http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fczPlmz-Vug
This video is the most interesting and thought provoking acoustic video that i have come across. It uses thousands of still images at the start, to combine together to create a scene. It shows Regina unpacking a box to create a room. The items that she is connoted with is a piano, this happens to be the first thing she unpacks from the box. this could emphasize the importance of a piano within her music. As the music video begins Regina enters the room through a window, this could be a link to her album cover which has the image of a closed window behind her. This could suggest that she is breaking free, or is entering back into a restricted room where just like the album cover she is enclosed in a tight room with just a piano. There is then a mid-shot of Regina, which puts emphasis on her being a solo artist and is establishing that this video is solely about her and her music. The still images become slower, however the transitions become quite harsh as images of darts hits a map. This creates complex thought in my mind, as i feel this could suggest that because the images that are not of her are hard hitting and have a different pace and transition, it could show that the outside world to her is completely in contrast to being alone with her piano in a room. This transitions by the music video director could emphasize this. Like most acoustic videos, this video includes a variety of close-ups, i think this is used so the audience pay attention to the detail as this type of shots helps to convey the themes of the song. There is then a controversial image of Regina creating a cartoon city and watering it, this is a powerful shot as i believe this could be hit at urban life and how it needs nature and nurture in order to survive. This is common of acoustic videos, as they want to show a bucolic and idealised view of nature and portray a negative view of urban modernity. There is fast paced long shots used to show images of past iconic leaders, and men in archaic clothing. I think Regina wanted to portray the past in a positive life, and shows how we should pay more attention to the ideals and nature of the past. Extreme close-ups of her lips show a very sensual and femine side of Regina, the bright red lipstick she is wearing could symbolize that she is a powerful and dominant woman, the emphasis on her lips suggests that we should listen to her. The repeated image of a spinning globe could connote that the themes of her music ca reach world wide, or a different interpretation could suggest that this is a reference to how quick time passes. Another contreversial image used is a suited man with a pigs head, i think this yet again is mocking the wealth and modernity of society and how we have become 'pig headed'.
This video is the most interesting and thought provoking acoustic video that i have come across. It uses thousands of still images at the start, to combine together to create a scene. It shows Regina unpacking a box to create a room. The items that she is connoted with is a piano, this happens to be the first thing she unpacks from the box. this could emphasize the importance of a piano within her music. As the music video begins Regina enters the room through a window, this could be a link to her album cover which has the image of a closed window behind her. This could suggest that she is breaking free, or is entering back into a restricted room where just like the album cover she is enclosed in a tight room with just a piano. There is then a mid-shot of Regina, which puts emphasis on her being a solo artist and is establishing that this video is solely about her and her music. The still images become slower, however the transitions become quite harsh as images of darts hits a map. This creates complex thought in my mind, as i feel this could suggest that because the images that are not of her are hard hitting and have a different pace and transition, it could show that the outside world to her is completely in contrast to being alone with her piano in a room. This transitions by the music video director could emphasize this. Like most acoustic videos, this video includes a variety of close-ups, i think this is used so the audience pay attention to the detail as this type of shots helps to convey the themes of the song. There is then a controversial image of Regina creating a cartoon city and watering it, this is a powerful shot as i believe this could be hit at urban life and how it needs nature and nurture in order to survive. This is common of acoustic videos, as they want to show a bucolic and idealised view of nature and portray a negative view of urban modernity. There is fast paced long shots used to show images of past iconic leaders, and men in archaic clothing. I think Regina wanted to portray the past in a positive life, and shows how we should pay more attention to the ideals and nature of the past. Extreme close-ups of her lips show a very sensual and femine side of Regina, the bright red lipstick she is wearing could symbolize that she is a powerful and dominant woman, the emphasis on her lips suggests that we should listen to her. The repeated image of a spinning globe could connote that the themes of her music ca reach world wide, or a different interpretation could suggest that this is a reference to how quick time passes. Another contreversial image used is a suited man with a pigs head, i think this yet again is mocking the wealth and modernity of society and how we have become 'pig headed'.
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