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Music Video-Analysis
Adele- Someone like you
The narrative of someone like you is about Adele still holding
on to feelings for her ex, shes trying to forget them but she still
feels she may be able to rekindle them. In the music video we see
past memories of her relationship. The music video adheres to the
genre singer-songwriter and soul.
Camera- Shots & Angles-This long wide shot of the location
is very good as it shows where the music video is set. This is a
view I want to include in my music video as it allows the audience
to have an idea of where it is set. And in this music video, the
location is London
Camera- Shots & Angles-This is a similar shot I am planning
to use in my music video to begin with. This is because it shows
that the lyrics and the video have some relationship to each other.
It also shows that they are the main focus.
Mise en Scene- Location & Colours- The view in this slightly
over the shoulder shot, is a great location. This is because the
fact that there is a shot of a view that looks over the town shows
that the person is thinking or feeling some form of an emotion and
that they rather keep it to themselves. The black and white colour
in this shot brings out the seriousness of the song. It also helps
to make the audience focus on the lyrics rather than the music
video. The black and white effect usually has connotations of
emotions, for example, loneliness, emptiness and hurt.
Editing- effects were added to the music video. In this video,
there are no cuts, just a straight long video. This is only because
the song itself was made popular before the video was made,
therefore how the video made was not the main objective but to
promote the song to those who have not heard it before. The only
effects used in this video are the colour and the effect of making
it slightly old by making it like the black and white movies.
Emeli Sande-Clown
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The narrative of the song is about Emeli Sandes first
experiences in the music industry. It mainly reflects her struggles
to get signed, and also encounters she had with people in the
industry.
Camerawork-The establishing shot is of an entrance to a room
which has stairs around it and a cross at the back wall. There is a
man in uniform pointing through the door. After this the main
officer is seen to be pointing, 3 more male officers walk through
the doorway into the somewhat ambiguous room. Camerawork-The use of
extreme close ups are used repeatedly throughout the video. There
is a concentration on the contrast of the bright room with the
soldiers, to the dark, intimate room with a dimmed spotlight. At
this point we see the camera angle seems to be slightly low whilst
filming in the dark room, however Sandes position of her head
changed slightly e.g. from facing down to facing up to the light-In
these shots the use of lip synching is used, whilst with the
soldiers in the bright room, Sande is acting as a character, except
at the end when she signs the form, she starts singing in the room
with the men. Camerawork-The other part of the video when it is not
Sande lip syncing in the dark room, she seems to be being
scrutinized by a room of lots of male soldiers. The first shot of
Sande in contact with the soldiers is right at the beginning where
she is seen to be brought into the room by two male guards. A
medium-long shot is used here. Camerawork-When Sande is in the room
with the soldiers, there are close up shots of the soldiers which
do not show their faces. This creates the fear, and makes the
audience feel slightly uncomfortable, which mirrors the way Sande
must be feeling. These shots which do not show the soldiers faces
are low angles, which adds to the feel of the authority and power
the soldiers have. Camerawork-There are lots of low-angled shots of
the old soldiers, which gives the impression that patronizing
towards her, as many have when she has approached people in the
music industry in the past whilst trying to find someone to sign
her. Editing-At the beginning of the video, when the soldiers are
beckoned into the lit up room with the cross at the back, their
walking seems quite static and sped up. There are lots of cross
cuts, from Sande singing in the darkened room, to her being
interrogated by the male soldiers. Another technique that is
reoccurring in the video is the of different focuses e.g. many
shots are focused on Sande, with characters and props in the
background blurred out. Mise-en-Scene Costumes-The soldiers are
wearing appropriate costumes, such as full uniforms, big, black
boots and belts. The guards seem to be wearing army hats. Some of
the soldiers are wearing gloves, with some others holding
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clipboards. The uniform certifies the soldiers power, and allow
the audience instantly to recognize the characters. Emeli Sande is
wearing the same outfit both when seen in the darkened room and
with the soldiers. She wears a black skirt, with a black blouse and
a white scarf. Sande looks very professional, as if going to a
court hearing. The dominant use of black helps to link with the
videos theme, and shows that she is serious through her attire.
Mise-en-Scene Location-There is two locations within this video:
the dark room where Emeli Sande is seen to be singing, and the
bright courtroom with the soldiers inside. Emeli Sande seems to be
more comfortable in her own company, which is where she is seen to
be singing, and looking straight down the camera, compared to her
self-conscious self, whilst with the soldiers, where she seems to
be looking downwards most of the time. Lighting-Due to the film
being in black and white, the lighting is extremely important in
this video. In the room with the soldiers, the lighting is very
bright, giving the impression of complete exposure, and
interrogation like at a police station. There are no shadows in the
room with the soldiers, with nowhere to hide compare to the other
location, which possibly enhances the feel of vulnerability.
Lighting- In the darkened room, they use one spot light, which, at
the beginning of the video, is placed to the right hand side of the
camera. This allows shadowing to appear on Sandes face, which shows
her introvert character. As the video progresses on, the spotlight
seems to move to over Sandes head, as there are shots with her
looking up, and Sandes face is lit up quite clearly, still however,
with some shadows on the left side of her face. These shadows could
represent her insecurities about her music as she had been turned
so many times.