Motifs for our bandMotif- A recurring theme or verbal pattern in a single text or a number of different texts. Adjective: motific.(Google definitions)

. So pretty much it’s an object, or theme that appears throughout the artists career, for example Michael Jackson’s white glove.

Why do we need a motif?

Motifs can help in order to gain familiarity to a band or artist, they are shown throughout music videos and posters to become iconic to that artist so therefore when we see that object/ theme we associate it with the artist.

Examples of artists and motifs are;

. Michael Jackson and his white glove

. LMFAO and their robot head actor

What is our motif?Our motif for our music video is balloons and writing. We chose the balloon because of its link with our lyrics as it represented the couple being far apart as the balloon is far from earth. This balloon idea appears through our work as we liked the representation of being able to float away, or being apart from something you once were.

Our other motif was the personal writing, we chose this as it makes the audience feel closer to the band as its written by the band themselves. It also gives a direct like to our music, i.e. when we wrote lyrics onto the balloon.

Impacts on the audience

• This therefore then makes people become more familiar with the band, so if they saw a balloon or writing they could link that to our band and therefore will make more people become familiar and enjoy our band. It can even help with getting new audiences as searches on the internet can link with the words balloon or writing to show our band and people then may look at it.