Wilkinson – Half Lighthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?

v=zrX5zrPoZoM&index=7&list=PLCXh08784q72SDV77sYcIAgOAoevBJN3s

Textual analysis

Micro elements.- Costume- Setting

- Make up- Narrative

Narrative – RelationshipsWe see cross cuts between the man and the lady at the beginning suggesting they are thinking about each over. This will gain the audiences attention as we will like to see when these two people come together. This is similar to other drum and bass music videos such as Sub Focus – Endorphins as we will see the cross cut between the youths and police until they clashed. However ‘Half light’ makes the relationship between the two seem more friendly but Lifeless and Hostile.

Narrative – Influential.We then see the man Join his friends in a car however it is clear that he is unhappy at the moment through the diegetic sound ‘I don’t want a tin of bear I want to go to bed’ however soon after this he becomes easily influenced from this tired state as his mate suggests that he will be fine after ‘A few tins of beer, a few lines of coke and a pill’. This represents a bigger problem within society because people complain about kids being peer pressured into taking drugs which becomes a theme throughout the video.

Costume/Make up – Collective groupSimilar clothing and Facial appearances present them as a collective group, this tells the audience they feel comfortable around each over. This collective group will therefore be interested in the same thing such as Drugs and going out clubbing. This links with the expression they use within there group ‘tin of beer’ as it is unique in there group.

Setting – Unnatural to natural. We see the two main characters in the beginning separate in very unnatural and urban environments however by the end of the music video when they are together we see a much more natural and green setting around them this emphasis the good influence she has over the man in comparison to the drug culture influence his friends have over him. However the woodland area is still seen as very gloomy suggesting this drug culture has stayed within him.

Camera workWe begin the music video with our main character in a ruined area with majority close and mid shots, also you can rarely see in front of the character, this might be suggesting his entrapment within the society he lives in and that he has no vision ahead of him. This is completely opposite to the end of the video as we have long shots of him and his new girlfriend looking out into the town also the natural environment emphasizes this sense of change. This is similar to the textual analysis I did of Coldplay – The scientist as in both we cant see in front of the main characters. However in Half light you see character development and by the end feel he has come out of the horrible culture he was in.

EditingThe parallel editing at the beginning of the video between the male and female character provokes audience response to wonder when perhaps these two characters will meet? Whether they know eachover? However once the male joins his mates in the car the parallel editing stops this is suggesting that the mans friends are holding him back. However later on when they are in the club the shot reverse shot suggests he has found his way forward linking to the close face on shots seen previously where he looked trapped.

Mise en sceneMale surrounded by Graffiti on wall juxtaposed with the woman in a clean environment this is suggesting he has a dirty culture compared to her pure one. Secondly the harsh lamp lighting during the couples first encounter makes the scene look fake and unnatural. The fakeness coming from the orange glow made to look like sunlight come through on to them. Lastly you see him in the natural environment still holding a beer can this is suggesting that his unhealthy culture is still partly within him.