Chris Brown - Don't Wake Me Up
In the first shot you can see the artist is alone, and the camera is quite blurred. You can see him in the distance and you then see him slowly start to walk towards the camera. It then cross fades into a closer shot of him, showing his full body. The camera is still quite blurred, and almost instantly after cross fades again, this time into a shot of his face and top part of his body. The camera pans down him, and then again cross fades into the shot of him showing his full body again.
The camera then flicks to a shot of him asleep, lying down. As the artist gets up, the camera moves up with him, turning so that it is the right way up. There is a woman walking behind him who goes through the door and disappears. Its representing the fact that he is alone, and doesn't have anyone with him. His facial expressions make him look sad and depressed, and he also looks thoughtful and as if he is thinking about something important.
The artist then goes through the door to try and find the girl that has already gone through it. The fact that he is going after her makes the video quite romantic and makes the audience want to know if he finds her and if they end up being together.
The camera shows a birds eye view and zooms out showing that he is now in a massive maze, and showing that it could be impossible to find her. This represents the fact that the relationship might be complicated to have, and that finding her will be difficult.
You then see the artist back down asleep as before, and again the camera tilts up with him. You see the girl go through the second door this time. He goes through this door, in the hope of finding her. It represents him not giving up on her, and wanting to do everything that he can to try and find her. Its very misty and foggy where he is, and he is yet again finding himself following her. A massive tidal wave then appears, washing him away. I think this represents the fact that everything that he is doing shows willing, but he is still finding it impossible and having barriers in the way of actually getting to the woman in the video.
We then see him waking up again, to the third door already open. It is suggesting to us that the girl has gone through this door already, and we see the artist decide to go through it. This door is the final one, and it makes the audience think that maybe this is his final chance to try and find and get the girl. This time he is in a car and you see a figure in a car come smashing into his one. It is made so the audience presume it is the girl. This could represent the fact that she is smashing his heart, and that she is destroying him as well as the car.
We then see the car scene replayed, and this time instead of his car being hit, he is in a car chase with her, determined to try and get her. He falls on a cliff, and we see him wake up next to the girl, as if it is all a dream, and that he had her all along.
The Script - Hall Of Fame FT will.i.am
The video to me represents the fact that if you work hard, and are determined to do something you can achieve whatever you want, no matter what stands in your way. At the start of the video we can see a figure who is clearly a boxer jumping up and down infront of a cheering crowd. We can't see his face so this creates the sense of mystery and makes the viewers want to know who he is.
It then cuts to the image of a boy who is asleep on a mattress that is on the floor and his mother (we presume) is kicking it to wake him up. She is shouting at him. This is a major contrast to the scene before that we saw. We then see a ballerina, clearly on stage being cheered by the crowd. It then cuts to the image of a girl, waking up but to a very loving father. The fact that he says good morning to her in sign language and she replies also with sign language shows us that the girl is deaf.
The contrast between the two families is apparent, and it shows us that both the characters in the video both lead very different lives and that there are so many differences between them both. However, they both kiss their parents goodbye, and leave their houses. Its showing that there may be differences between them but they both ultimately love their parents.
The camera then cuts to a close up shot of someone playing the piano. The camera is zoomed in to show the keys and the persons hands.
The two artists in the video look as though they're competing with each other. This makes me think that maybe they are competing for the best life turning story. One of them represents the girl, who is deaf and people at her ballet class laugh at her who turns out to show them all by becoming an amazing talented successful ballerina, and the other one represents the boy, who got beaten up and had a tough upbringing, learns to use the anger he has inside of him to become and amazing boxer.
The lyrics represent what the song is about, that one day people like these will be in a hall of fame, because they have made something of themselves by having determination and not listening to people who have brought them down. And against all the odds, and everything that stands in their way they have managed to be amazing at what they do best.
B-o-B - Both Of Us FT Taylor Swift
One of the reasons why i decided to look at this video was because of the contrast of the artists who are in the video and sing the song. Taylor Swift is renound for being a girly girl, and in the 'pop princess' genre. Where as B.o.B is a rapper.
When Taylor Swift sings the images that we see are quite calming and makes the atmosphere look very relaxed. We can see someone riding a horse, and we can see images of the sun setting in the distance. All the images are in slow motion which tires to make it all seem a lot softer. She is represented as being very innocent and soft. When B.o.B starts to rap though the images that we see are a lot harsher, and show the area that he is in. All of a sudden the images are thinks like him walking on train tracks, which makes us think that it is quite dangerous, and scary.
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