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Iconic music video
- 1. Iconic music video Textual analysis Michael Jackson- The way you make me feel Brooke Pollock
- 2. At 0.14 we see a close up of Michael Jackson, who is the artist in this music video, throughout the music video we see lots of close ups of him, this is done to add emphasis on the fact he is the focal point of the According to Goodwin's theory, he emphasises the need from the record label to include close ups to further show the artist is the focal point of the video, like in the above screengrab from Michael Jacksons The Way You Make Me Feel. The mise-en-scene includes dark lighting and a dull ally way, which has connotations of darkness in the classical canon typically represent a force of nature, evil, ignorance, and despair, which help denote the scene, linking these with the upbeat and contrasting gloomy chords from the pop song The Way You Make Me Feel the producer has used portrays to the audience the type of song and look they are achieving. This fits in with Goodwins Conventions of a music video where he suggests the visuals often have an amplifying and illustrative relationship to the music.
- 3. Throughout the music video a variety are diegetic sounds are presented. At 1 minute 30 seconds the Woo is presented which is an iconic sound and features in a numerous amount of Michael Jacksons work. In my opinion the use of this throughout a variety of his music videos is to enforce Michaels presence, and to instantly connect the sound with Michael when it is presented. At 1.30 in the music video we are able to clearly see backlighting, this is placed behind the subject, being Michael Jackson the artist, to illuminate him and create separation between the subject and the background, but also create depth between actors, as we can quite clearly see Michael Jackson is the focal point of this shot and the other actor is blurred out in the distance, this represents the importance of both their characters which are in major contrast with one another.
- 4. At 1.11 mise-en-scene is broadly presented as we are able to see Michael Jackson in his typical style of black high trousers and white socks, this look is present amid most of Michaels work, from this we can see he has created a visual style which generates a personality trait within his productions for the viewers to connect with. Linking back to Goodwins convention Michael performing his signature dance moves throughout his productions fits into the elements of Goodwins theory of music videos, with the emphasis being of artists signature style and movements that are present throughout more than one production. A long shot is being used at 1.11 which provides emphasis on the location is generally used as a scene-setting, establishing shot. The long shot provides an extended view of the scene around the characters, denoting that it is important for the audience to acknowledge their whereabouts as it plays a key role in the music video. It is also being used to the audience is taking into consideration how the characters are stood denoting their relationship between one another at this point
- 5. Straight away in the music video at 0.3 seconds we can see a mid shot of a female, which focusses mainly on her body, this denotes to the audience that in this music video women are seen as objects in the males eye which is a stereotypical view. Music producers use stereotypes as they are easy ways to get their point across as many people recognise them straight away. In this scene the female is parading around, however has little purpose as yet, this is shown by the mid shot focussing on her body. The actress is wearing a short black dress which is where the music directors have used mise-en- scene to portray her as being something for the male characters to look at. Her jewellery presents her as coming from a lower class background, making the males dominate over her. Her black dress symbolises dullness which is what she feels being dominated by all the male characters who just pander over who looks. As she carries on walking it then transitions into a long shot where we just see her silhouette, however her face cant be seen which shows the lack of importance towards her character.
- 6. Straight away in the music video at 0.3 seconds we can see a mid shot of a female, which focusses mainly on her body, this denotes to the audience that in this music video women are seen as objects in the males eye which is a stereotypical view. Music producers use stereotypes as they are easy ways to get their point across as many people recognise them straight away. In this scene the female is parading around, however has little purpose as yet, this is shown by the mid shot focussing on her body. The actress is wearing a short black dress which is where the music directors have used mise-en- scene to portray her as being something for the male characters to look at. Her jewellery presents her as coming from a lower class background, making the males dominate over her. Her black dress symbolises dullness which is what she feels being dominated by all the male characters who just pander over who looks. As she carries on walking it then transitions into a long shot where we just see her silhouette, however her face cant be seen which shows the lack of importance towards her character.