Sunday 1 July 2012

Analysing Music Videos

Artist: Mr Hudson

Song: Supernova

Genre: Pop 

Producer: Mr Hudson & Kayne West

Created: July 2009

Record Company: G.O.O.D Music & Mercury


Mise en scene


Locations: In a studio and hotel.


Costume and make up: Mr Hudson wears a pale suit and black suit. Kanye West wears a black suit. Make up is very natural.


Props: Beds in hotel, Lamps, Sofas, Tray of tea and Coffee.


Performance: Two different people, with many girl characters. Performance, involves characters running up hallways, chasing after girls who have run away.

Lighting: Natural, Low cut lighting, after coming from behind characters, through windows etc.

Colour palette: Usually soft, although does go dark in certain places.

Camera techniques: Range of shots including two shots, close ups, medium close ups, long shots and establishing shots. Focus is very much on the two lead singers and the female characters.

Edit techniques: Many graphics are used including putting stars over the two singers, also because the song is called supernova, they use graphics to represent a supernova.

Animation: Flash and slow motion are used throughout the video, usually when the female characters, although slow motion is used on Mr Hudson chasing after the female characters.

Narrative: There is a clear narrative throughout the video, as you can tell what is happening, also the lyrics sung by the main characters help to give you an idea.

Performance: The characters are lip syncing throughout the video and also perform to the camera. They play a role and keep it throughout the music video.

Representation of the artists and other groups: By having two different people in the video, being different races, it shows that everyone is treated the same.

Intertextuality:

Link between visuals and lyric?

Lyric: 'Let me be your supernova'
Visual: Supernova graphic on screen.
Voyeurism:
Where the video might be shown: TV Networks.
Target audience: Teens, Adults, anyone who likes Kanye and Mr Hudson. Fans of the singers.


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