combination of words that could even begin to describe the beauty of both the plot and visuals of Saltburn. The story and plot simply unrivals anything else I've seen, the use of music throughout was absolute perfection and iconic. If you've not seen it yet, you really should.

Fleabag (dir. Harry Bradbeer, Tim Kirkby (pilot)) based on the book written by the wonderfully witty Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Fleabag is a series following a woman (known only as Fleabag) with a dry sense of humour navigating life and love in London whilst dealing with the grief of her best friend. The series is nothing short of pure, unbridled brilliance, it is raw and real and honest and so tenderly human. It is one of those shows that left me wishing I could relive watching it for the first time, over and over.

Bojack Horseman (created by Raphael Bob-Waksberg) a show about a humanoid horse, a famous 90s sitcom star, who struggles with substance abuse amidst his desire for a comeback. The series took place over six seasons and follows the growth of Bojack and his friends. Bojack Horseman encouraged me to question several of my own morals while confronting the complexity of people and the complexity of morality. And yet, it does this so simplistically, almost without you really realising it, captivating your attention in a spell. It also targeted many real-world issues without being overwhelming. A truly binge-worthy show.

Someone Great (dir. Jennifer Kaytin Robinson) dumped by her long-term boyfriend, music journalist (played by Gina Rodriguez) recruits her two best friends for one last outrageous adventure before she leaves that chapter of her life for good. Now, I think Someone Great did the perfect job of depicting love, in all its form and stages, in such a visually powerful way. The soundtrack features songs by Lorde, who is a visionary in powerful, emotional, lyrics on both love and heartbreak. Jennifer Kaytin Robinson managed to, in my humble opinion, perfectly encapsulate the feeling of first love (and heartbreak) throughout the movie. Someone Great, is, for this reason, my favourite movie of all time.

#saltburn #emerald fennell #someone great #gina rodriguez #metro boomin #into the spider verse #miles morales #across the spiderverse #fleabag #phoebe waller bridge #romantic comedy #coming of age #film #movie review

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torchickentacos · 1 month

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Ridiculous Study Tactics from the World's Worst Studier

Or: how I try to work with my ADHD brain instead of against it.

Set a timer for ten minutes. Every ten minutes, stop studying and listen to the dumbest song you know. Like, the most ridiculous, campy, or otherwise enjoyably unserious things you can think of. Just close your eyes and empty your head while listening to, like, Fergalicious or Stacy's Mom or something. It's really hard to have a stress related breakdown when you're listening to Low by T-Pain. I also recommend the Gen 3 Pokerap if you hate yourself.

Take step one a bit further and study while listening to a loop of a stupid song. My go-to for really bad study sessions is a one hour loop of the reese's puffs/misery/cpr remix. Chaotic enough to distract the ADHD demons but repetitive enough to be disinteresting after the 5 minute mark, and I can actually focus on my work with it in the back (this can be substituted with anything, but I find either videogame music/nonlyric music or really repetitive songs on loop to be best. Playlists distract me too much).

Eat a thing for every question you review/every thing you get right/every sentence written/whatever. Like, an m&m or popcorn or something. I'm sure we could get into discourse about using food as a reward, and I do agree that food is value-neutral and not something to be withheld or rewarded with, but let's not worry about all that on this post because it's not that serious in this context, and let's just take this at face value as a fun little reward for things.

Tell your friends to yell at you if they see you on tumblr/social media in the next 30 minutes. Find accountability partners.

Study with the lights out/only your desk lamp on/only computer light. This one sounds stupid and it kind of is, but I know for me, visual clutter is distracting, so if I just <3 do not see anything but the work in front of me <3 then I'm more likely to actually do my work. Alternately, study in a clean and tidy room, but it's probably easier to just turn off the lights.

This one's a normal study tactic and less about how to work with your ADHD, but the best way to check if you know something or not is to try to explain it to someone else. That someone else can be a lizard or a rock for all I care, but if you can explain it then you can probably answer a multiple choice question about it too.

Use your school firefox/chrome/etc account for studying. Less interesting bookmarks. Or, if that's not applicable, then clear out your cache/cookies. This way you'd have to re-log into everything to scroll instead of studying. Incredibly annoying, because in six months you'll be prompted to log into some website you can't remember your log-in for, but effective. Use with caution.

What not to do: make a tumblr post about studying instead of studying (joking, I wrote this out during a break, but still).

#taylor's tag

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respectthepetty · 10 months

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Reading the (Visual) Rainbow 101

Lesson 7 - It Could All Mean Nothing

Because I get so many asks about colors, I decided the best way to celebrate Pride is to educate anyone who is interested in how to better Read the (Visual) Rainbow and simultaneously allow myself to appreciate queer media.

We've ventured through six lessons on how to read visuals in order to understand a piece of media's overall message. We journeyed through colors, barriers, symbolism, and cultural significance, but what if the image is just an image? What if it doesn't have a deeper meaning? What if it means absolutely nothing?¹

¹ It doesn't. An image always tells us something.

Those Darn Blue Curtains

If you've been around the internet in the past decade, you might have heard about some blue curtains.

The joke about the blue curtains demonstrates that sometimes the creator does not intend for an image or an object to be meaningful. Sometimes the curtains are just curtains that happen to be blue.

But that doesn't mean they're meaningless.

Literary Criticism

Literary theories are ways in which we can approach and examine a piece of text. Several literary theories exist. One theory tells us to only look at the work regardless of who wrote it or who the intended audience is (Practical). Another theory demands that we include the culture in our examination of the text (Cultural). And another theory requests we solely look at the formal elements of the text (Formalism) while another theory requires we include ourselves and our perspectives in the analysis (Reader-Response). Many more literary theories exist, and all have also been applied to media. Visual media is different than written text, so these theories have shifted into Critical Media Studies, but much like Literary Criticism, it helps viewers examine and analyze media using different theories.

Critical Media Studies

If we were watching a series that featured blue curtains, depending on which theory we use, we could interpret the message differently.

If the blue curtains don't mean the character is sad (Psychoanalytic Criticism), are the blue curtains making a statement about masculinity (Feminist Criticism or Queer Theory)? Are they being filmed up-close or off-centered to reflect the character's situation (New Criticism)? Or do the blue curtains quickly remind us this isn't a Dutch house (Cultural) because most Dutch houses don't have curtains?

Now, you might be thinking that if the blue curtains could mean any of those ideas, then nothing really matters, but we have to remember that we aren't placing value on these items because their purpose isn't TO BE the story but to merely reinforce it.

Since the blue curtains are there to support the narrative, we have to evaluate if they matter WITHIN THAT SPECIFIC NARRATIVE. Have the curtains usually been open and now they are closed? Did a character spend an unnecessary amount of time talking about them or use them for an odd purpose? Has the color blue been significant to the narrative before we saw these curtains?

If so, it matters to that narrative.

Video Examples

If you watched the two suggested videos from the previous lesson, the first video is Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande's "Rain on Me" and the second is a parody from Japanese comedians Naomi Watanabe and Yuriyan Retriever which means it has comedic elements. Although the parody is well done, we can see the comedy aspect in several scenes such as the singer being showered with dango (sweet rice dumplings) instead of daggers like Lady Gaga was in the original.

The original song is about overcoming tragedy and being grateful to emerge from such an ordeal even though the damage is apparent, something both Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande had to do in very public ways. The original video reinforces the song's meaning by showing Lady Gaga standing up with a dagger in her thigh (the obvious injury) and proceeding to dance in the rain which is symbolic of grief and absolution.

We can analyze the use of feminine colors (pink and purple). We can consider the post-apocalyptic setting. We can analyze the clothing with all of its chains and spikes. We can ponder why at the end, Lady Gaga styles her hair like Ariana Grande's while Ariana Granda leaves behind her signature high ponytail to wear Lady Gaga's hairstyle. We can wonder why the women are in opposite 'worlds' for most of the video, only to merge at the end.

And we can compare the parody to it and see it does an incredible job of parroting these elements. Then, we notice that unlike the original, the comedians don't fully come together because there is a barrier between them.

We must remember that this is a parody, so not every component, if any, is serious. But for the parody to include all the other important pieces mentioned above, why would it exclude the two women's worlds merging when it was very important in the original?

We could reach for a deeper meaning that maybe the parody is commenting on how the two women are still divided by society. We see there are more masks in the parody as well, so perhaps it's making a statement about women's voices being silenced because we notice the masks in the original as well.

But then we have to remember some of the lessons we have learned: lesson one taught us to think about the creator and the context, while lesson six told us to think about the culture and the context.

These videos were filmed in 2020 at the beginning of the pandemic. Precautions such as masks had to be worn to limit the spread of the virus, and different countries had different regulations. Therefore, in the Japanese parody, where both the leads are without masks, a barrier had to be placed between them.

The barrier and the masks aren't pointless though. They tell us about the time period and the circumstances in which the videos were made, but they don't have any effect on the videos' narrative. So although they are meaningless to the plot, they aren't meaningless to our understanding of what we are seeing and why.

So What's Your Point?

Don't look for meaning that isn't there, but don't assume meaning isn't there because you don't want to look for it. When we look for evidence that only confirms what we already believe or find new evidence and interpret it in such a way to support our already existing beliefs, this is considered confirmation bias. We want to avoid being biased, but we also want to avoid being dismissive.

Sometimes, all it takes is a few words into a search engine, and we can find the information we seek directly from the artists themselves. Depending on the medium, maybe the artist spoke about the symbolism during an interview. Possibly the director or cinematographer mentioned a detail during some behind-the-scene footage. Or by chance, someone was brave enough to ask the creators on their social media platforms or during a Q & A session.

For example, if Ayan's hip and thigh tattoos in The Eclipse drove you so crazy that you begged your mutuals to help you figure out what they were only to find a video of the actor stating they are his actual tattoos, you might be upset to learn what the tattoos say had no bearing on the plot BUT you will also learn that the director wanted an actor with tattoos because it visually showed the bad boy persona the character had which is important to the plot.

Nothing is truly pointless, but you don't have to make everything the focal point. Once again, the visuals strengthen the narrative's message; they shouldn't distract from it.

Activity

Using your knowledge from the previous lessons, watch Lil Nas X's "Industry Baby" music video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTHLKHL_whs

Think about how the colors, visuals, barriers, group outfits, and cultural elements support the video's overall message.

We will briefly review it in the final lesson on Friday.

#Reading the (Visual) Rainbow #lesson seven - it could all mean nothing

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