1st negative video: Meek
Mill ft. Young Chris -House Party
Mise en Scene: Most
women in this music video are wearing clothes that show a lot of skin, which
suggests that all they want to do is get together with the men by looking
attractive. They are also (as the song name says) at a house party, which
normally have bad reputations for things such as trashing the house, as well as
having reputations for everyone being careless, getting drunk and a lot of
people getting sexual. There appears to be a scene at a bar which gives the
impression of women (although, in fairness, men too) getting drunk at parties.
Cinematography: A
lot of the shots zoom in on the girls and track them, which could imply that they
want to get noticed, this is also portrayed by the close ups of them. The mid
shots/long shots of them with the men suggests that these women are there more
for the reputation of the party than the party itself (by that I mean that they
want the men to notice them and they try to get involved with what the men are
doing). There are a few 360 shots and pans which could be suggesting that the
girls want to show themselves off.
2nd negative video: The
Roots -What They Do
Mise en Scene: The
women in this music video are wearing either their underwear or bathing suits
which is an immediate implication of them being eye-candy or objects of desire.
They all seem to be at the house of a rich person and go with them to other
places which could suggest that they are trying to impress the rich guys and
only care about representation instead of the person they're actually with.
Cinematography: just
like the Meek Mill song, almost all of the cinematography consists of zooms,
pans and mid/long shots. This, once again, suggests that the girls are trying
to show themselves off to the men and be involved with them. Which is kind of
the entire point of the music video scenes that involve the women.
Positive Video: Lindee
Link -The Next Time
Mise en Scene: Lindee
and all the other girls in this music video are wearing perfectly acceptable
clothing, which doesn't even need a description to why it's positive, it's just
the opposite to the others. The scenes involve a forest pathway (specifically
on a bridge over a river), a coffee shop, a silver back wall, a black back wall
and a runway. A forest is a nice, refreshing, natural place to be which could represent
the personality of Lindee by saying that she is kind and happy with who she is.
The coffee shop is a general place for people to be when they want a break and
it is almost the opposite to a club or party, which are the places normally
shown in negative music videos. The runway is an open place which could suggest
she is happy to be free with who she is and not narrow her choices down to just
rich guys or celebrities. The black wall was mainly just there to represent the
sad moment and the silver wall for the good times. She is wearing minimal
jewellery (an earring and a ring) which are perfectly reasonable things for a
woman to wear and they're not there to give her a representation of looking
rich to buy it all. Her make-up consists of eye-liner and lipstick, which, once
again, is a perfectly reasonable and normal for a sensible woman to wear.
Cinematography: There
are many close-ups in this music video which I think are there to make the
viewers feel more connected to her. The camera shakes a lot which could be a
suggestion of her having strong feelings (relating to her lyrics). Other
cinematography used are pans, tilts and 360 shots. The tilts and pans are
mainly there to show that what she's feeling doesn't stay the same and her
feelings are constantly changing whilst the 360 shot is probably there to show
that she's made a turnaround (because she's forgetting about the past and
moving on which is what the song is about). The final usage of cinematography
are long shots which I think (again, relating to the meaning of the song) that
she's keeping the ex-boyfriend away so that he stops hurting her feelings).
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