The first intertextual reference that stuck us when planning our Music video was the links between our imagery and the 'Tenniel illustrations for Alice in Wonderland'. From this we decided to link another intertextual reference which would be the idea of Alice becoming smaller as she enters Wonderland, perhaps having an item like the shrinking potion which creates the Gateway between Reality and Wonderland.The dress worn by Alice in this image links to the costume worn by our own main character, this is a link between the purity and youth of both characters.
Shown in the beginning of thisclip we see that the Masked Bunny crosses between Alice's dream world and reality, This is shown when the bunny climbs through a hole. We decided that this could be shown in our own video by having the masked creatures escape the dreamworld and capture the main character as she sleeps.
A third intertextual reference comes from Greek Mythology, Pandora's Box is the story of the first woman on earth and how she defies the Gods by opening a Box that should never be opened, inside the Box is all the evil within the world and Pandora allows these evils to escape. The link here is that in our own music video our main character opens a box only to release the masked creatures upon the world. The Box is also potentially the gateway between our main characters Reality and her Dreams.
The forth and final Intertextual reference comes from 'The Wicker Man'. The masked characters within The Wicker Man symbolise the different culture and the different norms that this culture has. This is an interesting link because the norms of the masked creatures in 'The Wicker Man' involve burning a man alive for faith, this could relate to the evil that possesses the masked creatures in our Music Video and the fact that nothing stops them once they have escaped their box.
I also posted the followingWh comment on Lyndsey's blog:
ReplyDeleteA strong element of your music video is the notion of illusion/dream and reality, thus referencing Alice's adventures. Also the idea of Pandora's Box comes to mind. A shot of the girl sleeping dissolving into an action shot could suggest this.
It may be effective to end your music video on an ambiguous image, for example the young girl pushes the dolls back into the box with difficulty, looks up and there is a transition to a tilt low angle shots of the rabbit (Alice small in comparison or low angle shot of Alice making rabbit looks small in comparison) watching the girl.
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•shrinks after drinking from a bottle marked 'DRINK ME' (Chapter 1)
•grows after eating a cake marked 'EAT ME' (Chapter 1)
•shrinks while fanning herself with the White Rabbit's fan (Chapter 2)
•grows after drinking from an unmarked bottle (Chapter 3)
etc...
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_causes_Alice_to_change_size_in_Alice_in_Wonderland
The idea of the White Rabbit's fan is fun, and at the table you could have a bottle which the girl drinks from...lots to think about here re props as well....of course the bottle could be unmarked and an intertextual reference for those in the know and thus making some of the audience feel clever. Tarantino does this all the time, thus one could say your music video would be considered post modern.
The intertextual reference to the Wicker Man adds a sense of menace emphasising the idea that we cannot control our dreams which can become night terrors/nightmare.
I'd also suggest you try 2 endings and students could vote for which they think is the most impressive. In your evauation you need to discuss audience feedback so this would help this aspect of your coursework.