Music Video
Music video Form and Conventions: Types of music video: performance -lip sync, live performance , choreographed/freestyle dance, playing instrument narrative -storyline/theme/motifs;linear/non-linear conceptual - abstract set of motifs that may have no obvious link to the lyric Things to analyse: Camera : angles, shot size, camera movement, framing Editing : cutting rate/ rhythm (to the rhythm / beat?), types of cut (matched, jump, cutaways), transitions, effects (including Special Effects SFX) Mise en scene : costume, makeup, props, location, lighting Lip sync and authorage / star quality, which links to… Representation : of the star, sexuality, gender, ethnicity / culture, subculture and genre, personality, celebrity and consumerism Audience : and how the video “positions” them; the male gaze; voyeurism Postmodernism: By nature hard to define, but might include: A mix and match aesthetic, taking influences from a range of...
You have used technical media language accurately and attempted to analyse shots and sound. However this is very brief! You could have given more detail on mise en scene and considered editing techniques such as the use of captions. You could have considered social / cultural context. V
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