Thursday, 10 September 2009

A Little Review

Below I have textually analysed two current music videos. I have done this in order to widen my understanding of what can be expected and included in a music video.


Manchester Orchestra - I can barely breathe


"Toto, I've a feeling we're not in Kansas any more."
Enough said really

The choice to have the lyrics shown over the video is an odd choice, but i think that with the barely readable script they have used, it works really well.

The girl walking on her own really fits the lyrics "come on, come on, its the end of the world". The setting she is walking through and the costume chosen for her really epitomises these lyrics as well. The mis-en-scene in general works to give the appearance of being alone in the big wide empty world.

At the very beginning of the music video we are shown a scene being roughly drawn onto 'old' paper as well as the lyrics, written in a barely readable script style font. As the lyrics continue the scene gradually fades to a real scene: a girl sitting on a suitcase on the side of a road.

The camera then closes in on the girl and film strips are played over the top, it is assumed that these scenes are her past, as we see them 'fly' out of a scrap book she is writing in.

Through out the whole video aspects like the use of special effects, the scene overlaying and the way in which the scene seems to match the rhythm of the song all tie together to create a video that really works.

Ida Maria - Oh My God

This music video is rather different to Manchester Orchestra's. How ever they both use quite 'old style' lighting.

'Oh My God' it self is quite a quick song, and they have built on this when filming. The camera cuts often from band member to member, focusing mainly on the lead singer.

This quick cut and seemingly self-filmed way of creating the video also fits very well with the lyrics of the song. The lack of sticking to one camera angle and view sums up the line 'Do you think I'm in control?' very well. Overall the video is very simplistic but it suits the song.

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