Analysis of Music Video 5

Cinematography:

The first shot we see is a close up of a woman clutching her baby. Immediately we feel intrigued and want to watch on. We then get an establishing shot of the hospital room. This gave the viewer the feeling that a story or scene was going to unfold. Throughout the music video, we are given with a story which unravels. The shots within the video were short sharp with different angles to create an emphasis on the specific shot that was taken.

Mise En Scene:

The mise en scene is based in several different locations. Firstly we see a shot of a hospital. We then see the story unravel where the artist Lil Wayne is shown to us in a classroom and hallway. Within the shots, we see he has the stereotypical conventions which we associate hip hop with. He is topless in one of the shots where we see he has a chain and tattoos with glasses on.

Editing:

Editing within the video is established very well. There are many short, sharp shots with different angles to create emphasis. For example, the 1st shot where they show a close up of the lady who has her hand on her stomach in the hospital. This intrigued the viewer and kept us watching the video.

 

Here in this pic. We see the shot was taken very specifically. The half lighting over her face which may be an explantion to some sort of dark side that she may be going through.

Analysis of Music Video 4

Cinematography:

The first shot that opens up the video is an establishing shot of the city Pittsburgh where Mac Miller is from. The second shot is of him in the centre of the frame showing us all the conventions that would normally be seen in a hip hop video. The hat, chain all show us his wealth that we would intertwine with hip hop music. Throughout the video we see a lot going on within the video where Mac Miller is the centre of attention. Different shots. We get a range of mid shots to close up also.

Mise En Scene:

The mise en scene switches a lot through the video. Firstly, it starts on the roof and then it goes into a room where he is laying down. Its almost trying tell us a story and maybe demonstrate something he is trying to show through his lyrics in the video. He then moves into a club where you see people with other conventions matching his which sums up hip hop.

Editing:

The editing within the video is very simplistic. It includes most things that other hip hop videos would have. There typical stereotype in the club scenes with the artist being centre frame. There were many short sharp shots also which helped create an emphasis on the video and diminish any viewer fatigue.

Analysis of Music Video 3

Cinematography:

Firstly, the establishing shot shows us a glamorous car. This would be a good convention as hip hop have stereotypical things that we associate it with. Things such as cars, hats, jewellery all come under that category. There are some close up shots and long shots of both artists within the video. However theres hardly any other things the camera concentrates on apart from the car. 

Mise En Scene:

We are given the American flag in the background of what it looks like an airport hangar. Immediately this shows their love for their country. There are hardly any shots where we don't see the flag involved within the frame. Within the mise en scene we see everything that stereotypes hip hop artists. Cars, girls, jewellery, hats, a fresh looking appeal.

Editing:

The editing is very simplistic. Many different cuts. The main thing they do is show the concentions that show the wealth and power of both artists within the video.

Analysis of Music Video 2

Cinematography:

An establishing shot shows Tinie Tempah overlooking city buildings as the video opens up. This could convey himself going to America to conquer. Often, the shots are from different angles however Tinie is always in the centre of the frame which shows his dominance. This can also be demonstrated as the camera is titled upwards so its as though he is looking down whilst he is on the roof.

Mise En Scene:

The mise en scene used is your typical youthful approach. His swagger and arrogance in the video comes across straight away. I Don't mean it in bad terms i mean it as he is the centre of attention and shows off what he has. Throughout the song we see Tinite dance around and perform. This gives us a sign of emotion that this video could mean something to him.

Editing:

The editing is very simple in this video. there are a few affects that were included such as rewinding and slow motion. The shots were all simple with Tinie being centre frame.

Analysis Of Music Video 1

Cinematography:

The first establishing shots of the video show high rise buildings, Wiz Khalifa himself and jewellery. the jewellery shot is an extreme close up and establishes his wealth and money he has.  Within the video. The camera focuses a lot on him. its almost all about him and the lifestyle he has. They show him getting ready, eating and then driving off in his lovely sports car which also gives out emphasis of his wealth.

Mise-en-Scene:

Firstly, we see the opening shot which is of his city which is Pittsburgh. The song is all about his city and about black and yellow representing Pittsburgh steelers. The song title is represented by several props we see in the video such as shirts being waved, his hats he wears with a P for Pittsburgh on it and also his car is yellow. This really shows the viewer what he is trying to convey.

Editing:

The editing in the video is very simplistic. It cuts a lot from one shot to another and shows different time frames of what hes doing throughout the video. Fort example, first he wakes up and then he gets dressed, it then cuts to him putting his earrings on. There are also a few slow motion shots when he was walking out of his house which emphasises his 'swagger'.

Sound:

The sound is clear throughout the whole song. The beat flows correctly to his lyrics and the narrative has the same vibe as the actual song itself.

Genre - 'Hip Hop'

These are some artists that are involved within the genre i am doing. The genre is hip hop and all of these artists are famous within the culture. As you can see, within the picture are several different stereotypical things we would associate with hip hop that the artists are wearing. Shades are common with hats also and the fingers pointing to the camera or doing an action.

Theories 3 - Bordwell & Thompson

Bordwell and Thompson

These are 2 theorists that came up with their four corners in 2001.  They noticed how shots could link in different ways. They identified 4 different relations between shots in the editing;

- Graphic
- Spatial
- Temporal
- Rythmic


Graphic


- Patters of light and dark, fine and shape, volume and depth, movement and statis


- Can be used to create 'smooth continuity' or 'abrupt contrast'

- Linkage of shots by graphic similarities, centre of interest is constant, movement etc.

- contrasts colour, shape, movment, placemnet of shape.


Rhythmic


Rhythmic editing will show that each shot cuts on length according to the beat and tempo of the music

- Different Patterns, beat and tempo

- Specific emphasis of shots

- Different shots giving different affects

- Longer shots

Spatial

Relation between different people where things are.

- Continuity editing - Flows 180 rule

- Kuleshov effect - Audience will get an idea in thier own head

- Crosscutting - Acting taking place at the same time but at in different locations.

Temporal

- Order and presentation of the way things get shown. (Flashbacks, flashforwards)

- The order of presentation of events can be manipulated changes in story plot relations which interupt temporal order

- Temporal Continuity - Punctuation, Empty frames, Cutaway

- Shot change, wipse, disolve, moving out of frame.

- Shot of another event elsewhere

Theories 2 - Carol Vernallis

Carol Vernallis: The kindest cut (Functions and meaning in music video editing)



Music Videos

- Multiplicity incomplete sometimes obsecure paths

- Order Of Shots - Unconventional. Shifts more freely between shots. No order

- Time, space, character and narrative are revealed incompletely.

- Visual hooks create continuity. Non continuous shots linked by a single feature. Unified by figure, colour, shape, setting.

- Hollywood film - Unity of time and space

- Single clear path through films world

- Discontinuity - pop video draws us away from the narrative by foregrounding other structures and elements

- Continuity - Film draws us into the narrative.


Some Famous Quotes From Carol;

'In video, our attention to the song shapes the way we percieve the image, but to an equal extent what we do attened to in the image helps to determine how we hear music'


'Shots of the artist will encourage us to piece together a phantasmagorical body (a body made up in our mind of all the sorts of bits of bodies we see)'

Theories 1 - Andrew Goodwin

Andrew Goodwin: Dancing in the distraction factory


Illustration

Band image- The band area, band singing, dancing, playing instruments.

Lyrics- Images illustrate the literal meaning or feeling of the lyrics, often just with the band singing and dancing

Amplification

Music - The film cuts on beat to emphasise features

Lyrics -Only images project the lyrics. A specific narrative may be used that would not necessarily be picked up from reading the lyrics alone

Band Image - The band would take on fictional roles in the narrative


Disjuncture

Music - The sign of a badly made video

Lyrics - Images would be used that would not reflect on the lyrics themselves, sometimes used by bands who are already very well established who can afford to take risks

Band Image -  A band takes on an image that would be in complete contrast to their normal image.

This would be an example.There is no rhythm throughout the music video, no lyrics however some monologue is used.The beat changes and it is more like a story being told.

Assessment 9/09/11 MCU

WWW

- Range of videos considered, with some useful analysis in places.
- An attempt to include visual material through the use of embedded video.

EBI

- Your analysis needs a lot more work. Currently you are not really analysing, just describing. Use headers, Mise en scene, cinematography, sound and editing to help you focus your analysis.
- Make sure you include more visual material, use screen grabs to illustrate certain points.
- Think more carefully about the conventions - what are the ingredients? What must you have in a music video? E.g. lipsynching.
- For some reason your blog will not display all the posts on one page, please could you fix this (talk to a technician if you need to)

Effort - PR

Analysis Of A Low Budget Music Video

This video was made just from a cam recorder. Its nothing more than a freestyle of two rappers. If you compare this video to a mainstream video such as one from neyo or a big artist, a lot of stuff would be different. There would be more shots, camera movement and the lighting would be different. There are some short sharp shots however not enough to keep the viewer intrigued.

 

If you compare these screen grabs you can see a lot more going on within the bigger video. More people, lighting and overall you can tell the music video was made on a big budget maybe in comparison to the top screen grab