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A Thousand Years – Christina Perri
I believe this is the frst image that
catches your eye in this sequence. I
think this is because you see it
within the frst ten seconds but alsoyou know it is about a !emale
straight away. Also due to the dark
lighting it gives quite a de"ressing
or sad tone.
#hen the singing starts you see her
!ace straight away holding a candle.
$owever the most interesting "art
o! this sequence as this song links
to a movie. %o it is also has
narrative elements in there. The"ace o! the video also re&e'(s the
!eeling o! the video.In the frst two scenes !rom twilight
you can see two o! the characters
and the scenes are taken !rom
breaking dawn. This is also a
massive advertisement !or the flm
so not only is she selling hersel! but
also the movie. The sna"s between
each shots are quite sna""yhowever going !rom singer to
Twilight scenes. Cross media
convergence is also seen here with
the movie.)uring this shot she is walking
!orward but the song is also
narrative is also saying she is
moving *one ste" closer( +lyrics,.
The images are still quite calm and
less !rantic then be!ore and there is
no harsh lighting as there is only a
candle. I think this adds the so!t
vibes o! the video by assuming
what this means the candle could
re"resent being sym"athetic and
being a slow "aced song. Also her
look in this her a""earance is very
di-erent com"ared to her music.
This is quite an unusual
re"resentation visually as she has
tattoos so you would e'"ect her in
a rock band. %he also had a chain
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"resent on her wrists. The lyrics here that she is singing
are *I have died everyday waiting !or
you( whilst she "laces down a
candle. The e'tents o! candles that
are on the &oor show the magnitudeo! how long she has waited !or. The
lighting is slowly becoming brighter
as well during the chorus. The dress
is this "iece as well almost
resembles a black wedding dress.
Also Christina is always "ut in the
middle o! the shot to re"resent her
im"ortance. Through this video
there is commercial e'hibitionist
and televised bard. There are a lot o! connotations to
the movie here however you
wouldn(t understand the music
video i! you hadn(t seen the movie.
A lot o! the narrative relates back to
the lyrics as well
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/et it go – The 0eighbourhood
There is a clear black and white
scheme in this video that we can
notice !rom the very start. This is
however quite a well1known video
style !or the *The 0eighbourhood(.
2ven though this is a classic style
!or them it still im"lies that the
music video will be dark and scary.
The te't in the middle o! thescreen is very central and also the
frst thing we see so immediately
it gets some im"ortance. )ue to
these "o""ing u" frst this is
commercial e'hibitionist and
!ollows the theory o!
%ven Carlsson because it is
straight away selling the brand.$ere you can see the women
doing a montage o! your classichouse wi!e – cleaning cooking
etc all whilst smiling. This seems
like a very eccentric smile almost
i! she is !aking it and the lyrics
e'"lain that she would be !aking it
as well *let it struggle 3ust a little
bit more(. Also in this screenshot
o! the video we can see lyrics on
the song on the screen which
ha""ens o!ten in the song with
other lyrics this is one o! Andrew
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4odwin(s theories. There is mise1
en1scene in this setting it is very
good because it shows your
ty"ical 5678 house wi!e. %he(s got
the stereoty"ical red li"stick
3ewellery neat hair red nail "olish
and the a"ron.$owever in this ne't bo' you can
show the house wi!e showing her
true emotions in e-ect *letting it
go(. You can see two "ersonas o!
her here she is crying and
screaming in one and in the
background she is throwing stu-
around that she made when she
looked ha""y +was masked,. Theimage has also got a lot darker
here to match the !eeling and
hysteria o! the music here. Also
her whole look changes so now
she looks !ar more des"erate. Also
the letters be!ore on the screen
were built around stereoty"ical
women(s materials however it is
now 3ust block letters that shatter
away. There ne't !ew images are based
in the bedroom the one I have
chosen to show is her measuring
the si9e o! her waist which is also
very stereoty"ical o! women and
maybe even "ersonifed as all she
cares about. %he is smiling in
delight as well so it is clearly her
trying to mask her emotions. Also
once again the lyrics are stating!or her to *let it struggle 3ust a
little bit more(. The rest o! these
shots show that she is looking
ha""y within her relationshi" but
the lyrics suggest the o""osite.
Also in this scene you can see her
"aying a lot o! attention to the
man bringing him tea and kissing
him on the cheek whereas he is
not really "aying attention to her.Again with the mise1en1scene it
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looks like a classical old school
American house. I like how it is
very consistent within the music. This is the distraught section o!
the music again where she looks
distressed and looking !orattention. You can see in this
grou" o! shots her trying to get
the attention o! her husband who
is slee"ing there!ore showing her
real emotions. Also by the
a""earance o! her with messy hair
and makeu". The lyrics and this
scene together narrate that she is
not ha""y in this relationshi" and
what she is going with her li!e.:nce again the image has got a
lot darker which adds to the
sinister tone o! this "art o! the
video.In this ne't scene can you can
see !our characters sitting round a
table including our main character.
They give o- a *snobby( "ersona.
;sing her eyes she directs her
emotions straight towards theaudience like she wants us to
know e'actly how she is !eeling.
#hen the glasses are "laced over
the screen we can see the dark
side o! the whole story and we
now understand the build u" to
this section. %traight away it(s a
lot darker and she "ushes the
camera around to her husband
eating money now as there is adi-erent "oint o! view. $im eating
money can im"ly that he is
greedy rude and arrogant. The
images then go into a scenario o!
being really !rantic and cra9y !ast
shots &ash backs o! her in the
other scenes. This is defnite
in!ormation overload during this
"art o! the video.
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/ana )el <ey – =orn to )ie
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This is the frst image o! the music
video – we straight away see the
image o! the American &ag with is
very "atriotic and loyal o! the video.
This is not seen in a lot o! movie>
however American icons always "o"
u" in /ana(s videos so this is quite
ty"ical !or her. Then we can see a
medium shot o! )el <ey and
another unknown man in the centre
naked. $owever the man
3u'ta"osed the look with all the
tattoos and "iercings com"ared to
/ana )el <ey(s "ure look. $owever
due to the embrace se looks ha""y
and com!ortable in his arms due toher slee"y look. You can also see
that there is a clear flter on here
which gives it a rela'ed
a""earance.%traight away in this shot you can
see how grand the whole room
looks with the two tigers !acing
towards o! her like she has res"ect
and authority. The look o! this shot
is also very di-erent to thebeginning o! the video. Also with
her in the throne it looks very royal
and "roud – also there is a lot o!
connotations which could be linked
back to her dress white could
suggest that it would be "ure and
innocent. There is 3u'ta"osition here
however because o! the length o!
the dress would suggest she wants
to be more conservative howeverthere were two cut outs above her
breasts which "ro"oses she isn(t as
"ure. This ne't image has a darker flter
also with the mise1en1scene o! the
dark clouds makes it look wicked
and threatening due to the clothing
o! each character as well they look
a lot more rebellious as you can
see /ana is showing a lot more skinthen she did be!ore and e'"els this
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almost hi""ie care !ree look. Also
the man is leaning u" against the
bonnet o! the car smoking a
cigarette. Also a""ears to be o! a
lower class because the images
be!ore o! /ana )el <ey show her to
be some sort o! queen. Also by the
actions that !ollow in this video she
dro"s her bag and runs u" to him
almost like she hasn(t seen him in a
long time "ossibly !orbidden?)uring this cli" the lyrics were
*come take a walk on the wild side
let me kiss you hard in the "ouring
rain you like your girls insane(. The
shots kee" &icking back and !orth toher on a throne and then her with
the to"less man. Also the shot with
her and the man seems quite
aggressive and 3u'ta"oses the shots
we see be!ore which has quite a
tranquil atmos"here. They go
straight in !or a quite "assionate
kiss a!ter this this is a medium shot
and he seems to control her and
what she is doing. $owever !romthe lyrics and movement you can
see she wants more and is the one
actually in control and has authority.
This can also be em"hasi9ed by the
way she is not struggling like she
wants to be there with him.In this series o! shots we can only
see the man when there is a &ash o!
darkness and then he "o"s u". Also
the lyrics are *I can see now once Iwas blind I was so con!used as a
little child(. #e can take !rom this
that once she was blinded by love
!or her boy!riend and she didn(t see
the real him who could have been
mean and evil until now. Also due
to the lighting and him bringing the
darkness or being the darkness
makes us inter"ret him and the
sin!ul character. Also in her whitesilky night gown this re"resents
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innocent and grace along with her
long neat blonde hair. $er !acial
e'"ressions are quite con!used in
this selection o! scenes like she is
fnally coming to her senses. Also
with the dead &owers in her hand
this could mean that the romance is
now dead. Also the man is doing the
action o! slitting the throat in the
background which gives o- a really
bad criminal image. The lyrics here *you like your girls
insane(> she matches these lyrics
with her fnger movements insisting
that she is cra9y. $owever this is
the frst time in this setting that youcan see her looking she is looking
ha""y and content with the
situation. Also we are getting a lot
o! close u" shots where we can see
her !acial e'"ression a lot more.
Also we can see in the end shot her
going through a white door which
could suggest she is going to
heaven along with her dress. Then
the fnal shot is her dead in the manarms this could suggest that
"ossible the love killed her even
though this scene is covered in red
and fre !rom the car crash. It could
also re"resent her emotions.
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:lly @urs – )ance #ith @e Tonight
The frst scene o! this video is :lly
@ur(s being taken to "rison by two
guards accom"anied by the beat o!
the drum in the back ground we
can straight away see that it is a
!ast "aced song. The colours within
this video are very dark and "lain
however which gives it a grimy and
sad im"ression o! the video.
Instead o! u"li!ting like the music
re"resents. There is also a man in
the background o! song saying
*ladies and gentle( this sounds
very similar to !eatures in soul
music.$ere you can see how they are
advertising the name o! the song
and the artist. I think this way is
very !resh and good I will be taking
this idea ho"e!ully onto my video.
The image is also very
monochrome as well which
re"resents the situation :lly @urs
seems to be in. I also like how the
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scene has been "layed out and it
looks very realistic. In these !ew
cli"s as well he starts "ulling !aces
to the camera to lighten the music
video and create humour. =ut also
with this it starts to be a
"er!ormance narrative when he is
singing the lyrics within the video.
#e can now see a much brighter
image with more ha""y and smiley
!aces. The music also seems to be
moving to a very !ast u"beat
moving "ace. The setting is within
the /ondon streets you can see
some iconic backgrounds like the4herkin +building,.
Their outfts are also very street
and more rela'ed whereas :lly
@urs was wearing a suit with a shirt
in the "revious shots. You cannot
see it here but there is a di-erent
edit on some o! the images
there!ore to make it look more like
"olaroid "ictures.
In the selection o! these shots youcan see him accumulating di-erent
materials in this sequence he is
getting freworks but he was
originally getting shee" wool !rom a
market along with other stu-. It
looks like he is setting u" a "arty>
he is then gathering di-erent
!riends. The e-ect on this makes
the shot a lot clear with giving it a
night time vintage look. The wholeimage gives o- a quite a !un chilled
vibe.$ere you can see a car !ull o!
"eo"le it looks late and lively.
There seems to be a big grou"
congregating. This shows a very
ha""y and good vibe image. It is
also a medium close u"> you can
see everyone(s ha""y !acial
e'"ression.Also there dress sense looks very
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causal cool and hi""ie. The video
e-ect with the flter is very good as
it gives it a vintage $ollywood look.
Also this is quite an old style car
with em"hasises the vintage look.
The lyrics in this are *oh baby( likehe is addressing the women he has
done all o! this "re"aration !or like
freworks and bangers. The e-ect
on this is also very vintage and
3a99y whilst they are all doing a
choreogra"hed movie. This reminds
me o! a movie !orm rather than a
music video. This scene goes into
mayhem quite quickly however as
the "olice turns u". The !aciale'"ressions highlight the mood o!
the music as well as being quite
ha""y and 3oy!ul.