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Analysis Of Natalie Imbruglia - Shiver
Equilibrium and disruption of the equilibrium
Reinstatement of Equilibirum
During the first scene of the music video a woman, played by the artist of the song, is burning her identity. It is implied through this scene that she was once leading a normal and happy life; this scene acts as the first and second stage of Todrov’s narrative theory, the equilibrium has been implied, and there has been a disruption of the equilibrium, which has resulted in the woman having to burn her identity. This shot is a close up which enables the audience to make the connection that the identity being burned belongs to the woman in the scene. She then breaks into a house and steals a car. In this scene it is becoming clear that she is in some sort of trouble.
There is then the reinstatement of the equilibrium as the woman burns the stolen identity. The audience can assume that she is starting a new life, which links back to the beginning of the video.
Analysis Of Music Video in relation to Todrov's Narrative Theory
Natalie Imbruglia - Shiver
Repair of Disruption
Recognition of disruption and Binary opposition
The woman then tries to escape from her enemy and there is now an attempt to repair the disruption, the third stage of Todrov’s theory, by stealing another identity. This can be seen through the use of a close up that last for 3 seconds, giving the audience enough time to realize what has happened.
The woman is then on a train, escaping from her enemy. This follows on from the previous scene as she attempts to escape from her enemy, therefore repairing the disruption.
In the next scene the woman is now being chased, it has already been implied to the audience that she is a spy, therefore the audience can assume that she is being chased by the enemy.
This scene acts as the third stage of the narrative theory as there has now been recognition of disruption. There is a car chase between the two, which ends in the woman crashing her car in the middle of a street. During the car chase there are close ups of the woman’s face, conveying to the audience her lack of alarm or panic during the scene, which suggests that she is used to that type of scenario.
It is in this section of the video that Levi-Strauss’ theory of binary opposition is applied. It is now clear to the audience that the woman is some sort of spy, and is being chased by the enemy. The opposition between the two sides is hero and villain. However it is not made clear within the video, which one of the sides represents the hero and which one is the villain, it is left up to the viewer to decide.