Critical Reflection 01

Our music video is based on the song Try and the overarching message which we are trying to present is that “true identity brings the most happiness”.

Our music video follows the common convention that it is illustrative and contains both narrative and performance. Although our music video is cross cutting throughout, both parts are expressing the same message.

Our performance part of the shoot is our artist. At the beginning she is shown to be outside, with no make up and is relaxed and quite happy in herself. However as the video progresses, she becomes trapped in a dark room and becomes dulled up with makeup. The emotion she expresses becomes less happy and the paparazzi shots we used really helps to show this dislike of life at this time. We used a dip to white transition and a fast cutting speed to create the look of paparazzi. The use of the jacket covering herself up and the actions of hiding her face expresses how unhappy and trapped she is by this life. We decided on showing this narrative through our star as it helps to show the huge issue that in the modern world, famous individuals are surrounded by the media and are pressured into presenting themselves in a certain way all of the time. They are quite often very unhappy just to present their star image in a certain way.

The other half of our music video is using two girls. We decided that it was important to use the “average normal person” so that our audience could relate to the message we are expressing. At the beginning, the girls are shown to be very unhappy and are dulled up in makeup and hair however as the video progresses, they become their natural self and are shown to be much happier. The use of the extreme make up and hair at the beginning emphasises the fact that people dress a certain way to show themselves however in actual fact does this really make you happy? No. We used a white studio setting for this narrative as it adds to the feeling of happiness as white is a bright colour and links to the positive feeling. Again this message we are expressing is very real in modern society. So many people wear thick faces of make up due to the pressure of having to look a ‘perfect’ way but being yourself is what really matters and is important.

In conclusion, we really hope that we have been able to express the message of “true identity brings the most happiness” as it is a very powerful message that shows our audience that you really don’t need to hide behind something false. Being yourself is the most important thing and will bring the most happiness in the long run.

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