Radiohead- Burn the witch
11/01/18 L/O: To research selected case studies for use of Media Language & Representation Radiohead - Burn The Witch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yI2oS2hoL0k Name of artist: Radiohead Name of song: Burn the witch Release date: 3 May 2016 Song meaning: The band wanted to raise awareness about Europe’s refugee crisis and the “blaming of different people… the blaming of Muslims and the negativity Representation: the use of intertextual, postmodern representations in list B videos to transfer the quality of the video itself to the image of the artists, e.g. the interweaving of referencing of The Wicker Man and Trumpton with contemporary issues of xenophobia in the Radiohead video. xenophobia: dislike of or prejudice against people from other countries. the use of messages and viewpoints in the videos that aim to bolster the image of the artist and chime with those of positioned audience, e.g. the representation o...