MUSIC VIDEO ANALYSIS

By: Daniyal Sattar

In this Presentation I will analyse following

videos:

1) You and I by One Direction

2) True Love by Coldplay

In these videos I will discuss about:

1) Camera Angles and Shots

2) Mise en Scene

3) Editing

YOU AND I(Camera Angles and Shots)

Close up shot is used in opening of the

song which tells us about the mood and

expressions of the character.

In this part low angle shot is used which

tells that we are the part of the video

and are viewing the character from

below.

This is one of the unique shot taken from

back of the character which shows the

impression that we are behind the

character.

Extreme Close up shows the

emotions and expressions of the

character in the video.

This is the establishing shot which

shows that now all the characters are in

one frame.

This is the long shot which shows

that the characters are going back

and song is going to end as camera

moves back slowly.

(Mise-en-Scene)

First screen short

shows that the

character comes

out from the door in

the field and second

one shows the

background which

shows that video is

set on a beach or

on an island.

Clothing of all the characters of

band is decent and innocent which

reflects the music genre.

There are many

props used in

this video e.g

that wooden box

to jump high and

pink ball to play.

The lighting in

whole video

remains natural

and same.

(Editing)

These screen shots helps us to identify the

editing that took place in the video. This

shows how a character changes to

another as he turns around.

This screen shot also shows the

editing effects in the video as there

we can see same character in more

than one positions.

TRUE LOVE(Camera Angles and Shots)

This long shot at the start of the video

shows the set of the music video.

Camera goes closer to the set to

express the start of the music.

This is mid shot which introduces the

main character of the video, as he trys

to enter in the bus.

These screen shots

describes the establishing

shots in the video. This

shows the overview of the

scene that follows.

These screen

shots shows the

extreme close-up

and close-up

shots in the video

indicating the

mood and

expressions of the

characters.

These are the over

the shoulder shots.

These shots

pretends that

viewer is in the

video and standing

behind a character

and observing

other person.

This shows low and high angle shots which

indicated camera as character’s eye or

make us feel that we are the part of the

video.

(Mise-en-Scene)

These screen shots shows the clothing of the

characters. They have used simple fat clothing

which shows how life can be unfair to others.

In this video lighting varies as scene

changes. Dark, bright and dull lights

are used to express the music.

There are many props

used in the video. Some of

the props are skateboard

in first screenshot, musical

instruments in second and

pot and mop in third and

forth screenshot.

(Editing)

This screen shot shows how screen

changes from one scene to another

with the help of editing.

THE END