Star theory applied to 50 cent

Analysis of music album

Todorov. RIhana- Love the way you lie

The next step according to Todorov is the attempt to restore the original equilibrium after the recognition of disruption.

The next step according to Todorov is the attempt to restore the original equilibrium after the recognition of disruption.

After they have been arguing with each other they reconciled and this is shown by them kissing, hugging each other and enjoying their time together.

However in this particular case new equilibrium does not appear after the attempt to restore the original equilibrium, but recognition of disruption does. 

Recognition of disruption is shown by Megan Foxe’s boyfriend coming into the bar and smashing a guy’s head with a bottle, as probably he or she have been flirting to each other or because of any other case. 

The last step according to Todorov is the new equilibrium. The new equilibrium is the last scene which appears in the music video. In this music clip the video ends up with Megan Fox and her boyfriend laying together in their bad as if nothing happened

Vladimir Propp. Imagine Dragons - "Radioactive"

                                                           Vladimir Propp

According to Vladimmir Propp in each music video we see several types of characters which appear in every storyline which are:

·       Hero - person on the quest

·       Princes/prince - Prize that the hero will get

·       Helper – helps the hero on his/her quest

·       False Hero – Somebody who believes they are hero

·       Dispatcher – Sends the hero on the quest

·       Father - Rewards the hero

·       Villian – Attempts to stop the hero on his quest

·       Donor – Provides objects to help the hero on his quest

However it is not necessary that in every music video’s storyline each of these characters appear.

                                    Imagine Dragons- “Radioactive”

Hero- the hero in this music video is female. It is the one which we see at the beginning of the video carrying some kind of cage and also at the end of the video when she saves her friends.

Princes/prince i.e the target of the hero- During the whole video we see several men in the prison, who are the actual band. They are stuck in the prison and are waiting for help.

Helper – In this case the helper is the toy which was in the women’s cage in the beginning of the video. The toy destroyed the enemy toy which was killing all the other toys. Therefore in order to get into the prison and rescue the prisoners the women had to get rid of the bad toy, which eventually was killed by the one she brought into the arena.

Villain – In this case the villain is the person sitting on the top of the arena smoking cigars. He is the one in control of the whole arena fights and the one who owns the gorilla toy which kills all the other toys.