Applying Codes and Conventions of Music Videos 2

Applying Codes and Conventions of Music Videos

Ed Sheeran - One

Style of Music Video: Performance

Misé en Scene:

Casual clothing, chiaroscuro, empty theatre, quick changes from hi key lighting to low key lighting

Camera:
Use of Medium Close-ups

Editing :
Use of Cutaways to corridors
Use of Juxtaposition

Sound:
Diegetic and Non-Diegetic
Change In levels
Application of reverb
Theme of love

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James Blunt - Postcards

Style of Music Video: Cameo/ Performance and Narrative

Misé en Scene:

Natural lighitng, shows typically male deisres( cars, money, girls, alcohol etc) 

Camera:
Use of Close-ups

Editing :
Use of Juxtaposition
Jump Cutting between narrative and performance
Eye Line Match
Linear Narrative

Sound:
Non Diegetic and Diegetic
Parallel Sound
Change in Levels
Application of reverb
Theme of love

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Katie Melua - Closest Thing To Crazy

Style of Music Video: Cameo/ Performance and Narrative

Misé en Scene:

High key lighting, shots of bedroom and kitchen, stereotypes of woman shown through locations.

Camera:
Use of Close-ups

Editing :
Jump Cutting between narrative and performance
Flashbacks

Sound:
Non Diegetic
Change in levels
Theme of love

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Joshua Radin - Streetlight

Style of Music Video: Animation/Narrative/Performance

Misé en Scene:

Location in a park, natural light used creating irony (as the song is called Starlight)

Camera:
Use of Medium Close-ups and Close-ups

Editing :
Linear Narrative
Eye Line Match

Sound:
Non Diegetic then changes to Diegetic
Change In levels

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George Ezra - Budapest

Style of Music Video: Cameo/Performance

Misé en Scene:
Shot in a crowd, natural lighting, then use of red and blue to show emoktions (red passion and blue for sadness)      

Camera:
Medium Close-ups
Lip Syncing

Editing :
Jump Cutting
Cutwaways
Juxtapositioning

Sound:
Change in Levels
Non Diegetic

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Kari Jobe - Here

Style of Music Video: Performance

Misé en Scene:
Shots of musical equipment, simple reflects the simple music being played. 

Camera:
Focus Adjusted

Editing :
Jump Cutting
Lip Syncing

Sound:

Diegetic/ Non Diegetic
Change in levels
Them of Love

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Chadwick Stokes - Crowbar Hotel

Style of Music Video: Narrative/Performance

Misé en Scene: 
Shots of movement, water and trains show the themes of escape and freedom 

Camera:
Use of Medium Close ups

Editing :
Jump Cutting between Narrative and Performance
Lip Syncing
Cutaways
Parallel editing
Fade to's
Use of Stock Footage

Sound:

Non Diegetic
Use of Reverb
Change in levels

Codes and Conventions (Music Video)

Mise en Scene -
Includes the use of hi and low key lighting, with some using chiaroscuro (Ed Sheeran - One)
Tends to show only shots of the artist singing
Can vary on theme of song, but usually modern clothing.
Makeup used for female artists - can make features more defined
Location can vary, although usually outside in the open
Props can also vary upon theme, although musical instruments appearing is common within videos

Camera -
Uses high and low angles to show emotional vulnerability parrallel to lyrics in the song
Uses close ups predominantly to create a relationship with the audience
Uses mid shots to convey a sense of humanity and normality of the artist
Camera usually moves (panning, tilting tracking etc) , showing the fluidity of the song, also referencing the flow of emotions evoked by the artist.

Editing-
Often use of jump cutting to change between singer and 'the story'
Music often matched to images (lip syncing)
Green screen / CGI as can be seen in Ed Sheeran's 'Sing'
some transitions not so hard (fade to's) usually used in change of time

Cutaways -brief shot that interrupts a continuous action, usually cuttbacking to the original shot
Match Cut/Graphic Match -a cut between two different objects so that they graphically match
Cross Cutting / Parallel editing -where two different locations/ narratives are cut between to suggest parallel action, usually used to build suspense
Linear Narrative - storytelling in a chronological order
Flash Backs - editing technique to show an event occurring in the past
Continuity Editing - editing technique that does not disrupt the continuity of a narrative, creating a sense of reality and moving forward in time.
Eye Line match - edit which cuts from a character to what they have been looking at
Juxtaposition - placing two objects/images either side to create an effect

Sound -
Music will be present,
Usually non dietetic,
Change in levels -  to emphasize emotions,
Usually themes of love
Parallel Sound - matches theme of video ie happier narrative will have music in a major key

Styles of music video:
Performance - Features artist(s) playing music (Bruno Mars - When I was Your Man)
Narrative - Features a story
Performance and Narrative - Mixture of story alongside artist(s) performing. (OneRepublic - Counting Stars)
Animation - Digital or Stop-Motion (Gorillaz - Clint Eastwood)
Cameo - Artist(s) involved in narrative but not performing (OK Go - This Too Shall Pass)