Post 2 - Pop Music Video 1

Within the first 8 seconds of this music video we get introduced to the main artist, Pink. This is very stereotypical of the pop music genre as it a convention that tends to be carried out throughout all typical videos. This shows us that from the start, this music video is sticking to the stereotypical conventions.

Sound:

The pace of the music starts of quite slow which builds up the anticipation of what the song is really about. It then builds up until 50 seconds into the video where we can hear the music change altogether. The beat picks up and so does the editing of the camera work.



Editing: 
The editing in this music video fits in nicely with the music as it starts of really slow paced and there isn't many transitions in between different clips. But then as the music picks up, so does the amount of different scenes edited quickly together.



Cinematography & Misé en scene:

At 15 seconds we are introduced to a long shot of the artist, Pink, lying on an old looking mattress floating on water. In the background we can see smoke and an old style TV; which later gets used to introduce us to another artist. This for us, the audience, sets the scene and introduces us to the era in which the song is set. We can also see that surrounding her is what looks to be clouds and smoke. It is as if she has put herself into a bubble of her own, on top of the clouds to get away from whatever is upsetting her and putting her into this state.

For this image I personally like the way the director has chosen to shoot from a high, medium angle. I like this because it shows us how she is all curled up into a ball looking very isolated. This shot makes her look more vulnerable then the first shot we saw of pink. This is because we can see that she has a few teddies of some sort with her on her mattress. Also, just above her head we can see an empty food container/carton. This makes me assume that she is depressed, and has spent a while on this mattress in a daze over something.


Performance:

Slightly into the music video, we get introduced to the other artist who is performing within the video. We can see him appearing from behind the smoke. Just from the two clips that contain smoke, it makes me start to think that smoke will become a common thing to be used throughout this video.





At 1:14, we get a shot of Pink watching the TV and the artist that we were introduced to earlier is there singing on the TV. It gives us a quick clue that he may be the voice of the person that Pink is singing about throughout the whole song.