K-POP culture

Received reading

 

This film can be given a series of connotations which the audience will decode when viewing the image. This Korean pop film text is polysemic. This image is considered through a process by selecting the framing process the camera angle, the lighting effects, focus and so on.

 Technically camera angle lens are focus on the singer with the around dancers. The speed of rhythm sense is fast and easy which can be followed by anyone. The choice framing shutter is quiet moveable with soldier uniforms which imply for power of strength. The object settings, body language and clothing are pretty forceful to show us. Therefore the singer is ready to play something for audience who can be anyone like his songs or not. His singing speech is clear and languages are Korean and English. Singing with two languages is meant for Koreans or English speakers.

 

Oppositional reading

 

There are lots of things going on beyond this film. It includes lots of signals that can have effects on the viewers. One of the fans who is Alia Rachel Jones(32) talked about the singer, Rain. He introduced by himself on the internet and why he came to Korea. The reason is that he loves –POP. When he contacted one of the youtubes coincidently, he watched Rain’s singing, then he found that his first response is “Wow! What’s this?” Since that time he’s searched K-Pop and loved it. Right now he is an elementary English teacher in Korea, and goes for the K-pop concert on the weekends. There are many K-pop posters in his room and Korean actors, etc.

   The rhythm is familiar, innovative music video, K-Pop singers are good aspects, and they have good voices to sing. They put in a lot of effort in order to be successful singers. They also work hard in developing their careers. Especially, Bi Rain who sings in English and Korean can be understood. There are many fans so when others ask about fans. Why do you love K-pop? Why do you listen to K-pop music? Do you understand Korean and the words of songs? What things do you get from K-pop?

Most of the Korean fans who are not Koreans say that they don’t understand the words of songs much but K-pop makes them happy when they listen to the music. The music gives them feelings such as happiness, sweetness, sadness and so on. Most of music is energetic, passionate and enthusiastic.

 However, the dark side of pop culture is connected to economic and personal things which influence the younger kids and students. They are simply too eager to be a singer or actor and they don’t even have a natural composition.

When I was a young around 14 or 15 years old, I loved pop songs. At that moment, I didn’t know much about the English senses, but I liked to listen to English pop songs and music from other countries. Chinese pop songs are similar to Korean old songs which older people like to sing which is similar to emotion.

 In my opinion, the music is universal which can be connected to the person’s emotion. That’s why we understand in real life when someone to marry a person from a different country. All of my family except me lives in Canada. My uncle, aunts and my sister are married to Canadians. They are also Canadians. When they communicate in English, they communicate like music.