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Tuesday, 31 March 2015

Textual Analysis - Nickelback - Photograph



Analyzing the music video for Nickelback's Photograph straight away we see that the video takes on a narrative structure in the video, but as the video continues and when the chorus begins the video also takes on a performance format with Nickelback performing with instruments which helps promote the band as being organic.



The Mise-En-Scene also helps promote the image of Nickelback in many ways, First of all the use of photographs both fits with the subject and title of the song "photograph" and it also helps promote Nickelbacks Originality and Creativity due to using the idea of photographs for memories in the music video. The Use of instruments in the music video throughout the chorus help promote the band being organic as they are performing themselves with instuments such as drums and the guitar which are typical conventions of the rock gene. Finally as Nickelback are an organic band the use of the band wearing casual clothing shows off there organic nature as they aren't being controlled by a label in what they wear or even what they do.




In terms of visual hooks, throughout the video there is always one common theme which is Nickelback in performance scenes in a school gym, throughout the video there are multiple camera shots and different scenes in which Nickelback are performing the song, this is also very common during the chorus.




Throughout this music video for Photograph there are also a lot of both lyrical and visual matches throughout, One of the fist lyrical matches in the music video is right at the start with the lyrics "Look at this photograph" and on screen is the lead singer of nickelback holding a photograph at the screen for us to see. Another Lyrical match comes in when the lyrics "steering wheel" is heard to the viewers and a small scene is shown of a couple driving in a car on a open empty road. Finally the last lyrical match in this video can be seen when "Kim's the first girl i kissed" is sung a long scene in the video showing 3 people, and two of which are a couple in a abandoned train station like setting of them kissing as the other guy watches on.










Wednesday, 25 March 2015

Advert Analysis: Nickelback


This poster from nickelback is promoting their album "Here And Now", The poster displays information on when the album is released and how many songs are on the album. The poster shows the bands Name "Nickelback" and the Album title "Here And Now" at the top and the image on the poster is the same as the CD cover. The poster also shows a shop in which the fans could purchase the album. The album also contains a release date which are a common feature of adverts from every band/artist. 

CD Cover Analysis: Nickelback - All The Right Reasons


The CD cover for Nickelback's Album "All The Right Reasons" shows the image of a car driving down a deserted highway or road. in the background the colours shown include reds, oranges and browns. this could be showing that the person in the car is trying to move away from a "bad" place and it could be what the album says for "All The Right Reasons". 
The font used for the Bands name is identical to what they have been using for every album from "Silver Side up" onwards till there current album release "No Fixed Address"

Nickelback - Auidence Type

For the song Photograph by Nickelback the song targets a really specific audience possibly between the ages of 20-25 year old's as the song revolves around memories. and especially memories of being in high school or university which many of the target audience can relate to. There are also memories people have with hanging out with their friends and that one true love people have with the song talking about  going to arcades, listing to music and having a crush or relationship with someone.

Looking forward to our music video production we are also looking to target are audience around the same range but from 16-24 age group due to everyday that is the age group that we mostly interact with during a daily basis.

Nickelback - Star Image

Like With any band Nickelback have there own set of star image qualities that represent them in there appearance and in there music video's.

Some of their key representations include:

Conspicuous consumption of sex
This star image can be seen in many of Nickelback's Music videos, In video's such as Rockstar and This Afternoon show many women in bikini's which gives off a sexual vibe and shows off the consumption of sex



Success against the odds
Nickelback are a band that openly get a lot of criticism from the general public about the music they produce, but on the other hand they have a huge worldwide fan base and achieve a large number of sales from all their albums which they release. For example their album DARK HORSE sold over 100,000 copies in over 5 countries and 3 million copies in the US. and ALL THE RIGHT REASONS sold over 600,000 copies in 3 countries including 8 million copies in the US.




Nickelback - Organic Or Synthetic?

Looking at previous research conducted about synthetic and organic artists I would say that Nickelback are a organic band for a number of factors.
These Include these main factors:


Naturalistic (meaning writes own material/ PLAY INSTRUMENTS LIVE)


Artist is given time to evolve through their career (19 YEAR CAREER) 


Emphasis towards albums rather than singles (9 ALBUMS)


Nickelback - Awards And Discography

ALBUMS
CURB - 1996
THE STATE - 1999
SILVER SIDE UP - 2001
THE LONG ROAD - 2003
ALL THE RIGHT REASONS - 2005
DARK HORSE - 2008
HERE AND NOW - 2011
NO FIXED ADDRESS -2014

AWARDS
AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS: 2 AWARDS WON
BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS: 6 AWARDS WON
JUNO AWARDS: 12 AWARDS WON
MUCHMUSIC AWARDS: 7 AWARDS WON
MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS: 2 AWARDS WON
PEOPLE CHOICE AWARDS: 1 AWARD WON
WORLD MUSIC AWARDS: 1 AWARD WON
RECORD OF THE YEAR AWARD: 1 AWARD - FOR THE SINGLE "ROCKSTAR"

Nickelback - History & Label

Nickelback were first formed in 1995 in Canada, in their career they have released 6 albums the most recently being No Fixed Address released in 2014.


Nickelback throughout their 19 year career have been with various different labels.

The different Labels They have been associated with include:

-EMI CANADA
-ROADRUNNER RECORDS
-ATLANTIC
-LiveNation
-UNIVERSAL MUSIC CANADA


There Current Label they are with in which they have released there current album “NO FIXED ADDRESS” in 2014 is REPUBLIC RECORDS

As Well NICKELBACK Other Bands in the same genre with REPUBLIC RECORDS include:
  • BLACK SABBOTH
  • 3 DOORS DOWN
  • PEARL JAM