The first key feature
which is noticed straight away while watching this video was the camera angles
these was a good variety of shots from the beginning of the video this made the
video interesting and stand out from the start. One of the main shots which I noticed
and thought was very effective in the beginning of the video was a long shot which
showed a time lap of the sun rise I thought the mix of the editing and shot
used was very effective as it set the scene of the video and also allowed the video
to have a slow start which fitted with the pace of the song very well. Another shot which I thought was very
effective and added to the video was a close up shot of a male character
wrapping his hands in some sort of cloth this gave the impression of danger
with the shot being so close up it added to this effect of danger; another element
in this shot which helped to add to the idea of danger was the face the cloth
was red this colour is often associated with blood, fear and tension so by using
this colour it adds and causes more fear upon the audience. An angle which was very effective in making
the audience feel and understand the emotions which the male character is
showing was a mid-shot this was used while the male character was performing
and seemed to be showing much emotions such as anger, upset and disbelief this
is very evident and the use of a mid-shot helps the audience gain this opinion
as they can see the full movement of his upper body which is moving very a lot
and at a fast pace.
The editing of one
of the main feature which stood out to me while watching this video it was very
well put together and keep the audience interested through making the video
very fast pace with a lot of chopping between different shots with still having
the feel of it flowing throughout this which mostly achieved with the editing. The
first editing I noticed was the time laps I mentioned in my first point this
was very well fitted into the scene through integrating it between the sunset
and introducing the characters through cutting between the two shots this was
very effective and was very well placed in the beginning of the video as it
helped set the scene and make the slower paced piece of music more interesting
and make sure that it didn’t seem boring or too slow. Another key editing feature used effectively was
the fast cuts between different scenes this helps to keep the audience engaged
and means that the video seems shorter to the audience as there is more for
them to view; this was very effectively used as all of the scene fitted together
and didn’t jump to much or too fast between different scenes. I also noticed
the darkness of the music video during the scene where the characters were lip syncing
to the song this seemed to be edited in and gave the music video more of an
edgy feel it also made the danger more apparent to the audience this is something
which was adding in throughout the video from different elements and made gave
the video an extra element to it.
The final feature
which I felt was very key to making the music video very effective was the mise
en scene used throughout; the settings used were very successful with adding to
the theme of the video is helped to add suspension and danger element to the
video one of the main ways in the video was in the fight scene where two male character
are seen jumping a stranger this scene used a lot of cross cutting this was
very key to adding suspension to the scene it also made the scene come across hectic.
Another very key element of editing was the lighting which was added in to the
lip syncing scenes these made the characters appear to have shadows and
different lighting on them to add to the idea of danger and the unknowing because
the audience is never fully shown what is happening in the background of the
scene this is very effective to adding danger.
