Representation in Music Videos: Kanye West & Marilyn Manson

Impressions of Kanye West:
*Arrogant
*Rude - insulted Taylor Swift

Impressions of Marilyn Manson:
*weird - 'rib surgery rumour'
*disturbed - music is blamed for high school massacres'
*iconoclast ---> takes iconic symbols and twists them

"Gold Digger" Kanye West ft. Jamie Foxx

women are represented as:
*sex objects
*gold-diggers
*slags

Throughout the music video irony is used in order to excuse the depiction of women as the artist's says he loves the girl, so it's okay if she's a gold-digger.

SEX OBJECTS
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*Sexualised; close up of the girls.
*Binary opposites.
*Voyeuristic camera angles.
*Animated pornographic magazine.

VAIN
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*Close-ups of the woman putting lipstick on - sensual part of the body.
*Lack of clothing; sexy underwear.

SELFISH
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*One girl in the mise-en-scene; main focus of the shot, attention seeking.
*"Gold-digger" - just want's the man's money, lack of emotion.
*Eye contact; sirens, draws the male audience in - makes the audience members feel important.

MANIPULATIVE
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*Dancing close to Kanye, attempting to win him over? Keep his attention.
*Figures of entrapment; half dressed, sexualised dancing.

MUTE PASSIVE
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*Strip club; have to please the men.
*Pin-ups; normally 2D, vacant expressions - the women are 3D, yet still have vacant expressions, animated pin-ups.
*Cheap women; link them to the price on the magazines.
*Vulnerable - lack of clothing, have no control.

DANGEROUS
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*"Vixen" - take on the magazine title's as their personality.
*Aggressive; black costume and black background and fire.

"Tainted Love" Marilyn Manson

Women are representated as:
*Aggressive - apart from the cheerleader and stripper.
*Sex objects; sexualised dancing, lack of clothing.
*Bedroom toys; dressed as rabbits, childhood stuffed animals.
*Powerful; female leads the 'alternative' group in.

'Alternatives' are represented as:
*Fierce
*Powerful; take over/control over the party.
*More controlling; inverted stereotypes, influencing people.

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Both "Gold-digger" and "Tainted Love" both have representations of women, however in Kanye West's video, it is a more negative view and it suggests that there is only one type of woman - they're all gold~diggers, manipulative, and are sex objects; whereas in Marilyn Manson's video it shows different types of women, and inverts the stereotypes because the women are shown as more powerful and in control; there is a sense of, both, stereotype conformation and opposition, because the cheerleader is seen as dumb, annoying and 'easy' but the 'alternatives' are in control of the party and a level of influence as they change some of the party goers into 'alternatives'.