This document analyzes the music video for the song "Budapest" by George Ezra. It summarizes that the video has characteristics of a soft rock music video, including tight camera shots, close-ups, and a slow pace. While the lyrics and visuals are not directly linked, there are implied connections, such as a shot of a man holding a vase representing the lyric "my many artefacts." The pace of the music and visuals are also connected, with more movement when the music is high-key. The video includes close-ups of the artist to advertise him and his album. Overall, the document concludes that the video amplifies rather than directly illustrates the lyrics through the types of scenes used

1. Alex Inkster
George Ezra music videoanalysis
The song that I have pickedtoanalyse isBudapestbyGeorge Ezra. Thissongis aboutgivingthe
thingsthat youdon’thave awayfor someone.
From lookingatthe video,Inoticedthatthere are some characteristicsof a soft rock that are
featuredwithinthe musicvideo.Forexample,
there camerashots thatare usedare quite
tightand there are a lotof close ups.Alsothere
are some thoughtbeatsthatare usedto the
beatof the song,which are usedtoshow
differentcharacterswithinthe musicvideo,
that are normallyusedinasoftrock music
video, these are,the artistplayinganguitar,a
woman,a group of friendse.c.t.All of these
typesof shotsare usedto letthe audience
knowthat itis a softrock musicvideo. Ihave alsonoticedthat the tone/pace of the musicvideoare
alsoslowwhichisanothercharacteristicof a soft rock musicvideo.
From lookingatthe musicvideo,Ihave noticedthatthere isa linkbetweenthe lyricsof the songand
the visualsthatare usedwithinthe musicvideo.
Howeverthe relationshipare notdirectlylinked
towardsthe lyrics,buttheyare impliedwiththe
visualsthatare used.Forexample,duringthe music
videothe lyricssay“my manyartefacts’, andthere isa
shotof a man whois holdingavase.Thiscouldbe
interpretedintwodifferentways,the firstisthatthe
vase has ashesinit andthiscouldmean thatthese
ashescouldbe interpretedasthe artefact. The second
meaningisthatthisvase has notinginit but itis a valuable vase soitcouldbe consideredasan
artefact. Because of thisit wll make the audience thinkmore aboutthe lyricsof the songand the
maningbehindit.
Alsofromlookingatthe musicvideo,Ihave alsonoticedthatthere is a linkbetweenthe musicand
the visualsthatare used.Thislinkisbetweenthe pace of the pace andvolume of the musicand the
visualsthatare shown.Forexample,whenthe musicislow key,there wouldbe ashotof everyone
stoodstill with onlyone personmoving andwhenthe musicishighkeythere wouldbe more than
one personmovingwithinthe shot.Thiswill have beendone torepresentthe change witheach
individualperson.

2. Alex Inkster
I have alsonoticedthatwithinthe musicvideo,thatthere are some close upsof the artist.these
close upswill have beenusedtoestablishwhothis
songis done by,thiswill have alsobeendone to
advertise the artistasthiswill be advertisingthe
album,whichwouldmake peoplewanttobuyit.
Howeverasthis artist isfairlynew,itwasdifficult
to spota motif forthisartist,however,Ididnotice
that thisartistis dressedveryformal throughthis
musicvideossothiscouldbe condieredasa motif.
Thiswill have beendone toletthe audiacne know
that hismusicis more formal.
Afterlookingatthe musicvideo,Inoticedthatthere isverylittle notionof lookingthroughoutthe
musicvideo,butthere issome. Forexample duringthe musicvideo,there isastereotypical girl who
lookslike she iswearingabeautycontestdress.This
couldbe consideredasan elementof notionof
looking.Thiswill have beenusedtodraw male
audiencestothismusicvideoasthiswouldbe more
targetedtowardmales.Bydoingthis,more males
will wanttowatch thismusicvideo.
Throughoutthismusicvideo,Inoticedthatthere are some intertextualreferences thatare made
withinthe musicvideo.Thesereferenceswillhave beenmade torelate toanothermediatextand
by doingthisitwouldmake the audience relate
more withthe musicvideoandthe lyricsthat are
used.Forexample,inthismusicvideo,itis
crowdedwithlotsof differentpeople,andthis
couldbe a referencing“where’swally”.Bydoing
this,itwouldmake the audience relate inthat
everyone isunique.
I thinkthat fromobservingthe musicvideoandlisteningtothe lyricsthatare used,Ithinkthat this
musicvideoisamplification.Thisisbecause notall of
the lyricsthat are the exactsame as the visualsthat
are usedinthe musicvideo,buttheyare implieson
the type of scenesthatare usedinthe musicvideo.
For example the meaningof thissongisaboutgiving
the thingsyoudon’thave away, andthere isa shot
that isusedwhere everyoneispassingaround
differentobjects,andthiscouldrepresentthe
meaningof the song.