Theories for Productionfor the video Eminem

“Without Me”

Jean Baudrillard’s Theory

• Jean’s theory is : “A condition in which “reality” has been replaced by simulacra” which means that the original thing is replaced by something which is very similar.

• He argues that we live in such a media driven time that media images replace reality to such an extent it is hard to distinguish between Hollywood movies and Reality.

Different Affects• Bricolage• Pastiche• Intertextuality• Breaking down the forth wall• Parody• Hyper consciousness• Hyper Reality• Homage• Narcissism

This is an example of bricolage because a doctors drama is mixed with a comedy with the reme alcohol bottle.

Bricolage

Pastiche

In the video the artist dresses up as a super hero with a back wards capital “E” symbol on his top. This is the artist dressing like the DC Comic’s hero Robin but instead of the “R” the artist uses the first letter from his name Eminem instead.

This shot is making a reference to Morpheus from the Matrix movies. This is

another example of pasthice.

The artist also made his background look like an comic for example Detective Comics in these images this example may be classed as both Pastiche and Intertextuality.

The artist is showing his symbol being shown on a cloud in the sky. This is a reference from the DC comic’s Bat Man’s symbol. This could also be an example of Pastiche.

IntertextualityThis background from the video the audience can tell that it is a simulation to show that the video isn’t real

The logo on the background is the E! logo but the capital E is backwards to show the artists logo. They have copied the “E!” logo from the TV channel. This is also another example of pastiche.

This is the artist breaking the 4th wall by him singing and looking at the camera. This shows the audience that this isn’t real and he knows that he is being filmed.

Breaking down the 4th wall

• This shot in the music video is a parody as some one is impersonating Osama Bin Laden waving a white flag which we know didn’t happen. Also the c in the cnn logo is backwards and a line in the middle to make it look like a capital e.

Parody

• In the video the artist has an action bubble which has the word “Kapow!” which has copied exactly (except for the hyphen and the explosion in the background) from the original hero’s comics.

• The whole video is hyper consciousness as nothing which happens in the video is real. Also there is no Narcissism featured in the music video.

Homage