Music Video Analysis Logic - Under Pressure

Use of Camera

The Intersting use of the camera in the music video is very unique, Logic shoots the whole music video in one shot. I believe the reasoning behind this is to do with the title ‘Under Pressure’. I believe this due to the fact he doesn't blink through out the whole sequence making you believe that if he blinks hes

dead. This links with the title because his life is on the line. They have done this to really enhance the idea of pressure.

Editing

The editing is this film is very limited due to the factor of there being one large shot so the editing is limited to just the titles at the start of the video. But something very interesting about the music video is the link to first person shooting, In the filming process they asked professional players in the FPS to star in the video. They did this on purpose to enhance the connecting to First Person Shooters. I will be talking more about this point in Mise-en-scene

Mise-en-scene

The whole First person shooting is a reference to the FPS scene with video games. They have done this on purpose due to the fact when you are playing games like Call of Duty you feel pressured to play well. This links with the title ‘Under Pressure’. The journey that logic makes through the video you see

that he is going through a lot of pressure due to his life being on the line. In my opinion that is the most important aspect to but on the line.

Artist Representation

In these to shots it is really enhance the points that I have made so far. These being that he is risking his life and the reference to First Person Shooters. The Artist ‘Logic’ is trying to enhance the to points by looking at himself in belief that he got through the whole robbery and that he didn't crack under pressure.

The idea he is trying to get across is that you can’t get anything in life without risk.