Music Video Analysis: Student Videos

Music Video Analysis: Student Videos

Towers of London : Red High Heels

What Works?

• Good choice of actors
• Locations looked professional and the lighting worked effectively
• Costumes were effective
• Variety of camera work- static and lots of movement
• CU's used well
• Effective quick editing, which the majority of them time cut to the beat of the music
• Use of humour

What Doesn't Work?

• The storyline is confusing and I didn't really understand it
• The dancing look rather uneasy at times
• The video sometimes looked jumpy, therefore dissolves may have been better in some transitions

Boy Crazy : High School Rejects Music Video

What Works?

• The locations fitted with the theme of the song
• The narration was clear
• Good use of CU's and original angles, especially on the performance shots
• Good use of humour

What Doesn't Work?

• Narration is a bit cheesy
• The costumes look rather tacky and not very professional
• The performers didn't look like they were actually playing the instruments and therefore it didn't look realistic

Deja Vu : Myrah Music Video

What Works?

• Excellent choice of actors
• Variety of camera work, movement and distances and angles
• Strong performance
• Very coherent and hitting narrative, which makes the audience really think about what they have seen
• Black and White worked well
• Good costumes

What Doesn't Work?

• There is too much happening in the background on the performance shots
• Some of the performers dancing shots seem uneasy and are unnecessary
• A variety of backdrops in the performance would have been less boring

Significant Risk : Have You Ever? Music Video

What Works?

• The lighting in the performance shots
• The CU's of the performance shots and the different angles used in them
• The contrast between the light in one location and the dark in the other
• Use of humour
• The choice of actor for the performer, as he looks realistic and not as if he is miming

What Doesn't Work?

• There needs to be more locations, as it gets monotonous after a while
• The narrative is confusing and i couldn't understand what was happening and what connection the visuals had to the lyrics
• The costumes could have been more thought about
• There could have been a more distinctive visual style
• The song was a very boring song

Soul.Fool: Love Machine

Whats Works?

• The black and white effect
• The costumes
• Excellent choice of actors, who really go for it and are not holding back at all
• Good use of humour in order to get their narration across
• Good editing techniques and use of speeding things up, as it made it more interesting

Waht Doesn't Work

• There are parts where the video is a bit jumpy
• It gets a bit cheesy and cliched in places