http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSVbwwsLPqw
The genre of music: The genre of music is Soul. In this music video there is church singing/ performance and God.
The star: The star of the music video is Madonna herself, she is the main character within it and also plays in a performance style.
Narrative and Character: White people commit a crime; however the back person gets the blame. Madonna herself sees this miss lead crime happen and wants to stop what is going on, due to this situation she goes to church.
Camera movements:
This shot appears when the lyrics “oh God I think I’m falling, out of the sky” are played. She sings what she physically does within the music video itself.
Mise en scene:
There are two locations the first is the church is the main location filmed. Most of the singing that Madonna does is in the music video. 
The second location is where the crime actually happened. The screen shot above also represents the colour contrast. When Madonna has flashbacks they intend to be more of a dull colour reflecting possibly on her mood, therefore in church where she wants to be and is happy there, the shots are more colourful and bright.
The image below shows this contrast.
Editing, lights and effects:
The lighting is artificial within the music video. However there is a scene shot in a dark location where she has her flashbacks, this is a successful effect that is used to show the difference between happiness and sadness. When the crosses are on fire, it realises a strong vibe. There are not a lot of edits within this particular music video, however there are fast edits switching from one scene to another which is in time to the music.
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· Madonna chose to have a back Jesus, in which caused much trouble within America.
· Madonna chose to have a back Jesus, in which caused much trouble within America.
· Roses- The symbol for love and death.
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The Mise en scene largely contains a mass of both religious Catholic iconography, such as the crucifixes, gospel choir and candles in the church. At times in the video is littered with the ironic image of burning cross which is synonymous with the violent racism of the South American States during segregation. The Mise en scene largely contains a mass of both religious Catholic iconography, such as the crucifixes, gospel choir and candles in the church. At times in the video is littered with the ironic image of burning cross which is synonymous with the violent racism of the South American States during segregation. The narrative of Like a Prayer is largely traditional and used traditional techniques. However there is no sense of equilibrium, the only real equilibrium is of Madonna running on the beach at the very beginning, in which she is clearly distressed and there is an immediate sense of disequilibrium as a woman is murdered by a white man, although the black man is blamed. The narrative is very spiritual with a black Jesus, who ironically also represents the black victim.
The star: The star within this particular music video is Michael Jackson himself. Thriller is a narrative music video, along with performance.
Camera movements:
This image shows the difference in camera movement and angles that the video has. The majority of the camera angles goes from long shot to close up. This is a good effective within Thriller because it is a classed as a horror; therefore it is more effective on the audience when emotions are shown in great detail.
The star: The star within this particular music video is Michael Jackson himself. Thriller is a narrative music video, along with performance.
Camera movements:
This image shows the technique ‘tracking’. This is effective within the video as the music video is narrative and by tracking, it is easy to view. Within Thriller it is important for the audience to see what is going on due to the video being narrative, allowing the audience to see the mise en scene.
This image shows the difference in camera movement and angles that the video has. The majority of the camera angles goes from long shot to close up. This is a good effective within Thriller because it is a classed as a horror; therefore it is more effective on the audience when emotions are shown in great detail. 
This shot shows the crane camera movement, in which is similar to a birds eye view. This shows a sense of a dramatic effect.
Editing, lights and effects:
The lighting is artificial within Thriller. As Thriller is a horror, there are special effects in which enhance this, such as the smoke. The lighting changes fro, he first scene to the second, in which then stays the same until the end of the video. Mise en scene:
This shot shows the crane camera movement, in which is similar to a birds eye view. This shows a sense of a dramatic effect. The location of Thriller involves a cinema, and the streets. At the begging outside the cinema, there are bright colours and an involvement of happy emotion. However when the location changes to the streets, near a graveyard, the mood changes, along with the colours involved- from bright now to dull. This gives off dramatic effect. This is shown below:
The star: Elliot Minor, the band themselves are the star within the music video, due to the fact that the video is a live performance only, giving no narrative.
Camera movements:
This shot is an extreme close up, giving a very good effect upon the audience as it is a strong iconography. Editing graphics within the eye plays a very good eye catch and makes the shot more appealing.
By these images you can see that the camera shoots the band in the movement ‘tacking’. It goes from the lead guitarist, to the bassist, then to the lead singer, and finally to the drummer. This gives the audience a visual analysis of the band.
When the camera moves to the drummer, the shots turn into slow motion. This is outcome has a good impact because it adds depth into the video for the audience’s sake.
Mise en scene:
Elliot Minor have only shot in the church, this is the only location that appears in the music video. Obviously the band are playing in one placed due to the cable connects, however the lead singer does a little acting walking through the church, therefore there are different locations within the church so it doesn’t make the music video unexciting.
Editing, lights and effects:
The light is dark, obviously there is artificial lighting used, to make as if the candles are lighting the whole church, reflecting on their faces. All their clothing is black, making it more of a serious video, also a good effect used is a smoke and wind machine. This makes the video look more like a set, that’s one of the obvious and biggest reason why it is not a narrative.
Iconography points:
- · The only iconography is burning candles, in which represents life, especially in churches.
The actual song Jessica is a narrative song, however Elliot Minor did not choose their music video to the song to be narrative, Jessica is an abstract/performance music video, although by the expressions on the lead singer’s face it’s as if he is singing to Jessica herself, the singer is singing into the camera which makes the audience feel as if they are Jessica. The video has sort of got an on-set feel which makes the audience feel more included, this is because of the smoke and wind machines that suggested that the church is cold and dark, this gave a spooky feel.
Mountains -Biffy Clyro
The star: The main person within the music video Mountains
However, the particular music video is narrative and performance based. The band themselves are actually within the story. The location of where they are playing is the same location of where there story is told.
Camera movements:
The camera movements in Mountains are quiet simple, however there are lots of ‘tracking’, in which is effective. The camera shows the mise en scene before any vocal happens. When the music is just instrumental it shows the location and progresses to zoom in towards the actors who are playing real life chest, it shows the detail.
Iconography points:
This is the organ that the lead singer plays on at the very beginning of the video. The hand creates a very spirited feel, especially because it is in a gold colour, in which represents strength.
The male above is the same person, by wearing white clothes and the other wearing black clothes it indicates that they are against each other, the symbolical way of showing good and evil.
White Black
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