Chris brown ft justin bieber next to you music video analysis

1. Name:_______________________________________ Music Video:________________________________
Narrative – What is the story of the music video, characters, settings, Mise-en-scene (What colours, sets and props are used? Why?)
conflicts, resolutions?
The colours used are mainly dark colours for example black
The characters in this are Chris Brown and his girlfriend and grey. There is a lot of fire to help illustrate the end of
and Justin Bieber and his girlfriend. It is set in a run the world and there is a lot of fallen down buildings and
down city with a lot of skyscrapers. The conflict is that smashed up cars.
the world is ending and everything is on fire and falling Target Audience – Who is the music video for?
down and there trying to get back to there girlfriends to
The target audience of this video is teenage girls as they are
keep them safe. The resolution is that they both get
most likely to listen to these artists.
back to there girlfriends safe in the end.
Editing – Describe the different editing choices made?
At the beginning the editing and cutting is slow but as the
Camera shots- What shots are used and why? story progresses and you get more into the song the editing
and cutting gets faster to show the panic that the
A lot of wide angled shots are used to show the whole
characters are feeling.
location that there in and it also helps you understand
the story as you can see everything that’s happening Music Video style – What style is used and why?
around them like the fires and the buildings falling
Again I think this is a narrative and concept style of video as
down. There are close ups of the girlfriends faces to
the lyrics match up to what is happening in the video
show how upset they are about leaving there
sometimes and the video also tells a story with a conflict
boyfriends.
and resolution.