2. Fast
Dancing editing
Lip Synching
Bright
Colours Make-up
Straight Cuts
Costumes
Meaning or Instruments
Message
3. Lip Synching
This is something I use a lot of in my video, and takes up about half
of the video. The lip synching is only used within the house
setting, and only in one position within the house. This is due to the
fact I wanted to show how the girl feels trapped, that the only
restraint she has is herself, the message behind the video.
4. Costume
The girl in my video throughout only has one costume, a cream lace
dress. This is because I wanted to show that she had been trapped
inside for a long time as lace is often associated with being old
fashioned. The fact that its cream and well kept also shows that
despite being inside for so long she is longing to leave, and so gets
dressed up for the occasion. She knows she will leave on day, and
so takes care of it.
5. Make-up
This is a key convention used in my video. During the musical
introduction of the song various stages if the make-up is shown.
The final creation continues to be shown throughout the lip-
synching of the video. The make-up is of a cloudy blue sky featuring
a rainbow. The make-up is there to clearly show the connection
between the song its self, ‘Under the Sky’. It also clearly shows that
she dreams of leaving and being outside.
6. Instruments
Instruments do not appear in my music video. This is because I
wanted to force the audience to focus on her face while she was
lip-synching, to reflect the fact she feels trapped to the audience. I
also wanted the audience to clearly understand how much she
wants to be outside, that its all she thinks about. Even when in the
video she looks through a book she imagines being outside. If an
instrument was used this may have belittled this.
7. Bright Colours
These only appear in half of my video, the half when she is outside.
This is because I wanted to show the darkness of her life when
inside the house, even the face paint comes across as dark. When
she is outside, it is much brighter, but with the setting being in a
forest its only really green and brown, showing that despite her first
step she still needs to work harder. Her hair also changes, within the
house it’s a more duller orange colour, while outside it is more
vivid, again showing this idea of dark and light.
8. Editing
The speed and of editing in my video changes. In the beginning it is
slower to reflect the mood of the video I wanted to convey. At first
she is scared to leave, but longs to. She then gets the courage up to
leave it gets faster, and when she does leave there are a few longer
shots to show she is savouring the experience. It is also edited to
the beat at the start and half way through, which is not very fast
nor slow. It also regularly cuts back to the lip synching for a few
seconds at a time.
9. Transitions
The style of editing in my video uses mainly straight cuts like
a lot of music videos. However, I also use several fades. This
is to clearly show that these parts are within her imagination
and not real.
10. Dancing
I do not use dancing in my video. This is because I felt that the
music didn’t have a beat to dance to, it is more of an
emotional song than one that can be danced to.
11. Messages and meanings
Most music videos will have a meaning or message, be it
linked to the song or not. My video is clearly linked to the
song, and while the song seems to tell a story of a relationship
and the message to realise when to leave, my video ultimately
has the same end message of leaving but it shown by a girl
getting the courage to leave the house.
12. Some parts of my video are directly
influenced from others
The make-up somewhat resembles that of Peter
Gabriel’s in his video ‘Sledgehammer’. This is where I
got the idea for the make-up in the first place, I though
it fitted with my song.
The constant and only use of close-ups when lip-
synching comes from Sinead O’Connor’s video ‘Nothing
Compares 2u’. I chose this as I wanted to show the
emotion clearly of the girl. At first in my video she
seems somewhat undetermined, but as the song
progresses, and she becomes more desperate, her
emotions start to show through more and more.
The outfit and house setting comes from Birdy’s music
video ‘Skinny Love’. This show seems to also suggest
that the girl is trapped and does this well, and I wanted
to recreate this in my video.
