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.