Music Video-Analysis

Adele- Someone like you

The narrative of someone like you is about Adele still holding on to feelings for her ex, shes trying to forget them but she still feels she may be able to rekindle them. In the music video we see past memories of her relationship. The music video adheres to the genre singer-songwriter and soul.

Camera- Shots & Angles-This long wide shot of the location is very good as it shows where the music video is set. This is a view I want to include in my music video as it allows the audience to have an idea of where it is set. And in this music video, the location is London

Camera- Shots & Angles-This is a similar shot I am planning to use in my music video to begin with. This is because it shows that the lyrics and the video have some relationship to each other. It also shows that they are the main focus.

Mise en Scene- Location & Colours- The view in this slightly over the shoulder shot, is a great location. This is because the fact that there is a shot of a view that looks over the town shows that the person is thinking or feeling some form of an emotion and that they rather keep it to themselves. The black and white colour in this shot brings out the seriousness of the song. It also helps to make the audience focus on the lyrics rather than the music video. The black and white effect usually has connotations of emotions, for example, loneliness, emptiness and hurt.

Editing- effects were added to the music video. In this video, there are no cuts, just a straight long video. This is only because the song itself was made popular before the video was made, therefore how the video made was not the main objective but to promote the song to those who have not heard it before. The only effects used in this video are the colour and the effect of making it slightly old by making it like the black and white movies.

Emeli Sande-Clown

The narrative of the song is about Emeli Sandes first experiences in the music industry. It mainly reflects her struggles to get signed, and also encounters she had with people in the industry.

Camerawork-The establishing shot is of an entrance to a room which has stairs around it and a cross at the back wall. There is a man in uniform pointing through the door. After this the main officer is seen to be pointing, 3 more male officers walk through the doorway into the somewhat ambiguous room. Camerawork-The use of extreme close ups are used repeatedly throughout the video. There is a concentration on the contrast of the bright room with the soldiers, to the dark, intimate room with a dimmed spotlight. At this point we see the camera angle seems to be slightly low whilst filming in the dark room, however Sandes position of her head changed slightly e.g. from facing down to facing up to the light-In these shots the use of lip synching is used, whilst with the soldiers in the bright room, Sande is acting as a character, except at the end when she signs the form, she starts singing in the room with the men. Camerawork-The other part of the video when it is not Sande lip syncing in the dark room, she seems to be being scrutinized by a room of lots of male soldiers. The first shot of Sande in contact with the soldiers is right at the beginning where she is seen to be brought into the room by two male guards. A medium-long shot is used here. Camerawork-When Sande is in the room with the soldiers, there are close up shots of the soldiers which do not show their faces. This creates the fear, and makes the audience feel slightly uncomfortable, which mirrors the way Sande must be feeling. These shots which do not show the soldiers faces are low angles, which adds to the feel of the authority and power the soldiers have. Camerawork-There are lots of low-angled shots of the old soldiers, which gives the impression that patronizing towards her, as many have when she has approached people in the music industry in the past whilst trying to find someone to sign her. Editing-At the beginning of the video, when the soldiers are beckoned into the lit up room with the cross at the back, their walking seems quite static and sped up. There are lots of cross cuts, from Sande singing in the darkened room, to her being interrogated by the male soldiers. Another technique that is reoccurring in the video is the of different focuses e.g. many shots are focused on Sande, with characters and props in the background blurred out. Mise-en-Scene Costumes-The soldiers are wearing appropriate costumes, such as full uniforms, big, black boots and belts. The guards seem to be wearing army hats. Some of the soldiers are wearing gloves, with some others holding

clipboards. The uniform certifies the soldiers power, and allow the audience instantly to recognize the characters. Emeli Sande is wearing the same outfit both when seen in the darkened room and with the soldiers. She wears a black skirt, with a black blouse and a white scarf. Sande looks very professional, as if going to a court hearing. The dominant use of black helps to link with the videos theme, and shows that she is serious through her attire. Mise-en-Scene Location-There is two locations within this video: the dark room where Emeli Sande is seen to be singing, and the bright courtroom with the soldiers inside. Emeli Sande seems to be more comfortable in her own company, which is where she is seen to be singing, and looking straight down the camera, compared to her self-conscious self, whilst with the soldiers, where she seems to be looking downwards most of the time. Lighting-Due to the film being in black and white, the lighting is extremely important in this video. In the room with the soldiers, the lighting is very bright, giving the impression of complete exposure, and interrogation like at a police station. There are no shadows in the room with the soldiers, with nowhere to hide compare to the other location, which possibly enhances the feel of vulnerability. Lighting- In the darkened room, they use one spot light, which, at the beginning of the video, is placed to the right hand side of the camera. This allows shadowing to appear on Sandes face, which shows her introvert character. As the video progresses on, the spotlight seems to move to over Sandes head, as there are shots with her looking up, and Sandes face is lit up quite clearly, still however, with some shadows on the left side of her face. These shadows could represent her insecurities about her music as she had been turned so many times.