2. Camerawork - Birdy
Throughout ‘Skinny Love’ by Birdy we see a lot of medium shots and close ups are
used, especially of the artist herself. A lot of these medium shots are used to show the
artist playing the piano in an empty, dark room, and also following her walking around
an empty house. I discovered a pattern throughout the music video, which is when the
artist is singing, close ups are used, and when the video is showing the narrative
part, it is mainly using medium and long shots to show what is going on/where she is
going.
3. Camerawork - Delilah
After watching ‘Inside my Love’ by Delilah, I noticed a few similarities and differences
between her music video, and the one previously spoke about by Birdy. I noticed that
in Delilah's video, she seemed to use a lot more medium shots than close ups. This was
to show the audience what was going on in the video, as the two characters are
performing a contemporary dance. There were also a few long shots included in the
video, which is different to what we saw in Birdy’s video. There are close ups of the
artists face throughout the video to show her singing, and also to portray her emotions
to the audience.
4. Mise en scene - Birdy
In Birdy’s video, ‘Skinny Love’ the artist is shown in a dark, empty, old house. This
challenges the codes and conventions of alternative pop videos as the artists are
usually shown in an urban like environment. There is a dark colour palette used
throughout the video, which conforms to the conventions, and also fits the
slow, gloomy feel to the song. The artist is wearing a plain white dress, covering up
most of her body, and is very fresh faced with no bold make up on. This also challenges
the conventions of an alternative pop video, but again relates to the song and also the
narrative based video. The artist is also the only person in the video, therefore focusing
all attention on her.
5. Mise en scene - Delilah
In Delilahs music video we see that she has used a dark colour palette throughout the
video, which is similar to the video by Birdy. The video is set in one room, which is quite
simple with white walls and focuses mainly on a white mattress on the floor in which
the characters are dancing on. The artist is wearing a simple top and cotton
shorts, which challenges the codes and conventions of alternative pop videos, and also
is very different from her other professional music videos as she is normally seen
wearing very stylish clothes. I think this works and is parallel to the music video
however, as it is a simple video based mostly on the dancing. The artist is also wearing
minimal make up and looks very natural throughout this video.
6. Editing - Birdy
Simple editing has been used in the ‘Skinny Love’ video, with long shot duration
being the main editing technique. This is parallel to the music as the music is quite
slow, therefore the visuals match the lyrics (Goodwins Theory). To create the dark
colour palette I think that the visuals have been altered in order to give it a greater
effect, creating a dark, gloomy atmosphere. Slow motion editing has also been used
in this video by Birdy, which conforms to the codes and conventions of alternative
pop videos. A blurred effect has also been added quite a lot throughout the video, for
example when the artist is playing the piano and the camera goes in and out of focus.
7. Editing - Delilah
I also noticed that the music is parallel to the visuals in the video by Delilah, for
example, the beginning of song is slow, and the visuals match this, and then when
the tempo speeds up, so does the visuals – going from long shot duration to short
shot duration. Similar to Birdys video, Delilah has also used a blurred effect in her
video.
8. From analysing these two videos from our
chosen genre, it has given me a better insight
into the typical codes and conventions used
in an alternative pop video, and therefore
giving our group ideas on what we want to
challenge or conform in our own music video.
