pop singer P!nk, I don't believe you presentation of a music video anaylsis

1. A wedding themed video analysis

2.  The video fades in from black
 Its also a soft focus to convey the idea of romance
 We see a close up shot of the artist P!nk
 In the mise en scene we see her wearing a veil covering
her face, though we can still see the detail in her facial
expression as it’s see through
 In the mise en scene she does not use an eyeline match
to make her seem more expressive
 Throughout the video it’s black and white
 It also looks its shot on a real/has an old style digital
effect, possibly to make it seem nostalgic and
conveying the idea of ‘going back in time’
 In the mise en scene we also wind is blowing through
her veil to make it seem more dramatic

4.  There is also asynchronous cutting and it cuts
to a mid shot of her sitting down, singing alone
 This contrasts with the idea of her having a big
glamorous wedding as her wedding dress
suggests, to make her seem isolated
 This is possibly due to the meaning of the song
of how she doesn’t believe her partner saying
he’ll leave her, as it’s an unhealthy relationship
 The camera zooms in very slowly

6.  There is more asynchronous cutting every time
we hear the instrumental indicate she’s about
to sing again
 It cuts to a close up shot of her face again
similar to the start to again show her facial
expressions in detail
 Through out the verse this cutting rate stays
the same and the camera shots are very similar

8.  There is a tracking shot following P!nk running
up the stairs
 In the mise en scene we can see the venue is
highly decorated with flowers indicating
celebration
 However she is still on her own running to no
one
 At this point there is match cut to a mid shot
from the front of her running and she’s
stopped singing, to show the narrative

10.  It then cuts to a point a view shot of a grande
wedding cake rotating
 As the camera gets closer to the cake, we then
start to see the bride and groom dolls on the
wedding cake, reinforcing the idea of romance,
despite the song’s sad meaning
 It is also a shallow focus of the cake to show
how symbolic it is in the narrative and how the
artist wants someone by her like the dolls

12.  This idea of P!nk wanting a happy relationship
like the dolls on the cake are representing is
reinforced through a slow pull focus on her
face looking at the cake with a disheartened
facial expression
 In the mise en scene the gust of wind is a lot
stronger and blows the veil out of her face
 This is possibly to show a realisation of how
she wants this stability in her life, which is
reflected in the song’s meaning

14.  It then cuts to a close up shot of the cake again
rotating focusing on the ‘dolls’
 It also has a shallow focus showing how close
the dolls actually are, showing stability and
comfort
 This is possibly what the artist wants in her life

16.  It then cuts to the scene of her performing
again sitting down like the previous scene
 It has a soft focus again

18.  We then see a cut to a low angle shot of P!nk’s
hand opening a book saying ‘our wedding’
 And then cuts to her reading the book
 It’s still a soft focus possibly to show her
emotions/security of relationship is unclear
 The cutting rate also gets faster
 In the mise en scene she is still singing to blur
the lines between the narrative and the
performance

20.  In this low angle shot, in the mise en scene we
see her turn the pages which are empty
 It then cuts to a shot of her walking alone in
this grand building
 There is also more low key lighting to give the
feeling of darkness

22.  The cutting rate heightening is evident through
a match cut of her walking in the room, a mid
shot from her side profile
 Although it’s hard to tell due to the colours and
soft focusing/reel effect it is infact low key
lighting possibly to indicate more darkness
 As she says “one of those bad dreams” there is
a cut to a scene of her waking up in her
wedding outfit

24.  There is now parallel cutting between her
running in the main empty wedding reception
and her performing outside, heightening the
cutting rate

25.  Through out the video these scenes/shots are
repeated and the cuts are very similar
 However there are scenes of her performing but
singing in a mirror
 We also see there is hardly any light apart from
flashes of lighting
 We then see her blow out a candle
 This reinforces her lonliness
 The mise en scene drastically changes as she isn’t
wearing her wedding dress but a black
provocative outfit. This is to suggest her inner
darkness contrasting with the previous wedding
scenes

27.  The video then ends with her lying down in her
wedding dress the same place she was at the start
possibly to indicate she’s at ‘rest’ maybe waiting
for her partner to come back to her as the meaning
of the song is she knows he will come back for her
 It again has a soft focus like the start to suggest
make it seem cinematic
 This is possibly linking to the fairy-tale sleeping
beauty
 This again makes P!nk seem innocent and makes
the audience sympathise with her