GCSE Media Studies: Coursework

Summer Project Tasks


Research and Textual Analysis (Understanding Conventions)


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This screenshot, of the music video 'Happy' by Pharrell Williams creates mise-en-scene by it's costume. This creates a specific mood of happiness as the costumes being used are unserious and have been worn to make the audience laugh or feel a sense of pure joy and warmness. The denotations of this image is the colour of the costume and the silliness of it as it's a inflatable bright yellow costume which indicates joy. 

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