Textual Analysis Of Music Videos - Scar

   Scar a single from Australian singer Missy Higgins, and the video was directed by Squareyed Films. It can be catagorised as an amplification video due to the fact the video does not directly translate the lyrics into visuals, but it contains the main concept of the song: that she is imperfect. It does this by having the piano fall apart around her, however she keeps playing and at one point fixing a part of it with a shoelace.
  There is not much of a relationship between the lyrics and the visuals, as the video is entirely composed of Missy playing instruments while singing. However there is a relationship between the music and the visuals ass she plays both the guitar and the piano in time with the music.
  Due to the concept of the video - the artist playing a piano - there are lots of different camera shots and close ups of Missy and the different parts of the piano to make it more interesting. However there is no reference to the notion of looking as the audience appears to be looking in on the story, rather than being a part of it - which could be because the lyrics to the song seem to be of something personal to the artist, and the audience is just getting a snapshot of her life. I think the video is trying to get the audience to relate to the song rather than be a part of it due to the lyrics "Doesn't that sound familiar..." which seem as though they are her own private thoughts, which would be why she doesn't look directly into the camera.

My Music Video

For the music video, I am working in a pair with Izzy Zanker. This will be beneficial as there will be a variety of ideas on what sort of style to have and the content of the video. By working together we can evenly distribute the workload and so each produce a much better quality of work rather than working individually.

We have decided to have a female artist and a genre of 'indie pop' as we believe this will allow us to make a good video on a lower budget.

Preliminary Video