Analysis of past students work

Linkin Park - Papercut 

The Linkin Park video opens with an over the shoulder shot of a boy watching a fuzzy tv. This is sychronised with the music as the soundtrack is an up tempo fuzzy rock music. Throughout the whole video editing uses fast pace shots which is conventional to a rock music video to allow the audience to try and engage with the beat of the music and restricts the audience. The video is extremely dark and is shot in low key lighting which reflects on their star persona as punk and rock people dress in dark dull clothing.

A close up is used on the young male to show his emotions, however his hood is up covering his face which restricts the audience from seeing his full emotions, almost allowing it to be like a siluet of the rockstar. It is also lit with low key lighting which creates a sense of mystery.

A midshot of the male rockstar sitting in a bath tub with his close on is used to show he is in a dark place reflects with the dark lighting which is conventional to a rock genre music video.  Also the use of him sitting in a bath tub in the dark is quite depressing peharps suggesting he is going through a rough time.

 Most of the camera movement is handheld which allows the audience to fully engage with the song and almost allow them to feel part of it. However the fuzzy tv in the fuzzy tv in the background could connote that he is confused and his mind is a blur, like the tv.
 My opinion of this students past work is that it has been shot really well and the use of costume and lighting makes it seem like a realistic rock video but just doesnt appeal to me as i dont really like the rock genre of music.

Blame It On The Boogie

The blame it on the boogie video opens with a male listening to a Dizzie Racal song and then breaks into blame it on the boogie which juxtaposes the music video as they are two completely different song genres.

There is then a long shot of all four characters revealing there costume, there all wearing old style clothes trying to conform their costume to the video which connotes to the song because the song is old aswell. There are all similarly dressed which connotes that none of them are trying to break free from the star persona of the video.

Straight away you can tell this is a conceptual music video as it uses titles to allow the audience to know whos in the video. This is a convention of conceptual music videos. The font colour used is orange and yellow which are two bright colours connoting that they are happy to be starring in the 

music video. The font used is easy to read and perhaps child like font which connotes youthfulness emphasising that they are youths that are in the music video.

The use of the split screen editing technique connotes that they all have an equal significant to the band showing that they are all important. This is a conceptual music video as the video has no relation to the words of the song and you can tell that the students thought hard about the concept.

Katy Perry - I Kissed A Girl

LOOOOOL THIS ONE IS SO GAY BUT YH. TALK ABOUT FEMINISM IN THIS CAH ITS PARODY THAT A BOY IS SINGING THE SONG CAH OF WAH ITS ABOUT. THE BOY SEEMS GAY SO SAY THAT, HES MORE FEMININE WHICH IS FUNNY. TALK ABOUT HIS HAIR, COSTUME, AND CAMERA MOVEMENTS. THERES NOT MUCH TO SAY ABOUT EDITING BUT JUST TRY SAY SUTTEN ANYWAY. BUT THEN BAAAM YOURE DONE. OH AND SAY WAH YOU THINK OF IT AND WHAT GRADE YOU WOULD GIVE IT AND WHY

I thought the remake of this video was funny as it is a guy miming the words is a parody of what the songs about.

 A midshot is used on the gay to show half his costume and reveal the setting in the background. The guy seems to be very feminine which is funny as its a parody of the song as it is about kissing a girl. He is wearing on open shirt revealing his chest which is very camp. Also the front of his hair is dyed blonde which emphasises his femininity. Also the juxtaposition between the camp boy and the mise en scene of an urban setting suggest they are trying to question stereotypes.

 A mid shot is used of the mimer to reveal his costume and emotion. Also it is shot in the rule of thirds framing emphasising his importance to the music video. He is once again dressed in a white shirt suggesting that he is innocent and pure. However he is wearing a black waist cote connoting that he can also be dark and evil. The use of dark eye make up emphasises his feminine side allowing the audience to find this video funny. 

This is an extreme close up of the guys eye revealing his make up. The use of pink eye shadow could connote that he is happy. The heavy make up could be symbolism of hiding his true identity. However the extreme close up of an eye moving side to side was quite a surprise for the audience as it is a unexpected shot.