Music Video Editing

Tinie Tempah – Till I’m gone ft. Wiz Khalifa

At the beginning of this video there is a straight cut from a women getting out of Tinie Tempah’s car to a shot from inside of the car of her outside of the car. This would give the audience an idea of what Tinie is seeing from inside his car. The look he gives the woman shows that he wants her to go, she then shakes her head and walks off, this relates to the song as he says he will be back one day.

The 180 degree rule is used when the women is outside of the car and leaning on the window looking in at Tinie. The 180 degree rule is used so that it does not look like the car is going the opposite way of where the car first was. It is to stop the audience from getting confused about what way the car is going and if it changed direction or not.

Fade cut is used when Tinie is driving his car, when he says the locations that he has been to they appear on his window as if he is driving along them, as he says another country the picture on the window fades from one location to the other. This gives the audience an idea that over time he has been to a few different countries, this also relates to the song as he says he will be back one day. It shows he does not know where he is going.

Jump cut is used in this video from when Tinie is driving his car to when he is walking up on a hill. This moves the camera from when Tinie is singing inside of his car to the narrative of the music video when he goes and meets up with his friends. This shows the audience that the music video is narrative based.

A cross cut is used just passed the middle stage of the music video from when Tinie stops singing and Wiz comes in. The shot goes from Tinie walking outside and the lighting is quite high key to then a low key shot of him in his car driving around Paris. This relates to the narrative of the song as he is going through different countries and is not at home.

The audience would be interested in watching this music video as it is different from other music videos, showing that Tinie needs space so that he goes travelling and will be back for his girlfriend one day.

Camera Shots

Beautiful People – Chris Brown feat Benny Benassi

At around the beginning part of the music video there is a tracking shot of Chris Brown and some others on their scooter. This is used as they are on their way to their concert, to party with their fans. This shows us that they do not see themselves as any different from their fans just because they are famous. The song is called ‘Beautiful people’ because he appreciates his fans for the support and thinks that they are beautiful.

There is an establishing shot of the crowd when they are at the concert as they are jumping up and down. This shows the audience that the people there are having a good time, listening to good music and in the presence a famous person who they are a fan of. This also shows the audience that they are liked people.

There is a close up as Chris Brown hugs one of his fans. This shows the audience that he shows affection to his fans, and that he appreciates them, whether they are famous or not, and that fame has not got too his head. So he has time for his fans instead of ignoring them and doing his own thing.

There is a mid-shot of Chris Brown as he is dancing by the DJ deck. This shows the audience what he is wearing, promoting the sort of dress sense he has. It also shows that he is enjoying himself because his fans are enjoying themselves, you can tell this by his body movements.

At the end of the music video Chris Brown is standing against a blue wall with the words ‘Beautiful people’ on the wall. This is to show the audience that he thinks that they are beautiful for supporting him.

The audience would be interested in watching this music video because the song itself is good. The music video is entertaining as the people in the video have lots of energy and are dancing everywhere, it also shows them communicating with their fans.

What is a music video?

The genre of this music video is RnB, Rap. The beat to the song is face paced which features Drake rapping about how much money he has and what he likes doing with it.

He says he is floating in and out of consciousness and the video keeps cutting to black quick. This allows the audience to understand what is going through his head.

There are close ups of Drakes face when he is in the elevator as he is singing. It shows what he is wearing and that he is smoking a cigar. When someone smokes a cigar it suggests that they have quite a bit of money.

His clothes change frequently during the video. This attracts audience as it engages them more. Also, the changing of clothes relates to the narrative of him having money to spend.

This music video is more narrative than anything else. The narrative is about him getting money and what it has done to him,getting confidence, getting really drunk without caring about the consequences. In the video is shows him and some friends all around an expensive looking table toasting to his success.

There is a relationship between the music lyrics and the visuals as he sayd "Money over everything, money on my mind" he is in an elevator dressed smartly in some expensive looking clothes and smoking a cigar looking over the city as if he owns it.

This music video is narrative based as he is talking about how he did not have money at one point but now he does. "I know I exaggerated things, now I got it like that" The images you see throughout the music video shows that he has money, when people smoke cigars they usually are quite well off.