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- 2. Song Mise-En-Scene Editing Camera Angles Narration Beyonce - Sorry • Black and white filter (more dramatic, emphasises that it is a direct alternative to pop music) • Urban locations (e.g bus, car-park, connotes the urban style of hip-hop music) • Face paint represents African sub-culture and connotes the origins of the R&B/Hip-Hop genre • Ensemble wear similar costumes (connotes unity and makes the dance routines appear smoother, furthermore allows for Beyonce to stand out as an artist – thus creating her ‘star persona’. • Use of dancing and organised choreography is typical to R&B music, as it emphasises the heavy, rhythmic beat of the song. • Black and white filter symbolises heartbreak, indicates that she feels numb after her husbands affair • Shots are significantly longer in places (creates a sense of tension, particularly during the master shots of the house) • Slow-motion on bus, when Beyonce addresses the camera (emphasises her happiness, shows that she is moving forward from this heartbreak) • Stop-motion (performance becomes disjointed, could symbolise a broken heart?) • Additionally, use of stop- motion suits the beat well, furthermore suits the hip-hop genre well and emphasises the tension connoted by the narrative • Hand-held shots on bus (connotes guilty realism and raw emotion – also creates a more natural, urban feel) UNPOLISHED • Medium close up, staring directly into the camera and addressing the audience (deeper understanding of the artist’s anger and emotion) • Master shot (shows all dancers –strength in numbers) • Panning shot of trees (calm, juxtaposition between Beyonce’s lip- syncing) • Low angle shot (indicates power, makes Beyonce appear strong) • Wide shot on bus (all dancers in view, sense of unity) • Zoom (brings audience closer to artist, concentrate on stare, appreciate her strong, fierce persona) • Narration at beginning (subliminal message, aimed at Jay Z who had an affair) • Religious language in narration connotes her anger (e.g Jay Z has broken 10 Commandments and should be punished) • Narrative = revenge, shows she’s stronger without him and does’t need him anymore (black and white also connotes how she is numb to his actions) • Nursery rhyme style motif at the beginning creates a juxtaposition (creates tension as contrasts with the theme of revenge) • Word apathy = means lack of interest (demonstrates how she no longer cares about her Partner)
- 3. Song Mise-En-Scene Editing Camera Angles Narrative Drake – Hotline Bling • Vivid, contrasting colours (bright, dynamic atmosphere) • Dancing (common convention of R&B videos, unique style represents modern themes of video) • Silhouettes of girls dancing provocatively (typical convention of R&B videos, relates to Mulvey’s male gaze theory) • Costumes = urban style (e.g knitted jumpers with jogging bottoms, incredibly casual) • Men more covered up than women (female dancers wear high heels and crop tops, particulary exposed) • iPhone links with the phone-call theme (relates to song title) • Quick colour changes (emotional, angry, annoyed?) • Slow motion during the women’s dance scenes (attracts male attention) • Long takes (relaxed, calm, laid back video) • Cross-cutting between Drake and the female dancers (indicates his main point of interest and what his song is about) • Jump cuts between different shots of Drake (creates his ‘star persona’ and attracts the audiences attention towards him) • Long shot (women’s body in full focus – creates a misogynistic tone) • Master shot (all women in view, emphasises the role of a ‘female call centre’) • Close up of women’s bodies (male gaze theory, engrains this representation of women onto audience’s minds) • Zoom towards women (artist’s main interest – singing about ‘girls’) • Low angle shots (Drake = dominant, in control) • Camera pans across women (demonstrates attraction, idea that visuals are directed towards heterosexual male audience) • Wide shot (shows Drake’s dancing, emphasises his ‘star persona’ and R&B convention) • Video doesn’t have a strong narrative, more performance based • Primary focus on Drake, unique modern dance moves represent his eccentricity • Call centre scene – creates the impression that women are there to please men (misogynistic) • Women do not receive an equal portrayal to men, used as decoration to make the male protagonist appear more powerful, attractive and dominant
- 4. Song Mise-En-Scene Editing Camera Angles Narration Usher - Chains • American Flag (resembles justice, creates a juxtapostion created by the criminal themes in the video) • Hands held together represent prayer (indicates their depeseration) • Handcuffs and gun (semantic elements, connote violence and oppression) • Hands held up to the windows (creates sympathy, indicates that black people are trapped society) • Usher’s facial expressions connote the fear they experience as a result of their oppression) • Smashed statue (failure of law and order, contradicting the constitution, going against American justice system) • Flashing lights = police • Black and white filter (more dramatic, serious atmosphere, represents oppression) • Similar to Beyonce’s video, connoting a hurtful message, represents ‘dark times’ • Low contrast editing (symbolises darkness and oppression, indicates the terror and fear within society) • Short shots and quick jump cuts (disjointed narrative, indicates the panic and fear experienced by this particular social group) • Slow-motion (strong emotional response, fully represents their oppression) • Close-ups of victims create pathos (fully demonstrate their fear) • Deep focus shot (focuses on the victims behind the crimes, further sympathy is generated) • Extreme close ups of hands (fully represents their pain and allows us to see them as trapped by society) • Pan of lip-syncing (indicates that the artist is fighting for justice through the use of the mainstream media, getting them to focus on their side of the story) • Zoom into characters (creates the impression that they are trying to fight back, and are growing stronger in fear) • Artist being chased and visiting the victims of unjust shootings creates empathy, and draws more attention to the ‘Black Lives Matter’ movement. • Prominent celebrity, viewing his oppression spreads awareness of the issues within society • Blood on hands and shattered statues of figures that represent justice indicate the destruction of the constitution, thus showing how law and order has failed • Use of children as extras creates a great sense of pathos (innocent yet vulnerable in society, treatment seems unfair) • Man in catatonic state at funeral represents the shock of society (people have no idea what they can do)