INSPIRATION FOR OUR MUSIC VIDEO

SIMILARITIES & DIFFERENCES

‘I GOT U’ BY DUKE DUMONT

POINT-OF-VIEW STYLE ‘I Got U’ ‘All to You’

POINT-OF-VIEW STYLE

NOTIONS OF LOOKING (VOYEURISM) • This is an interesting style to present notions of

looking because they come from the perspective of the person behind the camera showing the notions of looking in admiration and love for the character shown in the shot

• The notion of looking form the point of view shots in ‘I got U’ are clearly of a sexual nature which is displayed through how the girl in the video responds when she is looked at and when she leads him to he room to engage in sexual activity. This conforms to the Goodwin’s theory because here is a literal element of looking through the use of the point of view shots, but also because of the reference to voyeurism towards women in a sexual nature that is a popular feature in music videos of all genres.

• The voyeurism in our music video however subverts Goodwin’s theory because it doesn't’t display voyeurism in the style of looking at a woman, it demonstrates a admiration/love between friends as the character behind the camera watches on in admiration for their friend.

LOCATION SHOTS

The main difference between the two videos is that ‘I got U’ takes more natural setting showing the characters to be in a paradise like setting, perhaps in the Caribbean, whilst our music video takes on a more urban setting, mainly around the streets of central London

• Both videos display a character being portrayed in different shots, especially in close ups

• Use of close ups conforms to Goodwin’s theory that ‘There is often a demand for a lot of close-ups of the main artist or vocalist from the record company to establish the artist on screen and identify them with the music’

• Our music video conforms to Goodwin's theory that: There is often a demand for a lot of close-ups of the main artist or vocalist from the record company to establish the artist on screen and identify them with the music’ as the main artist/vocalist is shown the most on screen, often during close ups making it clear to the audience that he is the central character and vocalist.

• ‘I got U’ however subverts this theory because the main vocalist is not shown within the video, it only follows characters that represent the story line of a virtual reality that you experience when you wear a better-than-life helmet.

IMPROVEMENTS TO MAKE OUR VIDEO MORE SIMILAR

• The point of view style in our music video tuned out to not be nearly as smooth as that of Duke Dumont's, this is mainly because initially we did not have any stabilizing equipment for our DSLR camera and acquired one far too late into production.

• Another improvement would be to perhaps try filming with a different camera, fro example a ‘Go Pro’ or a camera of similar style that would have provide clearer point of view style, with smoother shots in correlation with movement of the person holding the camera.

REFERENCES TO ‘HAVING FUN’/ FRIENDS’

More-so in ‘I got U’ than in our video, but in our video there is a small scene where we see the artist laughing and joking with his friends

‘I Got U’ ‘All to You’

MISE-EN-SCENE: LIGHTINGSimilar in the way both videos use natural light

Similarity Difference

We used a lot of night filming in the production of our video so a lot of artificial lighting is used

‘All to you’

‘I got U’