The Man who can't be moved - Music Video Analysis

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.