Video and storytelling in a digital world

Interactions and Narratives in Videoclips

Bibliographic Data

ID3855281
AuthorsRodrigo Oliva (0000-0003-4231-3892, Universidade Estadual do Paraná, corresponding author), José Bidarra (0000-0002-2082-5996, Universidade Aberta), D Araújo (0000-0001-6856-509X, Universidade Tuiuti do Paraná)
Year2017
Volume32
Pages459-476
Publication date2017-12-29
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueComunicação e Sociedade (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1645-2089 • E-ISSN: 2183-3575
PublisherUniversity of Minho (PUBLISHER • PT)
DOI10.17231/comsoc.32(2017).2772
OpenAlexW2776804212
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited2

This paper presents a study about narratives in music videos. It discusses the arrangements of audio-visual languages from settings established by characteristics of the media, emphasizing the role of platforms for the diffusion of information and entertainment such as YouTube. It highlights a dialogue within cinema's own language and shows that, in contemporary scenarios, music videos actually tell stories. It is argued that contemporary music videos, in great majority, increase the duration of music, with pauses, performances of characters, insertion of dialogues and other structuring elements that are not typical of the classic and conventional paradigms of a language. For our purposes, the objects of this study are the music videos of Canadian filmmaker Xavier Dolan. The theoretical foundation is established through authors involved in debates around a culture of convergence, transmedia storytelling and interactions among the audio-visual languages

Aesthetics · Art · Digital media · Duration (music · Entertainment · Linguistics · Literature · Movie theater · Multimedia · Narrative · Political science · Sociology · Storytelling · Structuring · Visual arts · World Wide Web · Computer Science · Multimedia Communication and Technology · Radio, Podcasts, and Digital Media · Subtitles and Audiovisual Media

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