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2. • Adam Noah Levine (born March 18, 1979) is an American singer-songwriter,
widely known as the lead vocalist for Los Angeles pop
rock band Maroon 5.
• Born and raised in Los Angeles, California, Levine began his musical
career in 1994, when he co-founded alternative rock band Kara's
Flowers, of which he was the lead vocalist and guitarist. After the
commercial failure of their only album, The Fourth World, the band
split up. Later, he reformed the band and a fifth member was
added to form Maroon 5. The band released their first album,
Songs About Jane, which went multi-platinum in the US. Since
then, they have released four more albums, It Won't Be Soon
Before Long (2007), Hands All Over (2010), Overexposed (2012),
and V (2014).
• He has created many popular songs such ‘She will be loved’, ‘Move
like Jagger’ and ‘Maps’.
• The genres he focuses on are Pop rock, Pop funk rock, Blue-eyed-soul
and Electro pop.
• The most popular awards he has won are 1 American Music
Award, 2 Billboard Awards, 3 BRIT Awards, 4 ECHO Awards, 5
GAON Chart Awards, 6 Grammy Awards, 7 Juno Awards, 8 MTV
Awards, 15 People’s Choice Awards and 19 Teen Choice Awards.

3. As well as being a singer, Adam Levine is also a actor in the majority of his music videos.
This shows his versatility and distinctive visual styles.
• The majority of Adam Levine’s music video consists a narrative where he acts out a
scene, rather than performing live. For instance the music video “Maps” shows a
narrative of where Adam Levine is in a relationship with his partner.
• Furthermore, in his music videos, he uses fast paced editing to entice the audience as
it builds up adrenaline and tension. For example, he uses fast pace editing in the music
video “Animals”.
• This reflects the pop genre by using many fascinating, kaleidoscopic lights which
portray the intensity of the music video.
• Many canted camera angles and shot types such as; fast panning, close ups, POV and
low angle shots.
• Adam Levine music videos are believed to be exciting and creative as he uses
unrealistic situations and turns them into reality which grabs the audiences attention
immediately. Moreover, he mainly uses dark colours to reflect the mood of the
audience, as dark colours connote sympathy and death.

4. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmugSMBh_iI&safe=active
Maroon 5 – “Maps”
The Mise en scene of this music video is based in many different locations; the hospital, the streets,
a party and the couple’s home. The narrative of the music video is that Adam Levine cheats on his
partner, Karma hits him and his partner dies. The majority of the lighting he has used are dark
which depicts death, his fast editing is another key factor of the narrative as it shows the whole
story in a quick succession. The music video “Maps” (2014) shows creativity, tension and suspense
which is a aspect the audience crave for as they create enigma codes constantly. This is common
theme in Adam Levine music videos, he tends to use the theme love as a key aspect of his music
videos and creates a interesting narrative which portrays it.