Friday, 19 June 2015
Thursday, 18 June 2015
Analysing a Music Video of the same Genre of my 30 second video
The video i have decided to review is sam smith - stay with me. I have chosen this because it is the same genre of music video as the 30 second video i will create and i feel that the artist is also quite similar to the artist i have chosen.
The first thing i am going to talk about is camera shots. The camera shots in this video is set more so to one specific thing and that is close ups of the singer. I think that the reason this music video has used this as its primary shot is to get the emotion of the singer across better as he is showing a lot of emotion on his face and therefore allowing the audience to see this and relate with him.
The next thing is editing. The main editing techniques used in this video was just simple cuts and the occasional fade from shot to shot and i think this is because it wasnt trying to be fancy or overly happy like the song is trying to portray it as so i think that the editing was done well due to the fact that it relates the music video to the song well.
In general the mise-en-scene was quite dull and grey, I think that the reason for this was because the video was quite sad and dull and therefore the video was managing to link with the song very well and help the audience understand the song a bit better.
In this video, the artist is represented to be a quite sad and depressed character at the time but it is also shown that he isnt always like this and it is just a mood or a phase in his life. This is shown through what he is saying in the song but it is demonstrated via what can be seen in the video and how he is acting.
I think that the audience will feel quite moved and emotional towards sam smith with this song as he is truly showing his emotions in the song and the video is allowing him to show this and therefore it creates a connection with the audience allowing them to understand how he feels and maybe feel the same way too.
An audience might watch this video to understand the true meaning of this song and undertsnad what is meant behind the lyrics. It could also be watched to help people who enjoy the song and can feel an emotional connection with it feel even closer by learning even more about the song and how what is being sung is expressed in a visual way via sam smith.
I think that Goodwins theory can be applied to this video as due to the genre it was meaning to be a video expressing the emotion of the star and he did this by being in the video and promoting himself but also interacting with the audience and expressing his emotion to them.
Friday, 12 June 2015
My Opinion on Goodwin's Music Video Theory
Andrew Goodwin's theory is that all music genres tend to follow certain styles when it comes to creating music videos. These usually are true and do tend to follow a pattern from video to video but some follow it more than other and some just don't follow it.
The first genre of music i am going to talk about this for is Rap. When people think of rap music videos they usually think of street video where there is the main artist rapping usually surrounded by their 'crew' who will be cheering them on. An example of this is some of Eminem's songs as he tend to use a lot of shots of streets and these sort of imaginary and a few of his videos have him rapping whilst surrounded by what looks like his 'crew'. An example of a rap artist who does not follow this is Watsky. This may be due to him not being a hardcore rapper as he does mix his rap with more upbeat pop sounding songs but he got his fame from rap and uses it in most of his songs yet he doesn't follow this stereotypical rapper music video style. Most of Watskys videos are bizarre and would be concept or narrative videos opposed to a performance.
Another genre of music that tends to follow a performance style of music video would be heavy metal. The reason for this is usually to show off the what they are like live and hopefully get the audience to feel the video is more genuine. They usually show a lot of shots of the audience and i think this may be to help the audience understand who they are trying to aim their music at as sometimes it may not be suitable for all viewer.
In summary i think most musicians do tend to follow the stereotypical music video as said by Goodwin but there are sometimes exceptions to the rule such as watsky with rap. The reason i think that most musicians tend to follow the stereotypical videos is because they most likely listen to music from the same genre so take ideas from fellow music videos therefore there will be a lot of similar music videos in the same music genre.
The first genre of music i am going to talk about this for is Rap. When people think of rap music videos they usually think of street video where there is the main artist rapping usually surrounded by their 'crew' who will be cheering them on. An example of this is some of Eminem's songs as he tend to use a lot of shots of streets and these sort of imaginary and a few of his videos have him rapping whilst surrounded by what looks like his 'crew'. An example of a rap artist who does not follow this is Watsky. This may be due to him not being a hardcore rapper as he does mix his rap with more upbeat pop sounding songs but he got his fame from rap and uses it in most of his songs yet he doesn't follow this stereotypical rapper music video style. Most of Watskys videos are bizarre and would be concept or narrative videos opposed to a performance.
Another genre of music that tends to follow a performance style of music video would be heavy metal. The reason for this is usually to show off the what they are like live and hopefully get the audience to feel the video is more genuine. They usually show a lot of shots of the audience and i think this may be to help the audience understand who they are trying to aim their music at as sometimes it may not be suitable for all viewer.
In summary i think most musicians do tend to follow the stereotypical music video as said by Goodwin but there are sometimes exceptions to the rule such as watsky with rap. The reason i think that most musicians tend to follow the stereotypical videos is because they most likely listen to music from the same genre so take ideas from fellow music videos therefore there will be a lot of similar music videos in the same music genre.
Wednesday, 3 June 2015
Narrative Music Video
A narrative music video is a music video that generally tells a short story, The video sometimes follows that of the song but sometimes it can be a story that is not related very much but may have some similar parts or that of a similar meaning. An example of this is Lalala by Naughty boy and Sam Smith as the song is different to the music video but the song is based off of the same thing as what the video is based on.
The next video I have chosen to talk about is Ugly faces by Watsky and the reason for this is because it is slightly a performance video but it is mostly a story but the main reason is because instead of just using actors as in the previous video, this on has the main character being the singer himself proving that a narrative music video doesn't just have to be actors and it also proves that you don't always need high budget (like most) to produce a narrative music video like most.
The next video I have chosen to talk about is Ugly faces by Watsky and the reason for this is because it is slightly a performance video but it is mostly a story but the main reason is because instead of just using actors as in the previous video, this on has the main character being the singer himself proving that a narrative music video doesn't just have to be actors and it also proves that you don't always need high budget (like most) to produce a narrative music video like most.
Tuesday, 2 June 2015
Performance Music Video
A performance music video is generally a music video that is performed on a stage and sometimes in front of an audience. It is usually of the band performing the song and dancing to it. An example of this is Shia Lebouf by Rob cantor which was performed on a theatre stage.
Another situation that is generally for performance videos is the use of clips from real life ad from concerts where the song has been performed. This isnt normally what the entire video consists of as this would be quite difficult to use as a music video but it sometimes does happen. Most videos that do this though tend to use clips or transition into the live performance from a generic music video scene. An example of this is Jan Egeland by Ylvis
Another situation that is generally for performance videos is the use of clips from real life ad from concerts where the song has been performed. This isnt normally what the entire video consists of as this would be quite difficult to use as a music video but it sometimes does happen. Most videos that do this though tend to use clips or transition into the live performance from a generic music video scene. An example of this is Jan Egeland by Ylvis
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