1'Haunted by your eyes' This sequence quite clearly shows that the performer is haunted by her own eyes which were revealed earlier on in the video which happens during the verse 'Haunted by your eyes'. Whilst our performer is spinning around the eyes pop out and fade away again in different parts of this, but obviously the girl is oblivious to this due to her spinning around.
2Representing: This image is to show how the record company would like her to be portrayed. A fashionable, young girl with a light sounding performance but with a secret dark meaning underneath it all.
3Music Genre: This shot uses a natural mise-en-scene and the performer holding on to a tree. This represents the light hearted genre of the music which has a peaceful, relaxing feel to it. It shows how the music influences the video and the artist's positioning next to the tree.
4Inter textual Reference: These shots in the glasshouse type of structure were influenced by Lewis Carroll's classic Alice in Wonderland when she eats the 'Eat Me' cakes which turns her gigantic inside of the White Rabbit's house. The mise-en-scene with the wig and 19th century style clothing is also influenced by this classic tale. The positioning of the performer with her singing upwards gives the sense of her looking around full of curiosity aswell as the way she is standing, gives us the sense of her being too big for the structure.
5Camerawork:This shot shows the use of thirds within the frame. In fact, this is my favourite shot throughout the video, mostly because of the rule of thirds and the choreography of our performer.
6Lighting- Throughout our video we only used the natural light provided because we wanted our video to have a quite an earthy, peaceful feel, although with the darker side too. You can also see the tree branches shadows on her face and body, aswell as the rest of the tree, which can also relate to the song's title and lyrics.
7Mise-En-Scene: This shot shows good use of the mise-en-scene because you can clearly see the makeup(this shot gets closer during the video), costume and the location's natural 'props'. As you can see she is standing outside a Church and leaning on to the edge of a wall with a few graves in the background aswell as the architecture of the rusted down church. It was also sundown at the time of filming so the lighting is quite purple and darker compared to the rest.
8music video references: I can relate this shot to a couple of music videos I have witnessed in the past. The old film reel is often, but rarely used in a couple of music videos, aswell as the darkness, flashy lighting within the sequence. Also, the eyes popping up throughout this sequence remind me of an effect they would use in an old horror film, EG/Dracula.
9This is another shot which reminds me of the generics of a music video; Having the performer perform behind a see-through object. This objective is seen in a lot of music videos, mostly a wired fence. The material she's standing behind is a piece of netting which was around the glasshouse structure which we use throughout the video.
Now here is a nine frame of professional music videos:
1Lady Gaga- Telephone This scene has the performer wearing a hat made out of a telephone aswell as talking on a telephone aswell, her makeup also matches the colouring and her hair contrasts. This represents the song's title and lyrics, aswell as having a choreographed dance in the background.
2Au Revoir Simone- Fallen Snow This shot shows the performer in earthy scenery and quite a playful nature, which can show how the record label would want to represent the band.
3N-Dubz- Playing with Fire As you can see, the performers are dressed in quite 'gangsta' clothing aswell as standing outside a stereotypical British scenery aswell as making movements like a rap style video would. The Female in the video is also portrayed as a glamourous girl, which is typical for this genre of music.
4Rammstein- Sonne Obviously, the inter textual reference within this music video is Snow White and the Seven Dwalves, like Alice's Adventures in Wonderland(which we referenced) it's a classic fairytale with quite a dark side which has been portrayed throughout this video.
5Nirvana- Heart Shaped Box Arguably one of the best music videos of all time. This shot is merely held for a few seconds before moving to a side view. The birds eye view for this works well because you can see the lighting about to open in and the layout of the mise-en-scene before going down for a normal look. It also reveals a 'hidden' message with the cross and how the band are dressed in bright clothing whilst by someones supposedly death bed.
6The Horrors- Sheena is a Parasite The video starts of quite dark with hardly any lighting, then moves on to the actress in the middle with a bright strobe light over her, and the singer just by her side almost in the spotlight too. This shows that the main object of the video is the actress and not the band.
7Number One Enemy- Daisy Dares You This video basically just consists of referencing Alice in Wonderland, however I really like this brief shot with the performer underneath the gigantic cupcake. It's a good use of prop and also unusual too.
8Vermillion- Slipknot This is a video which partly influenced our own with the movements used.
9 Again is Au Revoir Simone's Fallen Snow video. I used this image because it reminds me a lot of the beginning of Alice in Wonderland where she is listening to the story. It is also a generic music video position for that type of genre.
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