Year 11 PREP: MUSIC VIDEO Q.2

Wheatus - Teenage Dirtbag and Avril Lavigne - Sk8er Boi
PREP: To revise for q.2 (4 marks), copy / paste each of the following descriptions into your blog post. Write either SB or TD at the start of each, to indicate either Avril or Wheatus. Some answers may refer to BOTH so put both initials.


This video is documentary style mostly hand-held camerawork, de-saturated colour and fast-paced editing.
Sk8er Boi
This video has saturated colour, more controlled camerawork, slower-paced editing.
Teenage Dirtbag
This video consists of mostly montage shots.
Sk8er Boi
This video has more developed editing with cause and effect.
Teenage Dirtbag
In this video, the singer values rebellion, which is seen in the narrative.
Sk8er Boi
In this video, the singer values 'fitting in', conformity, albeit to an oppressive system, which is seen in the 
narrative.
Teenage Dirtbag
This video is set in LA, a big city, with its connotations of street credibility.
Sk8er Boi
The mise-en-scene of this video is American suburbia with its connotations of conformity. 
Sk8er Boi
This video is intertextual in its narrative (=it makes references to high school drama).
Both
In this video, the singer performs to camera.
Both
In this video, real locations and 'everyday' costume for the performers connote a sense of naturalism.
Teenage Dirtbag more so than Sk8er Boi, as Avril wears 'rebellious clothing' which is uncommon
In this video, there is a sense of linear narrative (a story is told, in the order it unfolds)
Both