Video Analysis

Alicia Keys
I have chosen 3 possible music videos to analyse, I have included links for all 3.
Click on the songs to view the videos
Try sleeping with a broken heart
Like you’ll never seen me again
Fallin ’- This is the song I have chosen to analyse.

The video begins with a close up shot of the artist. We can clearly see her facial expressions giving us a in-depth view of how she is feeling including her emotional attachment with this song. A full length shot has been used to show the area/ location the singer is in. The image shows a downtown image of a run-down area. Here we can also see what the artist is wearing, we are able to view her full image. The next view shows a close up shot of props the artist has used to add effect to her video adding an alternative to her music. We see multiple close-ups of the piano suggesting importance and its relation to the song. Here is a medium close-up of the artist playing the piano, this image is repeated throughout the video. The image of playing the piano sets a mood, we would normally relate playing the piano with older singers this is not generally an aspect involved in R'n'B videos. Here is another medium close-up of the artist walking down the street, we can see people as normal in the background, they add an effect to the video and shows the video is not affected by them. Continuity editing is again used here for when she is walking showing continuous filming. This shot represents a gang of people in the video this could be used to reflect the type of location the video has been set in or could be used as an influence for the song itself. This offers pleasure to the viewer as they can see the group having fun. A zoomed out shot has been used to show a location and the bus as a prop showing her change of place. This adds to the rhythm movement in the song. This can also be used to show continuity editing as this is shown on a continuous line, this is called a track movement. The artist is looking out of the bus window, we can guess she might be reflecting the past, we can tell this from her facial expression. This could be an anxious feeling from what she is about to do next. This image has been shown to make it appear like she is moving.

The mise-en scene of this pictures shows a group of women on a bus, this image has been added for a reason. This leads on to the build up of the video where the artist goes to visit her love in prison. This image gives off innocence and could have been added to reflect the past. This is a zoom in shot, we can clearly see the baby’s face. This could also have been added to represent the man in his younger years. A full length shot has been used to show everything in the frame, the photos are of importance and the artist wants us to know this. This can also be seen as a fun photo as the photos are spread all over the floor. Another close up shot of the artists face shows passion and feeling through her emotion. This emphasises the feeling in the song. A pan movement adds to the effect as this follows her face movement while singing. The spray of images could have been added to show past memories, looking through their past reflecting on their life. We notice the last image is of the guy she is going to visit in prison this is significant. A zoom out shot reflects the location, the bus and the people wearing orange is significant as this gives us some clue as to where she may be heading, gives us an insight into what is happening. The sky darkens the mood in this picture as there are dark grey clouds. This could have been used on purpose as this could be representing the people working below this shows some bad in the video, we know why they are there. The speakers we can see in the shot here starts off the video, this projects the music that we are about to hear. The camera slowly hovers and then zooms in on the speakers when we see the singer turning the radio on and the music begin playing.

Video Analysis

by CharlotteLaurenMEDIA on Sep 15, 2011

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