Selena Gomez- Who says Micro Elements

I have found a song by Selena Gomez and it is called 'Who says'. There are many elements to her music video that particularly work which I would like to possibly add into our final piece if we are able to. 

The first element in the video is the mis en scene. I like how she wears a black dress, so not conforming to the stereotypical 'girly' theme of colours. This supports the theorist Levi- Strauss as he says that there are BINARY OPPOSITIONS. The binary opposition in this case is being Perfect and not being perfect. This particularly fits with the song as it is about how she doesn't care about being 'perfect' and she is just herself. 

Another element that i liked was the use of the split screen. It is very effective as it may either help to understand the narrative of the song and to tell a story, or even use it as a contrast of scenes or show different people. In this print screen that i took, it gives a clearer picture of the surroundings. 


The last element that i found extremely effective was the use of the images whilst Selena sung them. For example when she sung  'nanananana' The split screen has a shot of her in one and a shop called 'nana'. There are other words in that shot of the shop as she mentions 'a diamond in the ruck' it has relevance to the shop as it is a jewellery shop. And this is also used again just after when she sings 'you've got every right' it cuts to a shot of two sign posts- one pointing left saying 'every' and one pointing right saying 'right' which is portraying the lyrics through images.



Here is the tutorial i have found about how to make a basic split screen so as long as i follow the instructions it should be a fairly simple process.

Rihanna- Unfaithful Micro Element

I have chosen to look at Rihanna's video 'Unfaithful' because it was made around the time when she was going thtough a bit of a Pop genre Stage.
One element that i really like is the tracking shots of hands, extreme close up of her shoulder, which shows subtle sex appeal as she is almost 'teasing' the people watching the video. 

Another micro element of the video that breaks up the video nicely is the use of slow motion. IT emphasises what Rihanna is singing and her movements too which definitely works as a song with a slower beat. 

The Corrs- Runaway Micro Element

I came across the song called 'runaway' by The Corrs. This is a video that includes many conventions similar to the ones that we would like to include in our music video. 

The use of the woman running in slow motion is effective as it reflects the song because it is called 'runaway'. We are definitely considering using this in our song when we start filming our piece. After talking to our media teacher, we all think that it is a very good idea and it would be a strong shot. It will makes us work harder on final cut express as we will have to slow the shot down which i am really looking forward to doing. 

Also as most of our video will be filmed outside there are wonderful shots of trees and natural scenery, this helps us as to know how to film outside by trees effectively and what shots look best outside so it gives us more of an understanding about the different types of shots with is always helpful.