2. Narrative Structure
This music video is a completely performance based, nonlinear, disjunctive music
video, consisting of different shots of the artist on his own. For my music video, this
would be far easier to achieve as we will not have to try and fit a narrative that
reflects the lyrics, which could in turn, creating a poorly executed video, that makes
no sense.
Although there is no real opening/closure of this video as there is no narrative to
introduce and conclude, a similar effect has been introduced with opening and
ending the video with the same kind of shot, this may be a technique I could use if I
do a performance based video.
3. Location
Furthermore, there is only one location in the video, in a white room. Again,
this would be so easy to replicate in my own video. However, this could limit my
grade as there isn't much variation but this could be avoided by using one or
two different locations. I do like the projector emitting clips of different scenery,
this could be another way in which to avoid the video becoming boring. To add
to this, if the music was any other genre than indie/pop the simplicity of the
video would not work, however due to the genre it works really well.
4. Props
The props used in this video are, again, very simplistic. There are two people in
my group (including myself) who play guitar therefore which would be ideal for
a performance based video including a guitar of some kind. The single guitar,
chair and plant pot just break up the room slightly to fill the space. The lack of
props and the large amounts of the space may create a very much amateur
effect however, again the projector reduces this.
5. Shots and Performers
Similarly to this video, we could use just the one performer, without the visuals
of a drummer/percussion. In this video there are approximately 60 shots. The
reason for this is that the tempo of the song is pretty slow therefore fast paced
editing would look ridiculous. However, I would try to get at least 90 shots in
my video, and I would achieve this by increasing the number of performers in
the video, and choosing a slightly faster paced track. As a result of this we could
incorporate some more of the pop genre by staying simple (indie) whilst
including the close ups, that are generic in pop.
6. Equipment
If I was to create a music video similar to this, I would use equipment such as a
tripod, to keep the shot steady with a video camera (which looks as if it has
been used in this video). Furthermore, to add more diversity to my shots, I may
want to use a fig rig, to move around the performers whilst keeping a steady
shot. Similarly to this, if I was in a professional setting and had access to
professional equipment, I may use a tripod dolly to sweep around the
performers, however I would have to use a wheelie chair in my video. Other
equipment i may use would include a Three/four point lighting kit. This would
be used primarily in a studio location (seen in this video)
7. Issues with representation
Finally, with reference to the simplicity of the location, props, the one (fully
covered, casually dressed male playing guitar) performer and narrative
structure, there are no issues with representations that I can identify.
