Student Video

 

 

-          Camera

There isn't much of a variety of camera shots seen within the music video as they repeatedly just use the same shots with in the hole music video. This shows that you know that they have only filmed him singing in a few different locations with a few different camera shots and varied between them for the entire music video.

close up-  This camera shot is used on his face whilst he is singing which doesn't really do much for the music video and you constantly see the same shot in a different location. 

long shot- You see several long shots of him running around and of the girls walking but that is all you see the use of this shot for.

mid shot- The mid shot is used like the close up and it is just used for a different frame of him singing but at least shows a little bit of variety.

panning shot- There is the use of a panning shot whilst he is running past the girls this is used in a good way as it shows you the pace that he is running through the village to search for the girls but also shows a little bit of humour as he doesn't realise that he is running past them.

hand held- The use of the hand held camera shot works very effectively as it shows the rush and the hurry of him running and searching to find her.

establishing shot- You see an establishing shot at the beginning of the area that the music video is being filmed .

 

-          Edits

There isn't a wide range of editing seen within the music video. There is the use of slow motion whilst he is jumping over the fence. This is affective as it shows the pace that he is going at. Also the use of cross cutting works well with the footage jumping between him and the two girls and then they finally meet which shows a good story line through out the video. there is also the use of a jump cut and the cut.

-          Mise-en-scene

C- There isn't any thing really special about the costume that they are wearing just that they are dressed for the winter and they are wearing modern clothing as this is a modernised music video so the clothing matches the year it came out. With the girls being all covered up this could connote the innocence of them both.
L- The lighting all the way through was natural lighting and this is due to the fact that it is all filmed outside. This is because you are watching the main singer and actor run around the country side after this girl that he is singing about. Doing this doesn't show much creativity and is rather simplistic but it works.
A- There is one main actor that is scene through out the music video. I think that the producers of the music video should of done some auditions for the main cast instead of having some one that sort of looks like the part but is un able to lip sing and unable to synchronise the miming to the song. You should also make sure that they are able to act. The main actor in this music video doesn't do such a bad job but it could of been improved if more time and care was taken with the casting. The two girls that you see him running around after are not the best of actors either as they could look more engage with each other and look like they are enjoying them selves and having a conversation with each other. The two dog walkers also where not great as there reaction the main actor taking some thing of them was not very realistic and over dramatic.
M- There isn't a great deal of make up used in the music video, only on the two girls that the singer is running around looking for and this could be to try and impress the opposite sex maybe?.
P- The only real props that are used within this music video is a bottle of water that he takes of the dog walkers because he is dehydrated because of all the running. The second prop that you see is a map that matches the conventions of him searching for this 'special' girl. The last prop which you see which is rather creative is the use of the mobility scooter. This brings out a humorous side of the video where you wouldn't usually see a teenage lad of a mobility scooter.
S- The setting is not very creative as it is just him search through fields and woods. It might of worked better in a busy town or city where he is trying to search for her but cant find her. Like a needle in a hay stack.

-          Performance (actors)

The performance base of this music video is very poor as the main actor of the music video and the singer for it is un able to lip sing the song to a great quality as it is of sync for most of the video. He stops singing when there are still lyrics to be said and look very poor and is very hard to take the singer serious when you can tell that he is miming. It might of worked better if he actually sang the lyrics regardless to whether he can sing or not it would of been more believable that he was singing ni the music video. There isn't much else to comment on with the performance as the video just switches between him singing and two girls which could of worked well if there was more of a storyline to go with but with it being so simplistic it lacked interest.

-          Concept

I gathered that the concept of the music video is a lad that is searching for the girl of his dreams and that he is running around searching for her but is un able to find her right until the very end which is an original idea but use too much and was rather repetitive and became boring after seeing the same things through out the video.

-          Narrative

The music video contained linear narrative as the video was following the lyrics of the song and had more of a story line which worked well with the song playing over the top being the narration of the story explaining how he feels and it ties every thing in together and helps it make sense.