Media Studies Work

1. Narrative Analysis

2. Marina & The Diamonds - Blue
The music video for ‘Blue’ by Marina and the
diamonds is mainly performance based as their are
very little shots of the main artist not performing her
song. Though the majority of the shots don’t include
much of a narrative they do include changes in
scenery. The different types of scenery affect the
way in which Marina performs her song. In the
bright scenes when the lighting looks natural the
artist looks quite heartbroken and stern which
matches the theme but then the scenery switches
to night time at a fairground and not only does the
performance change but also the costumes change
as well. Marina seems a lot more happy and seems
to be enjoying herself more. For the final almost
minute the main artist and some background
dancers perform a dance as well as continuing to
perform the song.The changing of attitude with
scenery is a good idea that I could use in my music
video.

3. Years & Years - Shine
The music video for ‘Shine’ by Years & Years is
majorly performance based but includes a loose
narrative through shots. The narrative seems to
be a house that is being wrecked. It shows a
deeper metaphorical message. The facial
expressions throughout the music video seem to
be quite neutral or ‘broken’. The music video
matches up with the lyrics to the song but not
literally. The song is about someone searching
for love whilst knowing that love has the ability
to destroy him. The video shows the artist in a
house while it gets destroyed but he still
searches for something unknown to the viewer.
The colours throughout the music video stick to
quite a dim colour scheme. There is also a lot of
close up shots and middle shots of the artist.
These are common of indie music videos.