Jacob Banks-Worthy
When I watch this video it seems very bold
and brave to me, there isn’t actually any strong beats at the start of the
video and his voice is more of the beat because it controls the song and it
starts off with his echoes being the beat. I also noticed that there are very
few instruments that are playing and it is very simply put together, maybe
representing honesty and getting straight to the point about something
important he has to say. Every 4 beats, the camera angle changes or it shows a
different person who is involved in the music video. This is giving the
audience their first impressions of the different and obvious roles in society
that people have and what each of their problems are/how different they are to
each other’s problems. The fact that he voice echoes also is visually expressed
because there are fades (in and out) of different characters in the video that
represent maybe how no one is getting their say and others dominate them often.
I
find it interesting how you actually see the actors in the music video before
we see the artist and I think it is because his echoes are telling us that he
is the one not being heard by others and the fact that we can only see his
silhouette until the chorus of the song shows his way of hiding and having his
guard up. This is a very interesting way to create star image because it makes
him seem very mysterious and deep, the black and white effect on the music
video also adds to the serious topic of what he is singing about. He doesn’t
come across as a fashion icon because you never get a glimpse of what he is
wearing; he is either a black silhouette or a close up of his face while
singing. I think that because there is no connection between him and the
actors, he is almost singing on behalf of them because they cannot speak up
themselves e.g the alcoholic being yelled at and the girl who is ill in
hospital. This concept makes his star
image seem very real and, and as he is singing, worthy.
The deep message behind this video is that you have to quit
anything in your life that is wrong because people that love you are always
going to be there to help. I think that the pure honesty of everyday issues
that are displayed show how he comes across as a dominant character, standing
up for what he believes is right and wrong; I think this is what the black and
white represents. His clothes are also black and white to show the blunt truth
he wants to sing about. This star image in particular is obviously very staged
because it is how they want the audience to see him as, while singing with a
straight face also shows us that we cannot read his emotions meaning that he
comes across as an intimidation person even though he is singing about
important issues which is defiantly not the image he was aiming to achieve from
the perspective of the audience.
The speed of the song makes me imagine seeing a narrative
rather than a singer singing because of the effects used like the echoes, I
think this would look unrealistic and less professional if the singer lip syncs
the lyrics that are so edited it doesn’t seem right visualising the singer
speaking the words. The amplification of this song is understandably strong, if
we see the director as the artist it makes the whole video seem very creative
and deep that is aesthetically appealing for the viewer to watch because the
editing, cinematography, sound and mise-en-scene works well together and in
time perfectly. I watched the video without the music and interestingly and similarly
as I have said before, the disjuncture of the video makes me think that the
director and artist are just telling the audience the beauty of what happens
when you let go of bad memories or feelings that you might have and let people
help you because of how far it can help you get.
The speed of the video is very dependent on the editing like
most music videos, this is because it has to be in time with the beat otherwise
it wouldn’t be aesthetically pleasing to watch for the viewer. This is often
motivated by the acting, dancing and singing of the performers we see. The
singers face is shown as a close up for some of the video because it shows how
honest he wants to be and it creates a sense of a personal message being said
to the viewer from the singer.
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