Textual Analysis on a Narrative based Music video
– The man who can’t be moved by The Script
Camera
The music video contains many of the same camera shots as
some of the different camera shots are linked to the verses of the song. For example,
during a sad part of the song the shot that the camera is angled at is a low
angled shot. This shows us (The audience) what the “character” in the video is
feeling at that particular moment in the video. The reason he is feeling sad is
that the main character is feeling sad is because he is missing his one true
love and is lonely waiting for her to turn up and find him. Another camera shot
example is an establishing shot which is at the beginning of the music video.
This shot is used to set up the scene and to show the audience where the story
in the music video takes place. This could also make audiences guess at what
the song is going to be about just by judging the intro of the music video. Moreover,
there is a backwards tracking shot in between some of the other pans. This also
links back to the first camera shot as this tracking shot makes the main
character feel isolated and alone in one huge city. This could also add a bit
of realism as the tracking is like the audience is watching the character from
far away.
Editing
At the start of the music video there is a lot of different
camera shot, which I imagine before the film was edited the shots were longer,
however the edit seamlessly edits the camera shots to be less than a second and
this means that we get to see the main character in many different shots in
less than about 2 seconds. As a whole the different shots could show the character
is rushed or stressed because of all the fast-moving shots at the beginning and
then during the song the character can maybe start to relax and this is when we
could see less shots edited together. Another big edit which was in the music video
happens near the end of the song which is a fast forward edit. This is when the
frames of the video are sped up to show a passage of time during the music
video. The edit technique is used to show how long are character waits in one
spot for his true love to find him.
Another editing technique is during the middle of the music video the character
gets interviewed by the press on why he is not moving, and the camera shot
shows that they have added a menu on the scene this adds realism into the music
video showing the audience a real-life moment into the music video which
audiences can connect with.
Sound
I can’t say too much about the sound as there wasn’t that
much to talk about however, some of the beats in the video could link in to the
changing camera shots which an effect technique to let the audience k ow that a
chorus or an important part of the song is coming up. Also, the miming is synced
up well with the music video as there are some music videos in the past that
have failed with lip syncing have not gone on to do well. This would also be
something that I would need to master If I wanted my music video to get good
marks.
Mise en scene
Firstly, you have the location where the music video takes
place which is New York city which is a good setting to do a music video as it
is a city that most people would recognise. The lighting in this music video
would be a mixture of natural lighting and ambient lighting as some of the
parts of the music video might have been filmed in doors in a studio and other
parts of the film could have been filmed in the city itself.
