The document discusses common music video motifs that were used in a video, including the fragmentation of the body to show broken emotions, shots of the sun behind the artist to contrast happiness and sadness, the use of impossible sequences like disappearances, intertextuality by showing the artist singing and playing instruments, and depictions of violence like slapping and fighting.

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Motifs Used in our Video
Common music video motifs that we have used in
our video.

2.  We added lots of fragmentation of the body to
our video. We did this as it is a common motif
used sometimes to show sexuality but in this
case used to show the broken down nature of
Mitchell’s emotions by showing broken shots of
his body.
Fragmentation of the
Body
Above is a screenshot from our video of an
extreme close up of Mitchell’s mouth to show
his sadness, to the right is a close up of this
hands on the piano.

3.  To begin the video we used a very common
motif of a shot of the sun. We used a low angle
of Mitchell to show the sun behind him, this is
used as the sun is a symbol of happiness which
contrasts with Mitchell who as a silhouette to
show his sadness.
Shots of Light, Sun or Fire

4.  The use of an impossible sequences is very
common in music videos as we are able to do
things with effects we wouldn’t usually be able
to do. I used a cross dissolve to make myself
disappear in the video, insinuating I have left
Mitchell.
Use of Impossible
Sequences

5.  Intertextuality is used often to show an artist
recognizing the fact they are an artist by
showing them playing an instrument or
singing to the camera. We have done this
through out the video as Mitchell plays the
piano and sings during the entire video.
Use of Intertextuality

6.  Violence is used again and again in music
videos of all sorts. There is violence during the
argument scene in our video such as when I
slap Mitchell and when Mitchell grabs me to
hit me.
The use of Violence