Artist to artist

Bu Charlie Rideout

What song and which artist?

I decided to use Empire of the Suns song Walking on Sunshine. As I believe that the song connotes doing anything for love or loved ones. I also used Robert Capas wartime artwork as I find his artwork interesting and fascinating; he has captured very historical shots of the war and showed what it was really like to be there. I felt the two would link both harmonically and visually. The shots of conflict show that people are willing to do anything in order to protect their loved ones this conveys the meaning of the song.

What do they connote?

The two artists when put together can easily connote many meanings. However I feel that the wartime shots of war fit the meaning of the song as it conveys men doing anything (killing other men) in order to protect their loved ones. However, the shots are upsetting and the song is upbeat this could also create a juxtaposition between happy and sombre. I also believe that the video connotes the contrast between pain and love as the shots of war convey pain and love when the family is reunited. Additionally, it could connote hope as the war was such a traumatic time it was hard to see any hope. However, the shots of the families whether this was a dream of a solider or in the future, connotes hope as there is the hope of the families becoming reunited once again.

Symbolic
I think the video includes a symbolic code as there are conflicting and contracting ideas. As the war images are opposite to the family pictures.

Proairetic, Hermeneutic codes

I have included a proairetic code and an hermeneutic code to create suspense in the narrative. Suspense is caused because there is an unanswered question: did the men at war ever become reunited with there families. Or was it simply a dream or a fraction of the soldiers memory. However it could also be the memories of there loved ones back at home who are imagining the scenarios that they are experiencing. For example the plans going to bomb a city. This is unanswered; thus causing the viewer to make their own ending. Whether it is a positive or negative one, they decide.

How does the Video represent myself?

I think that the video represents me as an optimistic person; even though some of the images are upsetting. I think this because the video shows that there is always hope even after such a traumatic event. As the video shows the families reunited and happy once more. The video might also possibly represent me as being cheerful as the song is upbeat and jolly; so are some of Capas photos.