Wednesday, 7 December 2016

How does the video Figuring It Out by SWMRS use a structure of anticipation and closure?



The video/lyrics/music to Figuring It Out by SWMRS uses anticipation and closure throughout.It follows the conventional verse/pre-chorus/chorus/verse/pre-chorus/chorus/verse/pre-chorus/chorus creating closure due to the audience being able to expect what is to happen next. However, the use of the solo could come as a surprise to audiences due to it coming between a chorus and verse. On the other hand, it could be expected due to it being a convention to the genre. The lyrics resist a rhyme scheme and instead uses broken and irregular rhyme creating a refusal to the closure and anticipation of the next lyric. However, the repetition of the chorus creates closure to the lyrics due to the repeated lyric (We're still figuring it out). The music follows a steady beat of 4/4. The regular time signature creates closure as does the strong beat. The video cuts to a lot of the beats also creating closure as the audience will begin to anticipate the next cut/the next event. Finally, the repetition of the bass riff also can become anticipated as it is regular and the same through most of the video.

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