September 10, 2010 Music video research
Man who can’t be moved
Close ups have been used on the main protagonist’s face to try an get the audience to establish a relationship with him as he is ultimately the main focus of the video
Mid shots have been used to not only help establish the location but also to add some interesting shots of the main protagonist walking through New York.
A long shot has been used as an Establishing shot to depict the main protagonist walking through New York.
The music video matches the lyrics. The lyrics contain a narrative which can be seen during these early shots as he ‘walking back to the corner where [he] first saw [her]‘
The main protagonist in the video is in fact the singer of The Script
The camera work has been cleverly devised to reflect the narrative in the song lyrics. The shot duration is much longer on important props such as on a cardboard cut out and watch which matches the lyrics ‘got some words on cardboard..so I’m not moving’
The most important lyric and title of the song is ‘The man who can’t be moved,’ Some parts of the video has been sped up to show time moving and help exaggerate the duration of how long the protagonist has been sitting on the corner. This can be depicted through the use of the different seasons and his own movement.
Breakeven
The narrative of the music video opens before the song has started.
Effects have been used at the very beginning of the music video such as how the video changes from black and white to colour
Fast editing has been used at the start of the video
The main protagonist of the video is again the lead singer in The Script
Colour effect has been used when the main protagonist is reflecting back almost signifying that it was a lot clearer with her than it is now. The music video gives off a sad and depressing atmosphere which is reflected through the use of everything being in black and white.
Again there are scenes in the video of just the band playing
Effects such as slowing down the scene has been used to give a sense of serenity and tranquillity when representing the protagonists love interest.
A Blurred effect has been used to almost signify the feeling that he cant recall all of their memories together as they have happened to fast
Editing matches beat of music especially at 2.49 in the video
A Motif of the phone has been used as if to signify that he is waiting on her call making the atmosphere of this video a very sad and hard hitting one to almost engage the audience further into the narrative of the story.
The use of Slowing down particular scenes adds to the intensity of the lyrics
As the protagonist is walking away from the woman she then turns black and white as if to tie the beginning of the music video with the end showing how the feelings between them have faded, it almost gives off a sense of foreboding.
Before the worst
The Narrative of the video starts before the song
A variety of shots have been used to show the band playing an empty arena, these shots include a tracking shot, Close ups of the bands instruments and faces and a long shot of the arena which not only shows the band but also has been used as an establishing shot.
Editing has been done in time with the beat
An aerial shot has been used of the arena
The close ups of the faces depict the men as being sad which adds to the atmosphere and mood of the music video as a whole.
when the beat changes so does the lighting which supports the idea that the editing has been done in time with the beat
A variety of shots have been used to show the protagonist, which again is the lead singer, walking down a street.
The narrative of the music video carry’s on after song has finished which ties the start of the music video with the end, almost representing a film like scenario.
Common themes within all three music videos
The main protagonist is always the lead singer of The Script
Shots of the protagonist walking seems to be an extremely common theme
In two of the videos the narrative has started to begin before the music
The editing matches the beat
The narrative of each music video matches the song lyrics
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