Thursday, 5 September 2013

Utopian Theory


The utopian theory is very similar and links in to the gratification and uses theory. However, Dyer looked further into the audiences escapism when viewing medias. He looked at the way that when viewing media like music videos, the audience are constantly searching for Utopia. Everything that they don’t have in their lives they look for in media, whether it is wealth, attention or love.

Dyer views the world and reality as unfulfilling and therefore is using the media to be able to escape in to a different world. Dyer believed there are 3 reasons why people view the media and these are: social tension, inadequacy and absence and this are created by everyday life which leads to the need for a mediated life of 'Utopia'.

In relation to my music video, I will have top be able to create a sense of escape as it will be very important for the audience. For me I hope to create the escape to space. I will use a lot of open spaces and bare decoration within the frame, to create the optimum feeling of space. This will suit me when filming as well as I am on a very tight budget for the project. This however, will cause a slight problem as I will have to film when the weather is good to get the best shots.

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