Thursday, 26 September 2013

VIDEO ANALYSIS 1

Ben Howard - Only Love 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWlKZ6C7cDY
FEATURES TO LOOK FOR
GENERAL EXAMPLES
DETAILED EXAMPLES
Genre characteristics
Based around the main singer cycling
River
1:41-1:43 (only 1 example of many)
Flashes back to his concert and shots of him backstage.
Relationship between lyrics and visuals?
‘Darling you’re with me, always around me’- implying wherever he is, his ‘only love’ is.
1:18-1:20
‘Show me love’- shot of ben and band members hugging.
Relationship between music and visuals?
The shot changes to the beat of the music
0:48 - 0:51
To the beat of the drum there is a different shot of the bicycle
Are there close-ups of the artist and star image motifs?
Lots, he is the main focus of the narrative and performance.
1:52-1:55
Ben walking along wood in some water on his own
Reference to the notion of looking?
Sped up footage of filming out of a window
2:00-2:05
Intertextual references?
 No intertext. references
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Is it performance-based/narrative-based/concept-based and how much of each?
Performance and narrative
Throughout the video shows Ben performing to his fans while also tells a story about him travelling through (I think) America.



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