What are the characteristics of the genre in the music video?
-Disperate Youth is a alternative dance music video
-Video uses a slow paced shot types but editing quickly together to maintain the tempo of the song and also uses the shot types to bring
What is the relationship between lyrics and visuals?
-"But if we go, we go together"- extreme close up of Santigolds' face directing at audience suggesting that she is going on a journey with the viewer
-"and if we don't fly we will run"-wide shot with choppy transition showing the artist in one location and rapidly turning up in the next suggesting that she will go anywhere to find what she is looking for
-"they wanna sit and watch you wither"- two shot mid close up of Santigold and a old man in a boat suggesting that he has been waiting to find what he is looking for as he has also been shown briefly at the beginning of the video
-"We know we want more"-shows mid shots with choppy cuts of more kids running-what do they want more of?
-"The odds all stand beneath me"-wide shot of a bird flying over
What is the relationship between music and visuals?
- There is a strong relationship between music and visuals throughout this music video for example. at the beginning when there is a wide panning shot of Santigold and snow is falling the beat matches this visuals and as it continues to the extreme close up shots of her feet the beat gets heavier
Are there close ups of the artist and image motifs?
-There are many close ups used throughout mainly of the artists face, locations and the children's faces this could be done to help give the viewer every detail of the story that most viewers would not notice
Is the music video performance, narrative or concept?
- Performance- artist is constantly singing through out
-Narrative- Story starting in her dream and progresses to tribal land were children are
Conclusion
Overall,I like this music video as it uses variety of shot type, especially at the end to increase pace and also maintain an upbeat tempo throughout the video.
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