A Musician's Reality
...and personal reality
Introduction
Successful American musicians are considered high in social status. Trends in American culture are often set by musicians. Any decisions made by musicians are constantly magnified in the media. There are many social factors which artists have to deal with as a result of their place in society. Constantly, a musician as any other person is always trying to change and discover one's identity. Each musician with the assistance of marketing strategies, publicists, and image consultants displays their identity to the American culture.
This research will attempt to establish and comprehend the relationship between a musician's perception in the media and reality within their personal life. This study examines the concepts of music videos as a persuasive form (Gow, 1993) and film theory and film documentaries are essentially narratives for artists. Music videos continue to be a vital part of creating an artist's image. Film documentaries attempt to develop an artist's image as well. Therefore, my research will try to discover a reality through the comprehensive analysis of two different artist's music videos and film documentaries.
In popular culture there has been a trend of musicians have run across drug use, violence, psychological issues, and other illegal actions. In the past there have been studies on the understanding of celebrities' perception. Musicians are a different type of "celebrity" because they have many different ways to represent and express themselves. Two distinct ways which musicians use in order to present themselves include their music and music videos. Audiences often develop their perception of musicians based on the two. Most recently there has been more a trend to make musicians more intimate with reality shows and film documentaries which attempt to delve into a musician's life....
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