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3. How does this sequence represent the impact of the media on the artist?
A shift...
So, we move away a little from the relationship between the artist and their broad, fan-based audience at this point in order to explore the more specific relationship between the artist and the media. This will involve close readings of stuff from the Jude timeline particularly the Ballad of a Thin Man mini music video sequence. Well also be looking quite closely at the Billy sequences - with a particular interest in the myth of Billy the Kid and the idea of forced seclusion.
Initial questions...
How can an artist use the media?
How?
Youve each got a set of images from the scene. What were looking to do with each is briefly explain how the shot goes about showing this undermining or indictment of the media. Make sure you think about technical choices.
Consider: - undermining their sense of authority - pointing out their lack of knowledge - turning them into outsiders
Example
Here we might think about the use of a symbol. The microphone is symbolic of having a voice, yet Jones is unable to speak here. The idea ends up being that Jones actually has nothing to say, or at least nothing interesting to say. We might also talk about composition. The artist is outside of the cage, while Jones is inside. The artist is now one of the people in this composition, rather than the other way around. Jones is cut off from the outside, helping to construct him as a figure of ridicule, rather than a figure of knowledge or understanding.