Today was the first lesson of a new unit on Music Videos. We were not told about it in great detail as the teacher was absent, but we still began on it nonetheless. We were told to analyze some music videos in terms of narrative structure, cinematography and editing.
I worked in a pair with Harry, and we found it quite difficult to find a suitable music video that we felt we could write about. We wanted to find one that wasn’t just of the band playing music, because that can be quite boring sometimes and doesn’t bring out the meaning of the song. In the end, we chose to analyze Life in Technicolor by Coldplay and Your Touch by The Black Keys. We chose these two because they were both fun to watch and had a good use of cinematography, narrative structure and editing.
Initially, I wasn’t entirely sure of what “narrative structure” was so I googled it and found out it “the structural framework that underlies the order and manner in which a narrative is presented to a reader, listener, or viewer.” I really enjoyed analyzing the music videos because not only are they really fun to watch, but I had no idea so much was put into a music videos to convey the message of the song.
I didn’t manage to finish analyzing both of the music videos and will finish it for homework. This assignment has helped me realize just how much attention to detail can be important in filming, and how it is those little things that spark emotions and thoughts into viewers subconsciously. I feel that today I was most like the IB Learner Profile “inquirer” because I was being introduced into a new unit, and this sparked my curiosity and made me want to research more into film making and music videos.
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