2. Genre Characteristics
Adele’s ‘Rolling In The Deep’ is a completely different genre in
comparison to ‘Telephone’. There are many characteristics
throughout that indicate it is singer/songwriter genre. There is not
many colours in the music video, in fact there is very little colour and
the colours that are in the video are quite dull. Another characteristic
would be the use of instruments, throughout the music video the
audience can see the instruments being played in the video. There is
no costume changes and very little dance routines.
3. Relationship between lyrics and visuals
Throughout the music video there is not that many relationships shown
between the lyrics and visuals, this may be because it is a very basic
music video. However there is one relationship between the lyrics and
visuals that I noticed and this was when Adele sings “Crystal clear” lots
of glasses filled with water are shown.
4. Relationship between music and
visuals
There are very little dance routines throughout the music video, there
is one solo dancer who keeps appearing, as the song progresses his
dance gets more intense and gets quicker and quicker, he begins just
standing in a room and in the lead up to the chorus he starts dancing
and he gets more and more advanced. Another would be the many
glasses of water shaking in time with the beat.
5. Close-ups of the main artist
The main close-ups of the main artist (Adele) would be in the lead up
to the chorus. This is when the camera slowly zooms into a close up of
Adele’s face. The close ups mainly occur throughout the chorus
showing the emotion and power Adele is putting into the song.
6. Reference to voyeurism
The voyeurism in Rolling in the Deep occurs when the camera pans in
through a door to reveal Adele singing whilst sitting in a chair,
unaware of the face she is being watched.
