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Trumpton

  • Has the iconic child cultural awareness.
  • Children's stop motion show from the 70's.
    • Continues to resonate across the UK released in VHS/DVD and a 2011 digital restoration.
    • Set in a village that has no crime/worries - UK is still recovering from WW2.
    • Right-winged, middle-class who have never experienced Radiohead's cup of tea.

    The Wicker Man (1973 Film)

    • Policeman goes to a summerisle island to investigate a young girl 
    • He is Christian and is looked down on and gaslighted by everyone on the island.
    • Said that when the harvest doesn't work they have a human sacrifice and he assumes that it was the girl but in the end he is sacrificed and burned.

    Radiohead Burn the Witch - Case Study



    Burn the Witch (2016)
    lyrics:

    Stay in the shadowsCheer at the gallowsThis is a round up
    This is a low flying panic attackSing a song on the jukebox that goes
    Burn the witchBurn the witchWe know where you live
    Red crosses on wooden doorsAnd if you float you burnLoose talk around tablesAbandon all reasonAvoid all eye contactDo not reactShoot the messengers
    This is a low flying panic attackSing the song of sixpence that goes
    Burn the witchBurn the witchWe know where you liveWe know where you live

    About the song:
    • Witch trials in the 1600's
    • Heaven = religious 
    • Burn the witch = cult
    • Don't see Radiohead because you know who they are.
    • Stop motion because every scene is important.
    • From their 9th album - A moon shaped pool.
    • Won best rock song at the Grammys
    • Music video directed by Chris Copewell and animated by Virpi kettu. 
    • X on the door = lumberjacks, bible story - didn't kill anyone who had a cross on the door, plauge houses to know not to go in. 
    • The blue bird - twitter and Trump used to tweet a lot in 2019. based off Trumpton
    • Making something so evil look beautiful (could be referencing trump supporters).
    • People on the island are right wing and the police man is left wing. 
    • Wearing blue and red - shows the different views of the election.#
    • Red = republican/Trump
    • Pulling off the cover could be a metaphor to show what Trump is like on the inside.
    • Painting the letter box red for Trump
    • People post their votes during the election so painting it red might be to try change people's votes.
    • People are turning their back when he is burning - represents how they turn their back on the things that Trump is doing 
    • A lot of them wearing red but the man in the middle wearing red and blue like Trump not being able to make up his mind.
    • In the first scenes you see a man with a hat on, he has 3 crosses on his clothes and then later on you see him and they are all drinking from the same cup (twitter) everyone is drinking the same things that Trump is posting on twitter. 
    • Sipping on KoolAid (all being poisoned by the same drink)
    • Everyone standing around the fountain and are all different types of people like children, workers and are all being controlled by the same person (Trump) 
    • Alienation of the workforce
    • Detective is holding his pen with his left hand - used to be classed as the Devils hand showing that he is different from others (left wing).
    • Says 'jobes on the crate'. This meaning stupid/gullible.
    • Job in the bible-endured agony and was punished though he did nothing
    • Modern day slavery (usually seen in fruit farms)
    • Using a ducking stool to show how something so horrible is not being taken seriously.
    • The people have no mouths and are unable to say anything
    • The man escapes the burning - shows that what you see you shouldn't always believe.
    • The people who can express protest are being sacrificed. 
    • Celebrating while the world is burning behind them shows ignorance.
    Music Video Mark explanation:

    - Explain how media language in music videos incorporate viewpoints and ideologies.
    - Refer to one of the music videos you have studied to support your answer (heaven/burn the witch).
    • Burn the witch has views on political views and social views.
    Macro intro :
    - 9th studio album
    - Respected in the UK
    - Well known band so not even seen in the MV

    Mise-en-scene:
    - Intertextuality (Wicker Man and Trumpton)
    - Village setting (red cross, toy-like, historical context)

    Cinematography/editing:
    - Fixed camera angle and slow zoom
    - Climax at the end that induces fear

    Ideological message:
    - Political propaganda.
    - Brexit/trump
    - Fake news
    Facts:
    - Success rates on YouTube
    - Reviews.

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