Looking at Goodwin's theory, I have analysed a past students work, I think they very successfully created a music video, using Lily Allen's Version of 'Somewhere Only We Know'. The genre of the song is pop, but I feel that it is a very slow, 'cutesy' and dreamlike song.
- Looking at genre classification, I can see that this was successfully done, Lily Allen's voice in this song is quite high pitched, harmonic and sweet sounding. The producers of this student made video obviously went out on sunny days to film, so there is a warm light shining on the girl a lot and gives the look of the filter look slightly hazy, I think this makes it look somewhat dream like. They also went to a scene where there is a river, I think this helps with the cute and sweet look, as the sun is also shining on the river and there are birds around. To add to the editing, the students also used slow motion shots, adding to the innocent and dream like feeling. These reasons could also be used to show the links between music and visuals.
- Another thing to add to these reasons is the use of POV shots, as these shots make me feel as if the actress/singer in this video is on a walk with someone, maybe a loved one, and the filter put over the POV scenes are made to look like they are being filmed off a camcorder, like a home video. Also, the scenes of the girl singing in what looks like a studio are also made to look dreamy and girly like, as the filter has what looks like unfocused light flares put into it.
- The record label would demand close ups of the singer, which is what they use a lot in this video, half of it due to the fact that there is only one singer that sings this song. I think that it was a good idea to make a video that doesn't include anyone else, there is another character at the end, but you don't see his face, only in a picture and it goes to the POV shot of him looking at the girl opening the door at the end of the video.
- There is no sexual portrayal in this video, as it would not match with the genre and doesn't suit the innocence of the song.
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