that 1.10 ESSAY ON MEANING CONVOEYED IN MUSIC VIDEOS In this essay I will be looking at two different music videos that are the same genre which is pop the two songs are Jar of hearts by Christina perri and I’ll show you by Justin Beiber. Christina perri was born August 19th 1986, she is a singer, songwriter, guitarist and pianist she origins from Bensalem Pennsylvania U.S.A. she sings pop music. Justin Bieber was born March 1st 1994 in London, Ontario, Canada he sings pop or teen pop he is also a singer and song writer. In both of these music videos the Mise en scene is completely different as the Christina Perri music video has a very dull location of a town that seems to be very dark gloomy and depressing where as the Justin Beiber music video is set in the hills of Iceland with waterfalls etc however the lighting is very light meaning that the song is happy. In the Christina Perri video the props used is a car and houses it is a street that has phone boxes etc, there is also a smoke machine used on set to create a dark, gloomy and sad feel. However, the only props in the Justin Beiber music video are his skateboard and the crashed plane the meaning of the plan could be that he on top of his problems as he's skating over a crashed plane that could represent his problems. The lighting in the Christina Perri music video is very dark and gloomy to create a sense of sadness as the song is a sad one and wants to portray the visuals with the lyrics. In contrast to the Justin Beiber music video which uses very little lighting as it is set during the day but the lighting is bright and happy and so is the song. The costumes in the two music videos are very different for example in the Christina Perri video the costume She is wearing a white dress which represents purity but it is dirty which could mean that that purity has been taken away from her by the boy that has hurt her. Where as in the Justin Beiber music video the costume is very simple and he is just wearing trainer’s jeans a black coat and a white hoody underneath he is also wearing a lot of white which can peace and wisdom. In conclusion I can see how both of these two music videos are completely different but be the same genre of music for example the location, costume and lighting of these music videos can be completely different. Christina Perri: Jar of hearts Sound & Lyrical Interpretation: the sound is diegetic as there are no sound effects the visuals in the music video are very literal as they show a jar with a heart in it and the song is called jar of hearts. Mise-en-scene: location, lighting, props The lighting is very dark, depressing and gloomy as the lighting is trying to show the audience that it is a sad song that has sentimental value to the artist. The town where the music video is set looks abandoned showing that Christina Perri feels alone. She is wearing a white dress which represents purity but it is dirty which could mean that that purity has been taken away from her by the boy that has hurt her. The props used is a car and houses it is a street that has phone boxes ect. There is a smoke machine used on set to create a dark, gloomy and sad feel. Cinematography: Close up to show the emotion on the artists face. Long shot to show the audience what is going on. mid shots to give the audience enough information about the person in front of the camera. Wide shots of the girls dancing with the man in an aggressive way to make them look like they are fighting. Style Narrative Structure is the style of this music video as it tells the story of a woman that is hurt by a boy and wants to stop him from hurting other girls. Editing Techniques:The cuts in this music video are slow as the songs tempo is slow and the song is a sad one. There is an animation used to show the artists heart empty at the beginning but at the end the heard comes back. There is also an animation that shows smoke going from the girls mouth to the boys to show the girls heart being taken and broken. Justin Bieber: I'll show youSound & Lyrical Interpretation: The sound of this music video is diegetic as there are no added sound effects.
Mise-en-scene: location, lighting, props The clothing is trainers jeans a black coat and a white hod die underneath Justin's clothing represents him as a cool, chilled out boy as the song is quite relaxing. The lighting for this music video is natural as all of the music video is outside and lights will be unneeded on the set of the video the brightness of the lighting in this music video shows that this music video is a positive one and makes the audience fell more happy rather than depressed. The location of this music video is Iceland it seems to be in the cliffs of Iceland and around the hills and rivers around Iceland the location of the music video seems to be quite and the song never gets to loud meaning that the location is relaxing such as the song. Cinematography: Establishing sot of Iceland to show the audience where the music video is set: tracking shot following Justin around. Wide shot of Justin walking around Iceland. Long shot of Justin to give the viewer a real idea of the what is going on in the set. High angle shot to make the artist seem small. Over the shoulder shot to show the point of view of the artist. Style / Narrative Structure:The style of this music video is performance as the artist is performing to the camera and there is no real story to the music video it is just Justin walking around sitting down and running around Iceland. Editing Techniques:The beat to the song is very slow this means that the cuts in this music video will be slow because it needs to fit the slow beat of the song.
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