STAR IMAGE

‘Star’ refers to a set of meanings of constructed around music performers in order to sell the performer to a large and loyal audience

Common Values of Music Stardom

• Youthfulness
• Rebellion
• Sexual- magnetism
• An anti authoritarian attitude
• Originality
• Creativity/Talent
• Aggression/anger
• Disregard for social values, relating to drugs sex and behaviour
• Conspicuous consumption of sex drugs and goods
• Success against the gods

Richard Dyer

Has written a lot about TV film and music and says that stars are a image not a real person, which is constructed out of a range of materials such as advertising and magazines. 

Stars are commodities produced and consumed on the strength of their meanings stars also depend on a range of media of their labels subsidiary in things like magazines, TV or radio to help them construct an image for themselves.

Finally Dyer says that the ‘Star Image’ is made up of a range of meanings which their target audiences find attractive to them.

STAR IMAGE IN MUSIC VIDEO'S

Rise Against - Audience Of One

The music video shows off the bands CREATIVITY, ORIGINALITY and there ANTI AUTHORITARIAN attitude, this is shown by the video portraying a child who is using a play set to make it seem to the viewers that he running a country.

Muse - Uprising

This music video shows off muse's REBELLIOUS and ANTI AUTHORITARIAN attitude by smashing windows and blowing things up in the video, this also shows the bands AGGRESSION and ANGER as well.