RESEARCH: Video analysis

An example music video that uses the functions of a music video well

From revising the functions of a music video beforehand, i have picked Lilly Allen- Littlest Things as an example of how these functions are used to its best abilities, in a more modern video.

This video uses mise en scene to create a feeling that the video was made in the 1960s or so, and in relation the makeup, hair, clothing and objects are set accordingly. The black and white filter too gives it an older sense, and this can relate to the lyrics of the song which is about a dying relationship. 

In the song edits are used to give it a different dimension from that of a TV broadcast. There are various elements of cuts and small elements of special effects with certain scenes and the self played piano at 1:49 and the black and white filter is an edition to this editing. The editing has a connection to the song and flows with its beat.

The performance in the song enhances its effects, the performance has a link to the song lyrics and also tell the story of the lyrics themselves, telling the narrative of the story.

Also as seen in the video at every verse and chorus there is different imagery and different scenes to make the video flow and to continue the journey of the song lyrics.

And as all music videos the story of the song is condensed to tell the account in a quick sense to fit the songs length but to tell us in a way that is different from that of TV and film.