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MUSIC VIDEO ANALYSIS SHEET

Textual Analysis

Now that you have chosen a genre and song, you will need to produce at least threeindividual detailed analyses of similar products for you main task.

Analyse 1 (more you do, more marks) music videos of your choice in relation tocinematography, sound, miseenscene, editing and conventions (remem!er "oodwins."enre and technical).

Task 1 -

Use the grid below to analyse your chosen music video. Remember you need toanalyse how shot types, camerawork, Mise en Scene, editing, intertextualityand representation are used to make the video appeal to the target audience.Don’t describe what you see, analyse how it’s being presented to you.

ake screenshots !rom the video to illustrate your analysis and use a websitelike www.lyrics.com to "nd the lyrics. #rite the lyric that matches thescreenshot below it. $! it’s a musical break then describe it, !or example, %Drumsolo and guitar !eedback’. $n the section called %Shot type and movement’describe what the !rame is and i! the camera is still or moving then analyse thee&ect o! this. $n the box labelled %analysis’ you need to look at everything yousee in the screenshot and talk about why it’s there and how it appeals to anaudience. 'or the box marked %(dits’ you should note what sort o! edit ortransition is used. here’s an example below.

MUSIC VIDEO ANALYSIS Rolo Tomassi – Party o!"#s

Remember ) Don’t *ust describe. +ou need to analyse the e&ect it has too.lways try and link it back to how it appeals to audience.



Music Video Textual Analysis: Paramore: Monster

Shot type and camera movement: Mid

straight panning shot looking down onthe artist's head and shoulders

Analysis

The MS of the artist's head and shoulders cuts

in closer and !egins to pan around to the left

which takes in their whole profile while they are

lip syncing along to the lyrics which makes the

audience feel closer to the artist" The setting is

unusual as the whole !and appear to !e

su!merged and unconscious lying in a !ody of

water !ut then makes sense as the shot of the

artist cuts to the side of their profile and

compares the person they are singing a!out to !e

like 'water'" #owever there appears to !e use of

high key lighting when highlight's the artist's

unusually pale skin tone" As the shot is only of

her head and shoulders at this point the

audience cannot see what she is wearing !ut her

vi!rant red hair green eyes and red lipstick

make her stand out from her translucent

!ackdrop"

Music$lyrics

'%ou were my conscience'&dit$transitions: lashes as the camera cuts

closer in

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Shot type and camera movement

(lose upAnalysis

The close up of the artist lip syncing into a

microphone has a shallow focus !ackground to

the camera)s focus and therefore the

audience)s as well is on her face and watchingher performance" This shot is *uickly cut

!etween other shots of the artist and the !and

mem!ers in the water and then them in the

same room playing their instruments along to

the !eat" The setting is an a!andoned room

with stripped wallpaper which makes it feel

generic and also gain makes the audience focus

on the performance rather than the setting"

Their clothes are a similar generic !eige colour

to their surroundings to that they !lend in

expect for the lead singer whose !right red hair is once again the focus of the attention" The

camera does not move that much during these

parts only when following the artist)s

movements during the performance"

Music$lyrics +,on)t you ever wonder how

we)ve survived)

&dit$transitions: -uick cutaways to different

areas of an a!andoned and wrecked hospital to

the !and su!merged in the water and !ack to

them performing in the room again"



Shot type and camera movement: Straight

wide shot looking down and spinning

around slightly

Analysis

The !rief wide shot features *uickly in

previous parts of the video and this is the first

time the audience sees it fully and can take it

all in" At this moment they are not performing

and appear to !e unconscious !ut is still

relevant to the narrative !ut the audience is not

yet aware of why this might !e" Their costumes

are *uite smart as the male !and mem!ers are

seen wearing suits and !ow ties and the female

lead singer is seen wearing a !lack and red

dress which matches her !right red hair and

there is a cross tattoo .ust visi!le on her thigh"The shots seems to pan and spin around

slighting in order to give the audience a full

view of the whole !and to highlight the

significance of this shot"

Music$lyrics,uring the instrumental !reak from the

lyrics

&dit$transitions:



Shot type and camera movement Analysis

Music$lyrics &dit$transitions

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