1. ‘Called out in the dark’ - Snow patrol
This video is reflective of its pop genre with the use of dancers in the background
throughout the video. This is seen a lot in pop videos. The video is also narrating
the making of a music video this is showing a famous singers job.
The images relate to the lyrics as they say ‘Show me now, show me the arms
aloft, Every eye trained on a different star’ and in the background the dancers
actions are relating to the what is being said. When ‘I was called out in the dark’
is sung the singer is standing in the dark on the side of the set whilst the actor
playing him in the music video has lights shining on him. This is portraying the
singer as being forgotten behind the scenes while the actor is in the spot light.
There is a scene with the singer jumping across the green screen. His top is clear
this is as if he is trying to be seen but he is feeling ignored. In part of the video
the singer saying the lyrics straight to the director making them more personal
to the audience.
An actor plays the role of the singer in the video but it is clear from the start who
the real singer is this is made clear through mid and close up shots of the singer.
This is typical of a music video as it makes them instantly recognisable to their
audience. The whole narrative is about the singer getting in the way on a video
set and trying to get noticed. The video is comical and makes the audience
empathise with the character.
There is a scene where the singer a wall falls down on the set showing the
dancers getting changed. This is voyeurism but not used to sell the artist or
production.
The video as a whole is intertextualityas it is a
video on a set of a video.
There is a range of camera angles in the video.
High angle shots are used in the dance scenes
looking down on the group of dancers together.
Close up shots of the artist singing. There are
also shots with filming of the video on a monitor.
There is a narrative in the video that is told in a chronological order leading up to
the end of the video. This is documenting the filming of a music video. The video
is original andthe comical scenes keep the viewers attention through to the end
of the video.