Thursday, 8 September 2011

Low budget music video



The cinematography of the video is very effective there are a lot of sharp shots of just some body parts seen through a close up, but because they are at a fast pace it makes the video look very interesting. The camera has a shaky effect which really suits well with the song because it is quite a fast but dark song so it adds good effect into matching with the music.Also there are so many close ups being shown so quickly throughout the video it goes well with the tempo of the overall video making it seem quicker. However there are many other shots used such as high angle, long shot, mid shot over the shoulder as well which are all relatively close shots to the body. There are even extreme close ups of her lips doing the singing during the video as well. Having so many close shots coming on screen so quickly adds a very good effect and makes it seem very interesting to watch as a viewer because it is difficult to keep up with what is happening in places.

The mise-en-scene is quite hard to understand as to where the location is because you do not see many long shots to gain an understanding of where it could be. However, the props used are all very good as is the costuming as well because all of it is very dark and quite grim which helps suit the song and links in well with it. There was one long shot where there was a silhouetted figure on  hill which looked quite eerie which was a very good use of mise-en-scene because it looked quite creepy and sinister and matched the genre of the song.

The editing was also very good because the clip was very dark for a lot of it which gave a lot of silhouetted figures making it look very sinister matchhing the genre. Also the was a shaky effect on the camera which made it look like there was a lot of panic adding to the effect of the video being dark along with the song as well.

The sound quality was very good and although the song was difficult to understand it was loud and clear enough to hear the music. I think there could have been a bit more lip syncing though because there was so many shots you didn't hardly ever see the person doing the lyrics and understanding who was fully in the video.

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