Eleanor N - A level Media blog

  Radiohead- Burn the Witch Ideas and impressions: The dangers of mob mentality The pressure to conform to the norm The evil, victim-blaming mob mentality lies beneath seemingly civilized society A critique of the increasingly tribal/populist nature of western politics A critique of western societies response to migrant crisis Critic of knee-jerk islamophobia Near to the middle of the video, we see a circle of men wearing possible dead deer masks as a way to intimidate and influence the blonde girl, tied to the tree. The action of pointing their swords up and turning in a circle doesn't necessarily mean they are trying to harm her in any way, but perhaps are trying to create evil in herself, as a way to conform to the evil, victim-blaming mob that becomes a norm in the villiage's society. Linking towards a patriarchal society, this could reflect that women don't have a voice, since the blonde girl doesn't have a mouth feature. In addition to this, the costume and hair o...

Media language features: Mise en scene: Village in England- everyone knows everybody Bakery, post office, pub - English connotations Locals dressed differently to the inspector (outsider) Cartoon characters rather than real/live characters Camera Work: close-ups of the flowers and the man doing woodwork which turns out to be sinister Establishing shots to show events still camera movements- feeling of being trapped zoom in and out- creepy elements Long shots and mid shots vintage feel Editing: Straight cuts at the start, but as the video became more sinister and creepy, it starts to fade out to black. Continuity editing  Usually fades to a different scene but doesn't happen in Burn the Witch. Intertextuality references: X's on door- plague Seesaw with chairs- used for dumping witches Trumpton Wickerman Blonde girl- could represent Germany Jobes- bilblical story of JOB, nice guy punished by god in multiple ways Marketing tool v...

Equilibrium (normal)- the villiage is wholesome and they are doing normal things like gardening and painting Inciting incident/disruption- a man (outsider) changes things and makes the village go weird and creepy Ending- its a circle/loop as the bird at the start reappears and the outsider manages to escape the burning witchman to show he is still alive- extra scene because it fades out. Climax/connotations to death- hanging, red crossws, cow, seesaw(used to dump witches), poison Demagogue- a political leader who seeks support by appealing to the desires and prejudices of ordinary people rather than by using rational arguments. (donald trump and UKIP) Witches in England- king james- witch trials. Anyone could blame anyone. Paranoid demagoguery- trumpton might embody the vision of UKIP, a party that found success opposing immigration and the EU. Whether the country is Germany, sweden, denmark etc, anti-populists are resurgent throughout europe within BTW, radiohead us...

Band History: Rock band 1991- record deal with EMI 1992- greatest debut of all time -"creep" broke American top 40 Radiohead didnt like the fame -paranoid - android recieved critical aclaims were known as the band who had clues in songs- fans were interested made an official website to interact with fans 2007- left deal with EMI and released an album which they put up for sale and fans could bid on it marketing strategy- deleted all social media accounts and history which left fans having theories. BTW burn the witch came from their 9th studio album- a moon shaped pool BTW was released as a download on 3 may 2016 on radioheads website and a 7-inch single released in record stores critics interpreted the lyrics as a warning against group think and authoritarinism. was named one of the best songs of the year by rolling stones, billboard and villiage voice and was nominated for best rock song at 59th annual grammy awards. 'abandon all reason/avoid all ey...