Analysis on music videos

1. MUSIC VIDEO ANALYSIS
By: Daniyal Sattar

2. In this Presentation I will analyse following
videos:
1) You and I by One Direction
2) True Love by Coldplay

3. In these videos I will discuss about:
1) Camera Angles and Shots
2) Mise en Scene
3) Editing

4. YOU AND I
(Camera Angles and Shots)
Close up shot is used in opening of the
song which tells us about the mood and
expressions of the character.

5. In this part high angle shot is used
which tells that we are the part of the
video and are viewing the character
from below.

6. Over the shoulder shot or back shot
shows the impression that we are behind
the character.

7. Extreme Close up shows the
emotions and expressions of the
character in the video.

8. This is the establishing shot which
shows that now all the characters are in
one frame.

9. This is the long shot which shows
that the characters are going back
and song is going to end as camera
moves back slowly.

10. (Mise-en-Scene)
First screen short
shows that the
character comes
out from the door in
the field and second
one shows the
background which
shows that video is
set on a beach or
on an island.

11. Clothing of all the characters of
band is decent and innocent which
reflects the music genre.

12. There are many
props used in
this video e.g
that wooden box
to jump high and
pink ball to play.
The lighting in
whole video
remains natural
and same.

13. (Editing)
These screen shots helps us to identify the
editing that took place in the video. This
shows how a character changes to
another as he turns around.

14. This screen shot also shows the
editing effects in the video as there
we can see same character in more
than one positions.

15. TRUE LOVE
(Camera Angles and Shots)
This long shot at the start of the video
shows the set of the music video.
Camera goes closer to the set to
express the start of the music.

16. This is mid shot which introduces the
main character of the video, as he trys
to enter in the bus.

17. These screen shots
describes the establishing
shots in the video. This
shows the overview of the
scene that follows.

18. These screen
shots shows the
extreme close-up
and close-up
shots in the video
indicating the
mood and
expressions of the
characters.

19. These are the over
the shoulder shots.
These shots
pretends that
viewer is in the
video and standing
behind a character
and observing
other person.

20. This shows low and high angle shots which
indicated camera as character’s eye or
make us feel that we are the part of the
video.

21. (Mise-en-Scene)
These screen shots shows the clothing of
the characters. They have used simple
clothing to show a decent sound of music

22. In this video lighting varies as scene
changes. Dark, bright and dull lights
are used to express the music.

23. There are many props
used in the video. Some of
the props are skateboard
in first screenshot, musical
instruments in second and
pot and mop in third and
forth screenshot.

24. (Editing)
This screen shot shows how screen
changes from one scene to another
with the help of editing.

25. THE END