Research Blog: Music Video Conventions

  

Viva la Vida (Anton Corbijn Version), Coldplay 

CAMS 

  •  Establishing shot 

  • Wide shot 

  • Medium long shot 

  • Close up 

  • Tracking shot 

Editing 

  • Shot/Reverse shot 

  • Eyeline match 

Sound 

  • Diegetic sound 

  • Non-diegetic sound 

Mis en scene 

  • Costumes- wears royal French uniforms, regular people wear street clothes 

  • Lighting/color- The lighting is moody and dim with darker unsaturated coloring, lonely and sad atmosphere  

  • Acting- Chris Martin is acting lost and confused as he walks around outside 

  • Props- Actor carries a painting of the French revolution  

  • Set- The film is shot outside through various parts of England and its churches and streets 

 
 

Name of song: Pompeii; Bastille 

Cams:  

  • Low level shot 

  • Zoom 

  • Establishing shot 

  • Over the shoulder shot 

  • Eye level shot 

  • Tracking 

  • Medium shot 

  • Close up shot 

  • Two shot 

  • Eye level shot 

  • Pan shot 

  • Long shot 

  • Wide angle shot 

 

Editing 

  • Jump cut 

  • Split screen 

Sound: 

  • Sound bridge 

  • Ambient sound 

  • Non digetic 

Mis en scene 

  • Casual attire 

  • Dim and dark lighting 

  • No makeup 

  • Acting is worried 

  • Rides a bike 

  • Set is in an empty town with limited people 

  • People are indicating possessed people with black eyes 

  • Gloomy 

  • A car that is being beaten 
     
     

Name of song: The Scientist; Coldplay 

Cams:  

  • Extreme close up 

  • Zoom 

  • Eye level shot 

  • Medium Long shot 

  • Tracking 

  • Low angle shot 

  • High angle shot 

  • Over the shoulder shot 

  • Two shot 

Editing 

  • Fade In 

 

Sound 

  • Diegetic sound 

  • Non-diegetic sound 

Mis en scene 

  • Dim and gloomy 

  • A car that he gets into 

  • Very casual outfits 

  • No makeup 

  • Set in a town and woods/forest 

  • Acting is in reverse throughout the whole video 



 
 

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