Analysing Music Videos : Adele- Chasing Pavements/McFly- Five Colours In Her Hair

Over the next few lessons our class will be analysing music videos and deconstructing them visually. The previous lesson we explored different shot types used in the music video "Five Colours In Her Hair" by McFly and concluded that close-up shots, long shots, mid's were the most used. Each band member was also introduced and given the spotlight at some point, perhaps the lead guitarists more than others, but all band members shared the camera. This is perhaps for the purpose of establishing the group and giving each member a "label" (e.g. Harry- the drummer of the band) to make the band more appealing to their audience, and as a result have a closer relationship between the audience and the band.

In our preceding lesson we began to look at Adele's famous Chasing Pavements, and were given the task to replicate a specific shot from the music video.

 The song generally talks about deciding whether or not to be in a relationship, and has perhaps not a particularly happy but not a dramatically sad (more like bitter-sweet) kind of sound. The song is of the genre of a pop ballad and of an average tempo. To fit in with these characterisations of the song, one of the obvious tools used is a slow pan (slightly elevated) as well as close-up shots and a couple long shots. The shot our group will be replicating is from 2:25 to 2:29 as precisely as possible. Below is an analysis of a still from the shot we need to replicate.