Deconstruction 3 – Michael Buble – ‘haven’t met you yet’
What are they about?
The lyrics are about him finding love, with a woman who one day will change his life when he meets her, he sings about keeping going to find her and about not finding her yet, but one day everything will be alright when she comes out of no where and into his life.
- How is the artist or actors conveying this?
The artist is conveying this by singing as himself and acting in a supermarket setting when a women walks in and his expression changes and the song expresses the emotions within his facial expression explaining who she is.
- In actuality, how important are they to the particular visual forms and narratives in the video.
They are very important as it makes the song more of a story and also if you didn’t understand the lyrics the style of acting and expressionism tells you a lot about what is it about making it easier to follow.
- Does the video still have the same meaning if you don’t take any notice of the lyrics?
Yes the video has the same meaning with out the lyrics, the acting and story in the video describes the meaning very well that you can still understand the song.
- Can you sense the meaning without the actually hearing the song?
Yes you can sense the meaning with out hearing the song because the video is told like a story making it very easy to follow.
2.
- What is it?
Enhancing the video from the lyrics, making the video affect the meaning of the lyrics, when he sings he would like a girl to come along and take his heart away and we see a women walk into the video screen.
- Is it abstract or obvious: how, why?
It is obvious because the actors are playing the same characters as in the song and following the story with the lyrics.
- What is the theme or themes… are they relevant to lyrics or the artist themselves?
The theme is finding love and it is set in a supermarket where anything can take your attention away adding to the meaning of the lyrics, yes it is relevant to the artist because he wrote the song himself making it his words and the meaning behind it is true.
3.
- How is this affecting the meaning of the video?
The costume and makeup affects the meaning because it makes the video very casual and relaxed as there in jeans and shirts not formal attire, helping the ease of the story flow with his relaxed expression.
- How does it convey meaning about the artist?
It shows that the artist is very relaxed and casual about the way the world works and about him self.
- Is it relevant to the narrative, performance or location scenarios?
Yes it Is relevant to the location scenarios because there in a supermarket for most of the video and there dancing in the aisles continuing with the casualness of the video, its fun and different not as serious as other acoustic artists.
4.
- Artist acting
Yes the actor is acting in the video and he is also playing himself, showing that this song means something to him as it is how he feels.
- Band performing
There is no band performing as he is known for his solo work either singing and guitar or just guitar, making the audiences attention stay on the artist himself , enabling him to show his true musical talent as an artist not just a singer.
- Actors acting
There are actors acting there is the main girl and the dancers in the supermarket adding to the effect of the story and the lyrics showing you more of the emotion behind the song.
- Actors performing…
The performance of the actors adds to the style of the video, enhancing the visual elements and the meaning of the lyrics.
- Combination of both
Combining the both adds that special effect of the chemistry of the artist and the girl showing the love story part of the lyrics also making the video more interesting to watch with the dancers and atmosphere of the video.
- How is this relevant to the narrative, lyrics, and artist…what emotions are conveyed: why, how?
They are both relevant to the narrative as it shows the story through the song and lyrics, the emotions are happy and lust in the video adding to the narrative and emotions through the actors and the artist.
5. Camera/lighting
- What angles, framing are used?
The angles used are close up shots showing the actors and artist expression and wide angles so the audience can see the whole picture, the video is shot very smoothly following the story along with the lyrics.
- Are the camera styles driven by the artist, narrative, or performance… how, why?
The camera styles are driven by the artist and the performance because the actor is the main character in the story and we follow what he is saying, he is like the narrator in the video and the performance because that is how we follow the story and the meaning behind it.
6. Edit, Special FX and overdubbed sound
- Is there any CGI, colorization of the film, non-music sound elements, change of sound source etc?
There is no non – music elements of the video it is purely the song all the way through the 4 minutes letting the audience focus on the music and nothing else.
- How does this aid meaning of narrative, performance, artist etc?
This aids the meaning of the artist because it shows he is purely musical and isn’t interested in anything theatrical, then just showing his musical talent, it also helps the performance because it doesn’t get interrupted making it smooth smoothly and showing that it has enough of a story to follow without any additional speech.
- How is the pace of edit: with tempo, against tempo, contradicting narrative and style… why, how?
The pace of edit is in beat and tempo with the song, as the song is quite upbeat for an acoustic artist showing he has range, helping the pace of the song flow easily with the editing.
7. Representation:
- Is there any Voyeurism, exhibitionism and star iconography?
No there isn’t any of them in this video as it is very relaxed and down to earth and also very everyday in a supermarket as everyone does except the dancing. The main girl is very pretty adding to the attraction of the artist and his lyrics.
- How does the narrative, performance affect these and how do they affect narrative and performance?
The performance affects this because it shows the dancing and expression of the mood within the video giving you a feel of the song vibrant and happy.
- Is it designed for the ‘male gaze’?
No it is not designed for the male gaze, the artist audience is the women and his lyrics are about finding love.
8. Target audience:
- How does the video attract its audience?
The video attracts the audience because he is talking about something everybody experiences in there life time and they can relate to what he is saying in the lyrics and how it will be alright in the end to never give up, also he is an attractive guy so that helps his female audience.
- Is it similar clothing, locations, morals, social/cultural influences etc?
Yes it is similar clothing, locations, morals, social/cultural influences as he does relate to the audience experiences and life styles; also he is dressed very casually and easily related to.
9. Intertexuality:
- Is there any reference to other texts, ideas: what, why, how?
No there isn’t any reference to any other texts just that love is a universal experience and everybody experiences finding someone.
- Does it aid the narrative and/or performance: how, why?
Yes it kind of aids the performance because everyone will understand his emotions and feelings making the audience relate to him and understand more.
- Is it to attract a target audience?
Yes it is to attract a target audience because they can realte to the lyrics and meaning who ever the audience is.
- Who will ‘get it’: what particular audience types?
The particular audience type will be his female audience because they can relate and understand what the lyrics are about and typically women listen and take more interest in the lyrics.
Deconstruction 2 – Teddy Gieger – ‘ For you i will (confidence)’
Lyrics?
What are they about?
The lyrics are about him telling the girl of his dreams that she is the one, no matter how scared he is to fall and get rejected he just wants to try and let her know. Also how difficult it really is trying to get her to notice him. It’s a typical love song.
How is the artist or actors conveying this?
The artist is conveying this in the video by singing his song to her when she walks past, keeping eye contact with her and lingering on her when she is near. He is trying to get her attention and to let her know.
- In actuality, how important are they to the particular visual forms and narratives in the video.
They are very important to the visual forms in the video because they are the meaning behind the video and when he looks at her, and you hear the lyrics it makes you understand that that is the girl and this is her song.
Does the video still have the same meaning if you don’t take any notice of the lyrics?
Yes the video does still have the same meaning if you take away the lyrics because you can understand the video as a story, and you can understand there facial expressions and gestures letting you picture the story and understand what they mean.
- Can you sense the meaning without the actually hearing the song?
Yes you can sense the meaning without hearing the song because the actors play there parts so well that you understand in there facial expressions.
2. Narrative:
What is it?
It’s enhancing the video from the lyrics, making the video affect the meaning of the lyrics, with the artist playing his music and seeing the girl whilst the lyrics are being played reinforces how we interpret the sing and how we feel about it.
- Is it abstract or obvious: how, why?
It is obvious because it is a story that you follow, making it easy to understand the lyrics and the meaning of them.
- What is the theme or themes… are they relevant to lyrics or the artist themselves?
The theme is young love, they are defiantly relevant to the lyrics and to the artist because you see the artist himself playing the instruments and the writing of song giving it personal meaning.
3. Costume/makeup:
How is this affecting the meaning of the video?
The costume for all characters is very natural and everyday clothing such as jeans t-shirt and scarf’s, this brings the video to a natural and young trendy one suggesting that it’s fashionable and in.
- How does it convey meaning about the artist?
That he is very relaxed and simple in his clothing style, he isn’t a flashy guy like a typical rock star, and he is in the music business for his performance and artistic skill not the fame.
- Is it relevant to the narrative, performance or location scenarios?
Yes it is relevant to the performance because it adds the casual sense and that he is still young adding to the meaning of the song with his first love. The location scenarios are very typical teen places to with the mall, a café and a house party.
4. Performance
Artist acting
Yes the artist is acting the music video, showing that he is the music business for his creative lyric writing and instrument playing as you see him play 6 instruments in the video. Letting you see him as a real musician not just a ‘pop star’.
- Band performing
No band are performing it is all him, you see him play all the instruments that you hear in the music in the video , suggesting that he is a very talented musician and he wants his audience to realise it was all him.
- Actors acting
There are actors acting, the main girl who the song is aimed at is acting as a bit of a tease to him wanting him also and then there is her boyfriend who is a cool jock type not wanting to let her go. So it’s a 3 way love story adding to the effect of the lyrics and making you want the artist to be happy with her.
- Actors performing…
The actors performing are the main girl and her boyfriend making the artist jealous, and then giving each other lingering looks into the camera to make it look as if she is interests which evolves into this love story.
Combination of both
The combinations of both make the video very young and approachable and easy to understand the narrative having a beginning a middle and end.
- How is this relevant to the narrative, lyrics, and artist…what emotions are conveyed: why, how?
This is relative to the narrative and lyrics combining them, the emotions shown are love, loss, determination and will. You see this through the camera angles and the emotions of the artist and actor, there facial expression with the lyrics controls the feeling around the video and how you feel about it.
5. Camera/lighting
What angles, framing are used?
In this video the angles are very close up so we can see their emotions as the video plays through, they have long shot angles showing the bigger picture letting you see a real story through the song. It is standard normal framing throughout the video with the artist and actors in the middle of the screen.
- Are the camera styles driven by the artist, narrative, or performance… how, why?
Yes the camera styles are driven by the artist because you are seeing what he is singing about and how he is going to do deal and sort it out. Making more of an impact on video, it feels a little more personal.
- Tracking, panning, Dutch, close up, situation establishing, location establishing… how does the camera work aid the style of the video?
The style of the video is very American young pop, so with the bright colours and locations they show the whole situation such as establishing the location and the audience realising the story. It adds to the colourful teen factor because it’s something that the artist young audience can relate to, adding that he is only 22 years old.
6. Edit, Special FX and overdubbed sound
- Is there any CGI, colorization of the film, non-music sound elements, change of sound source etc?
There are no non music sound elements making the video flow smoothly but also having to figure out the story situation because the first thing you see is the artist playing guitar in a studio before the other actors come in. this is because the video is aimed at a simple teenage audience.
- How does this aid meaning of narrative, performance, artist etc?
This just lets the video flow smoothly following the story line.
- How is the pace of edit: with tempo, against tempo, contradicting narrative and style… why, how?
The pace of edit is the same as the tempo adding to the narrative making it easy to follow and keeping pace so it all makes sense.
7. Representation:
- Is there any Voyeurism, exhibitionism and star iconography?
No there isn’t any voyeurism in the video; the only exhibitionism is when the main girl takes her clothes off to reveal a bikini for when she jumps in the pool, attracting the male audience to the video. The video is very relaxed and young adding to the teen audience.
- How does the narrative, performance affect these and how do they affect narrative and performance?
They affect the narrative performance by showing that he is the musician and he is known for that even winning the girl with his music, but by also playing the good guy in the video adding to the lyrics and confirming his musical talents.
- Is it designed for the ‘male gaze’?
It slightly is designed for the male gaze, because of the main girl being attractive and quite flirty but it’s more for the artist’s female audience.
8.Target audience:
- How does the video attract its audience?
The video attracts its audience by appealing to the same age group as the artist, as the artist is young they can relate to the song and help out in any real life situations and problems, also adding the girl for the male audience And the artist himself being attractive appeals to his female audience.
- Is it similar clothing, locations, morals, social/cultural influences etc?
Yes it is very similar clothing such as the casual jeans shirts shoes, very typical teenage dress kind of fashion influences too with what they’re wearing. Locations are everyday locations such as a shopping mall and a house party as everyone is under 18 they can’t go, just social hang outs. Social influences and cultural are very similar as there in a nice household and good friends, it’s a very similar video to his target audience making it easier to relate.
9.Intertexuality:
- Is there any reference to other texts, ideas: what, why, how?
The only reference they have to other text ideas could be a soap opera and a teenage love story, from films and other videos, showing the girl and boy relationship and how it transforms throughout the video.
- Does it aid the narrative and/or performance: how, why?
It aids the performance because enhances the story and makes the audience relate to other texts and real life pieces.
- Who will ‘get it’: what particular audience types?
The teenage audience will get it the most because of the first love and him trying to get the girl which is taken both ways , proving to her that he is the better guy than the standard ‘jock type guy’.
- Is it to attract a target audience?
It is to attract a target audience because the artist is young and the audience is his young female fans so by showing them that is he is the kind and sweet one it attract them to the music and him even more.
Deconstruction 1 – John Mayer – ‘waiting on the world to change’
Lyrics;
What are they about?
- The lyrics are about young people literally waiting on the world to change so they can make a difference, people tell them they have no hope of ever succeeding and that’s what’s wrong with the world, there generation will stand back and wait for a change and make a difference to the world.
How is the artist or actors conveying this?
The artist and actors are filmed walking along a river side looking upon the scenery and graffiting the walls and proving that they have nothing better than to identify with the world in their way and waiting until it changes and it’s good again.
- In actuality, how important are they to the particular visual forms and narratives in the video.
The lyrics don’t comprehend to the video all the way through, but when he sings ‘were waiting in the world to change’ someone all the way through the video graffiti’s or draws a circle symbolising the world. Then he sings ‘now we see everything that’s going wrong and those who lead it’ and we see gas masks and balaclava’s symbolising bad times that happened and how there waiting for it to be over. They graffiti guns, death and the world when he sings waiting on the world to change on the last verse saying that they want change and need it to happen because what the world is now isn’t nice.
- Does the video still have the same meaning if you don’t take any notice of the lyrics?
No the video doesn’t have the same meaning because without the lyrics, the video is just a guy walking around near a river bank with people graffiting walls and garage doors.
- Can you sense the meaning without the actually hearing the song?
No without the song lyrics with the video you can’t sense the meaning because the lyrics hold the meaning of the song and what he is trying to say. Also because the lyrics don’t hold much of a story so the video hasn’t got a definite plot to keep the combination perfectly together.
2. Narrative:
What is it?
The narrative is in the lyrics and they have put it on to story form in the music video with actors playing the friends, drawing and graffiting in time to the lyrics making it easier for the viewer to understand the story and enhancing the meaning of the lyrics. The artist is mainly singing and walking along the street while the actors are acting and telling the story.
- Is it abstract or obvious: how, why?
There is a narrative but is not necessarily obvious what it’s about because the lyrics don’t have a definite story line but with certain words and certain camera angles and posed/specific actions it becomes clearer when you watch the video. I don’t think it has a definite story line because it could be interpreted differently to any one so they leave the choice and leave you thinking about the lyrics not just the video.
- What is the theme or themes… are they relevant to lyrics or the artist themselves?
The theme is the world and knowing when to stand back and leave it to get better but by doing so they are the next generation to sort it out. The lyrics are relevant because he sings ‘it’s not that we don’t care we just know the fight aint fair’ linking itto the video and his personal opinion on the world.
3. Costume/makeup:
- How is this affecting the meaning of the video?
The casualness of the video relates to his style because he is in jeans, t-shirt and a grey jacket also the other actors are in baggy t-shirts and jeans with a grungy look to them symbolising that there still young appealing to a 17-25 audience.
- How does it convey meaning about the artist?
It means that the artist is casual and relaxed and he isn’t a rock star or a fame person he just wants to be casual and do what he does best which is his music.
- Is it relevant to the narrative, performance or location scenarios?
Yes it is relevant to the narrative and the location scenarios because you see the different locations in the music video showing the city and the rural areas of the city differencing the scenarios with the beat of the lyrics.
4. Performance
Artist acting
The artist is as himself in this video he is walking along the river side and with specific lyrics he sings we get close ups to get his emphasis and interpretation of them, also because it isn’t a story it leaves the audience to interpret the meaning.
- Band performing
There is no band performing which is saying that he wants the audience to hear his music as an artist.
- Actors acting and Actors performing…
There are actors acting when we don’t see the main artist they are telling the story of the lyrics he is singing, it is important because we get a better sense of the video and its meaning. They are completely different to the artist were as he is very clean and composed the actors are grungy and are spray painting walls.
- Combination of both
The combination of both work very well in this music video because you see the artist for the music he produces and sings and the actors reinforcing the story and what we’re seeing.
- How is this relevant to the narrative, lyrics, and artist…what emotions are conveyed: why, how?
This is relevant because the emotions conveyed are the world and how it is looked at within the younger generation, this is done by the story being shown in the video with the spray painting and emotion in the artists face.
5. Camera/lighting
What angles, framing are used?
The angles of this video empathise the narrative and how John Mayer wants to be portrayed as a musician with close up shots and low angles making him seem bigger in some places stating that one day the world will be better. The angles being used are eye shot and low angles.
- Are the camera styles driven by the artist, narrative, or performance… how, why?
The camera styles are driven by the artist and the performance as you follow the video, making you follow the story line there, is to the video. Because it makes video unique and there is a message to think about after within the lyrics also.
- Tracking, panning, dutch, close up, situation establishing, location establishing… how does the camera work aid the style of the video?
The camera work aids the style of the video because it is set in a city and the rural aspects of the scenery create the scenery in which we all don’t want to live in. showing shots of the city scenery, outskirts of a city and the city river. Making it a very natural video.
6. Edit, Special FX and overdubbed sound
Is there any CGI, colorization of the film, non-music sound elements, change of sound source etc?
No there aren’t any non music sound elements in the music video; this could be because there isn’t any need for additional speech or interpretation in the video.
How does this aid meaning of narrative, performance, artist etc?
This aids the meaning of the performance because it shows the music and the artist for what and who it is. Showing that it is the music his listeners are interested in and not the rock star performance. This is the reason for the collective and artistic video and not the performance one.
- How is the pace of edit: with tempo, against tempo, contradicting narrative and style… why, how?
The pace of edit is in time with the music video as it starts of slow so does the editing and as the song picks up pace, the editing integrates with the other actors in the video, making it flow smoothly also keeping with the style which is quite relaxed and moderate pace.
7.Representation:
Is there any Voyeurism, exhibitionism and star iconography?
There isn’t any of the above which keeps the video simple and some might say boring but the mission of this video was to get a message across or to agree with what he is saying.
- How does the narrative, performance affect these and how do they affect narrative and performance.
It affects the performance by keeping it real and naturalistic with natural performances and everyday gestures and tasks.
- Is it designed for the ‘male gaze’?
No it is not designed for the male gaze there is nothing the music video to suggest this, with a performance of all men and the main artist being clean and known for his music.
8. Target audience:
How does the video attract its audience?
The video attracts the audience by the pure talent of the music and the simplicity of the video, also John Mayer is a ‘cool’ guy that maybe men and musicians look up to. The women may like the video because he is a good looking guy and he attracts the female audience.
- Is it similar clothing, locations, morals, social/cultural influences etc?
Its similar clothing to the audience with the indie/ preppy style and the same morals indicating that the world does have to change and its going to be good when it does including respect and honesty. The social influences are maybe not the same but the video is a mixture of preppy and indie so the contrast works well as not everyone is the same.
9. Intertexuality:
Are there any references to other texts, ideas: what, why, how?
There are other references to texts such as the news , saying that if you believe what you hear no wonder you’re going to have a bad world as the press have a name of making situations worse and even implanting in to your brain making you believe called the copy cat theory .
- Does it aid the narrative and/or performance: how, why?
It does aid the narrative in some small ways because he is talking about the world changing and what it has become and how they can make it better.
- Who will ‘get it’: what particular audience types?
The audience types that will get it are the ones who know his music and are interested in poetry and English as he writes very flowery and artistic.
- Is it to attract a target audience?
Yes I do think it is attracting a target audience because from the female and male fans that like him for his music, he also has messages through his song and people who care about the world or feel the same will understand and agree with it.
