Analysis of indie pop music videos

1. Indie Pop
Analysis of indie pop music videos

2. Lana Del Rey – Blue Jeans
• Black and white
• Low pitch lighting
• Singing
• Close ups – relationship between artist and audience
• Woman and man in revealing clothes – voyeurism
• Set outside – a swimming pool
• Features a crocodile
• Distortion of image – editing
• Slow motion
• Wide shots
• Underwater shots
• Abstract
• Amplifying video content for lyrics

3. London Grammar – Wasting My Young Years
• Black and white
• Distortion of image
• Close ups – relationship between artist and audience
• Wide shots
• Use of slow motion
• Singing
• Low pitch lighting
• Beautiful woman – voyeurism
• Amplifying video content to match lyrics
• Abstract
• Old fashioned film footage
• Camera tracking
• People suspended in air
• Extreme close ups

4. Tom Odell – Grow Old With Me
• Close ups – relationship between artist and audience
• Wide shots
• Use of blur
• High pitch lighting
• Light clothing
• Narrative
• Illustrative video content to match lyrics
• Set outside and in a home
• Singing

5. Florence & The Machine – Shake It Out
• High pitch lighting
• Wide shots
• Close ups – relationship between artist and audience
• Blur in image
• Singing
• Amplifying video content for lyrics
• Old fashioned film style
• Slow motion
• Narrative/abstract
• Beautiful woman – voyeurism
• Glamorous clothing
• Masks
• Extreme close ups
• A party