Analyse six music videos - look at what makes them successful. Consider camera angles, editing, mise-en-scene, sound (lip-syncing) and the relationship between music and visuals.
Madonna - Like A Virgin
- Narrative based video
- Story is that Madonna sees a murder, the black man is accused of it, and Madonna is a witness to say it isn't.
- Video caused massive controversy because the black man is a representation of Jesus Christ.
- Long close up shots that show reactions
- Edited together to show Madonna in a 'good light'
- Mise-en-scene is set in a church, and all very realistic
- Lot of lip syncing - can tell it is using the radio edit as backing track
- All links to video ie. 'prayer' is when she prays etc.
U2 - I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight
- Performance based video
- See the band most of the time, but more of a documentary of the band's tour date in Barcelona
- Lots of close ups of band's faces, and instrument playing - allows for us to see everything happen as it sounds (as you would want at a gig)
- Also lots of aerial shots to demonstrate the monstrosity of 'The Claw'
- Edited together quite 'jaunty', so that we get a feel that it is live
- Mise-en-scene is the same throughout - just a crowd scene and the band onstage
- Lip syncing is perfect - it would be different to what was actually recorded at the gig as it has used the album edit of the track in the video
- Very little relationship between music and visuals
Basement Jaxx - Where's Your Head At?
- Concept based video
- Videos that are very unique and are a daft idea becoming a reality
- Camera work is handheld for part of it, giving a first-person view
- Close ups as the camera is the man's eyes, and it is exactly what he sees
- Edited together on the beat of the music, and adds to the pace of the song
- Sound isn't really sung throughout the video, and is mainly synthesisers anyway
- Relationship of music to visuals is minimal
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