Research - 3 music videos Conventions of music videos (Teejay Celeste)

Music Video Analysis

 XO TOUR Llif3 - Lil Uzi Vert

Mise en scene

The music video is set in some kind of town where there must be some kind of apocalypse going on judging by thee fact that the sky is full of lighting and looks crazy. In terms of costume and makeup lil uzi is wearing some kind of puffy jacket and a jumper with a pink t shirt underneath and black jeans. In terms of figure expression and movement, lil uzi vert, for most of this video is walking around this town and making weird gestures and dancing around, in one scene uzi is laying on the floor with blood dripping from his mouth, which is a good use of props in the music video, in one scene lil uzi vert is sitting in a bath tub.In terms of lighting, the lighting of the music video is quite dark and dim, the only light coming from the lighting in the sky.

Sound

The style of music lil uzi vert makes is like a mix of rock and rap he raps and he sings and the beat is very upbeat. In the song, he is creating a picture of his life to the audience in saying ' all my friends are dead, push me to the edge'. This is not referring to his actual friends being dead, but is instead referring to money, since he has become famous , he has lost all his old friends and now only really has money.

Camera Shots

There are lots of jump cuts in the music video, it jumps in and out of lil uzi vert walking through this abandoned city and doing something else such as laying on the floor or sitting in the bath. There are mostly mid shots of lil uzi vert walking through the street and the close up on his face really shows his emotion in this shot as he is singing the song.

Editing

In terms of editing, one key part is that the video is edited to look like quite and old style video, as the quality of some shots are not that great, however this was done purposefully.

Seminal Video - Thriller, Michael Jackson

Mise En Scene

In terms of setting, the Video has many different settings, it starts off in the cinema, then goes to the town and then the house, this is interesting as it stops people watching the music video from getting bored as setting the new scene is like starting a whole new story line. In terms of figure expression and movement,the video features one of the most influential dance routines of all time,which probably had a massive effect on most music videos today.

Sound

The song is a very upbeat song, like a dance club song that was made to dance too. In addition, there are many cut scenes in the video that follow the story line you can hear the different characters talking about whats going on which is good as the viewer will not get so confused.

Camera Shots

There are 2 main close ups in the video, which are very effective showing the emotions of the characters in the video.The two shots showing the transition between getting followed by zombies and being circled by them