Jake Bugg - "Seen It All"
Narrative
The story of this music video involves a young man around his early to mid 20s wandering aimlessly around Glasgow. There are multiple parts in the video when the main character spots the Police and he hides away from them. Also there are parts in the video that seem paranormal. The main character touches a dewy window from the outside but the handprint is from the inside. He also plays ping pong and his opponent being Jake Bugg just disappears at one point. The main character also manages to pull a door which would be a push door. At the end of the video the character looks at a TV screen and the news is on. The news reports that there was a victim of a stabbing the previous night and then a picture of the main character appears on the news channel. It is now clear that the main character is a ghost or a lost spirit.
Camera
There is the use of a lot of close ups and establishing shots in particular in this video. The close ups are mainly used to depict the emotions on the characters face as there is an intriguing narrative behind the events of the video. There are also a fair few medium shots but these are more few and far between compared to the amount of close ups used.
Sound
The only sound used in this video is the actual track from Jake Bugg.
Editing
There are a good amount of effects used in this video. There are multiple occasions when slow motion is used. One of these occurs when the character is dancing outside of the cafe and another example is when he is playing ping pong. At the end of the video when the character finds out that he died the night before, he fades away as if he wasn't there. This is a really good effect to use in this situation as if gives a clear answer to thee viewer that the character was a ghost all along and nobody could see him anyway.
Mise-en-scene
The video is set in the Scottish city of Glasgow. Glasgow is a city renowned for its troubles with violence and this is a good setting for the narrative of the video. The character is wearing normal everyday clothes which suggests that he is just a normal person. However there is one point in the video where he looks down at his shirt and there is a gaping hole in it. This is clearly a result of a stabbing but there is no blood stains on his shirt. This part links the lyrics to the video as such lyrics as “Everyone here has a knife” and “Someone stabbed him with a knife”.
Dan Croll - "From Nowhere"
Narrative
The narrative of this video features a staring contest. This links in with the lyrics in the video, “Everytime I stare into your eyes”.
Camera
There is a particularly large amount of close ups in this video. This is to demonstrate the look on people's faces during the staring contest. There are a range of medium shots that have been used in this video. This is mainly for the band members who are also in the staring contest and they are playing their instruments at the same time. The medium shot is used to present that they are playing their instruments. There is a distinct lack of anything larger than a medium shot in this music video. This also the use of high angle shots and these are used to look down upon the props that the organisers of this competition are sorting i.e the stopwatch and the ribbons for competitors.
Sound
The only sound used in this video is the actual track from Dan Croll.
Editing
There is a lack of any major editing techniques in this video. There are only jump cuts really used and the added text to say what competitor number a character is.
Mise-en-scene
The setting of this video appears to be a small town hall or something very similar where there is a small stage setup. All the characters in this video are wearing casual everyday clothing.
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