Thursday 19 November 2015

Music Video Examples (a critique) P1 (a-f)

Maroon 5 - Sugar


Editing
In this music video, it catches all the angles, emotions, surprises of the audiences. They gave them the best surprise on their important day in their life. They recorded every second of his voice of singing with the correct lip-sync and follow the rhythm. It also shows how they crashed into the wedding, how they set up the cameras and stages. They gave happiness to the people on their important day. It was just amazing!

Narrative
On the 6th of December, Maroon 5, Adam Levine's Band drive across L.A and crash the weddings on that day as they possibly can.  During the live show of Sugar, they gave out the sweetest wishes to brides and grooms who had their weddings on that day. In the music video, it shows the incredible surprise to people and made the best memory to those people.

Camera 
In this music video, it used different kinds of angles in different area. They have video recorder for all the show, cameras to follow the cars and the band, cameras focus on the band, shock faces of audiences, bridges and grooms. Even they are having speed attack to the weddings, they still have all area of cameras and lightings well-setting.

Mise-en-scene
Costume
They are all wearing suits with bow-tie, this is a way of showing respects to the people who are having weddings.
Location
They drove the car in L.A, and hits all the weddings as they possibly can.
Lighting
They film most of it indoor and at the day-time.
Acting
They gave surprises to the people in weddings, there are all shock faces and feel excited in that situation. Adam Levine gave the brides and brooms a hug to show wishes. The band was taking photos and selfies with audiences, having a drink to join in.
Props
The settings of camera, editing, recording, the thinking of this music video, they are all awesome.


Natalie Imbruglia - Torn


Editing
The editing in this music video is quite boring, maybe its because it's an old song and they didn't have technologies to edit it well. In the video, since the camera is staying in the same place, they only need to cut different senses into different order. 

Narrative
It talks about the process of making film and tear off it to express her emotions. In the lyrics, "Illusion never changed, into something real", and "I'm all out of faith, this is how I feel", they softly tell a story of she realised what does the world is look like. She couldn't believe him again. "Lying naked on the floor" means like there is nobody cares about her because he is the only one who lives in her world.

Camera
The camera in the music video was just stand on one place and having the same camera angle in the whole video. I can see there are some close up and none of lenses change. I think there are more ways to present the feeling of torn rather than use a camera and keep set one place.

Mise-en-scene
Costume
They are wearing really casual clothes, maybe they didn't have any sponsor for it at that time.
Location
In a figure house for filming
Lighting
The lighting is always on her face, and light come from the windows in the house.
Acting
She was trying to act out the feeling of torn, and dancing around.
Props
The direct eye contact to the camera.

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