Real media research- Connor

1. Real Media Research
By Connor Erswell

2. Look at me- XXXtentacion
From this shot, i decided to take the dark lighting and
applied it to Person A, (the depressed character) and
made the mise-on-scene dark to emphasis his
The extreme close up is used to show his
emotions and how he feels about society
The dark
background can
highlight the
struggle he has
with depression.
This is a typical
convention from
‘depressed’ videos.
The black background is
used at the end to show
that his depression has got
worse over time.
The dark clothes to
represent
depression
A mid-shot of X
looking down to
show his
vulnerability
From this shot, i took the idea of the dark clothing and
it inspired me to use the same clothing idea and
applied it as my own (the clothes get slowly darker
throughout the video

3. Die for you- Chris Brown
The use of the snow can relate the artist with audiences. It
can also show his purity as the snow is white. However,
he's wearing black clothes which is a nice contrast
between light and dark. This is evident in todorov’s
equilibrium theory of light vs dark
The use of the orange flames can
show his anger towards society and
can portray his fiery personality to
audiences
The use of the black borders presents
as small and can show his insecurities
The high angled shot
represents chris as
small

4. Twenty one pilots- heathens
The dark mise-on-scene portrays
the artists depression
The narrow walls can symbolise
how small his world is small. I
decided to use this in my video as
its an effective way to represent
how someone with depressions
world is so small and how they
The prison clothes can show
present him as dangerous
The use of props and mise-on-
scene (the prison bars) can show
someone who suffers with
depression is trapt and is unable to
escape
The dark scenery is popular
throughout and shows his
depression

5. Hit the quan- iLoveMemphis
The black background at the
start can show he’s isolated
The contrast between dark and light
in this shot can symbolise that
people can overcome depression.
However i decided not to use this
as i believed that it was a false
representation of depression.
The dark mise-on-scene also
symbolises the depression in
the artist
Shows the artist can relate to
the audience due to him being
portrayed as party mad.