Monday, 18 October 2010

Analysing music videos















Song: Broken Arrow by Pixie Lott

This genre of this song Is pop/ r&b therefore is not the same as the music genre of my chosen song, however the reason I chose to analyse this music video is that there are parts of the video in which I would like to consider putting into mine.
The song is about someone trying to get over an ex boyfriend we know this when listening to the lyrics of the song, the video connects to the lyrics.

‘What do you do when you're stuck,
Because the one that you love,
Has pushed you away,
And you can't deal with the pain,
And now you're trying to fix me,
Mend what he did,
I'll find the piece that i'm missing,
But I still miss him,I miss him,
i'm missing him,Oh I miss him,
I miss him i'm missng him’

This video is a narrative. Pixie Lott plays the role of a woman who had recently broken up with her boyfriend, she is trying to show interest in another guy however when she see’s her ex boyfriend her focus goes all on him. This is what makes the video more interesting as the ex boyfriend has come back on the scene.

Pixie with her new love.
















A shot of Pixie’s point of view when she see’s her ex boyfriend.














The video starts off with a shot of what looks like a party. Pixie is stood with what seems like her new boyfriend until she see’s her ex boyfriend. Around 15 seconds into the video there are close-ups of Pixie’s face, here you can see the emotion on her face which connects with the audience as it shows how she is feeling.

















Just before the chorus there is a shot of Pixie laid out on a sofa this could be something to do with the chorus as the chorus could be pursued as Pixie’s dream. This is because she is dancing with her ex boyfriend and there are shots of her being intimate with him showing that her ex boyfriend is interested in her which is something Pixie Lott had obviously wanted. These types of shots attract the audience and with the imagination then most audience could connect themselves with this video.





The shots of Pixie Lott and her ex boyfriend dancing are shots which I would like to try and interpret into my music video.