This video follows a performance based narrative, the video is very simplistic and meets the forms and conventions of a soul music video. The video is filmed in black and white, by doing this a calm mood has been set which ties in with the style of the song. Depth of field has been taken into consideration a lot in this video and has been used to focus on the artist performing, along with this the mise-en-scene has been set in such a way that also focuses attention to the artist, with an empty room with no particular features that divert the viewers attention away from the artist.
The use of the colour effects being played over the footage has a great effect and gives the video its own individual aspect that makes it stand out from other videos, I think that the use of this effect is very effective and yet simplistic.
The camera angles used in the video create a very emotional effect. There is a lot of close ups which focus on the artists face, by doing this we see can read his emotions which relate to the song playing, with these close ups and the depth of field focusing on the artist and blurring out the background the overall effect is much more powerful.
When looking at the what the artist is wearing we see that he is wearing neutral colours that stop attention being drawn to them rather that towards the artists face, this is very effective. It is such considerations as clothing, location and the use of depth of field that add to the overall mood set by the video. As well as this, the lighting within the video is very effective mainly relying on natural lighting, by doing this a natural effect is given and adds to the calmness of the video
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