Thursday, 3 November 2016

Blur - Video Analysis

54 Screen Shots:


Looking at the 54 screen shots it is obvious the colour scheme of this music video - black and red with white this is included so that it stands out more. In Blur's music video their colour scheme is red and black. This scheme is shown through mise-en-scene, the matching costumes that the dancers are wearing, the location, the lighting etc.

Lyric Analysis

You really got me seeing you
Really got me done y'all
Music is my radar
Really topped my joy y'all

Really topped my radio
Really got me done y'all
Dealing I'll be seeing you
Really got my beats now, on my ear now...

Aah don't stop me now
Aah don't stop me now
Aah don't stop me now
Aah don't stop me now
Aah don't stop me now
Aah don't stop me now
Aah don't stop me now

Really got me changing from my bill from job
Into a new life, oh you really got
Really got me singing elsewhere, oh my girl
Really got me dancin', dancin' in my head now baby

Tony Allen dancing
Tony Allen dancing
Tony Allen gets what a boy can do
Really got me dancin'
He really got me dancin'
But I don't give my soul
All ya'll need and yeah don't give a soul
You really got me driftin'
You really got me dancin'
You really got me dancin' in my head

Aah don't stop me now
Aah don't stop me now
Aah don't stop me now
Aah don't stop me now
Aah don't stop me now
Aah don't stop me now
Aah don't stop me now

Aah don't stop me now (You really got me dancin')
Aah don't stop me now (You really got me dancin')
Aah don't stop me now (You really got me dancin')

A line from this song, "Tony Allen got me dancing", was the inspiration for Damon Albarn and Allen to work together recording an album. This project eventually ended up as The Good, the Bad, and the Queen.

Cinematography
  • Medium close ups
  • Pans down from a wide shot of the posters of the bands faces on then pans right to the dancers
  • Medium framing of the female dancers tracking backwards
  • Over the shoulder shot of camera man - showing the viewer the behind the scenes of the music video
  • High angle shot looking down on the dancers
  • Wide shot of the male dancers
  • Constant movement
  • Low angle shot of male and female dancers
  • Zooming in when a man whispers something into his coworkers ear
  • Aerial shot zooming out from the centre of the circle
  • Close ups to capture emtion and body language

Editing
  • Cutting
  • Quick editing

Sound


Mise-en-scene
  • Posters of the band members face in black and white
  • People in the circle are wearing a suit costume to show their importance

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