Component 3 - Media Language Usage

This blog consists of deep analysis on the media language used, written by Theo

The main message in our music video is that we wanted to show our main characters journey as she moans the loss of her boyfriend. we show this by depicting the binary opposites between dream and reality. At the end we show that she finally accepts her current condition 

Featured below are screenshots of scenes from our music video, along with descriptions of the media language used, how we used them to represent our characters/story, and what we intended them to convey.

1. Music Video Intro

(head unit) (shot 0:28 - 0:32)

As the beginning we wanted to introduce the music video using the mise-en-scene of the head unit playing the song Oceans and Engines which is also a convection of music video intro even in some movies they used this to introduce the sequence

2. Dream vs Reality

(dream) (shot 2:08 - 2:11)

(Reality) (shot 4:18 - 4:22)

So we distinguish the timeline between Reality and Dream by the colour grading in post production as the dream sequence has a bright warm looking while the reality is less less colourful and gloomy as it gives the message to the audience that reality is always harsh compare to dream and expectation.

3. Outfit

(1:49 - 1:56)

(4:48 - 4:52)

More over we can see the mise-en -scene in the outfit where the difference in the outfit between the dream and reality plot where the bright colour connotates her mood such as energetic, joyful, deligthness. On the other hand the dark colour represents complexity, darkness.

4. Date Scenes

(1:42 - 1:46)

(1:58 - 2:06)

(2:43 - 2:48)

(1:17 - 1:21)

we choose a miss-en-scene with colourful background to define that the dating was fun and represent the excitement. All the dating scenes is not simulacra where we make this based on some of our own previous dating experience and we do some social observation specifically on TikTok to see the trend on dating idea such as car date and Ikea date which has become widely the bucketlist of every couple. 

5. Polaroid

(5:15 - 5:22)

(5:23 - 5:33)

The uses of polaroid is really important as it shows a time passage and time capsule concept store of memory where in the music video we intended to show that her boyfriend passed away 

6. Sun Beam

(3:09 - 3:16)

The uses of sun ray editing is used to show that she is about the wake up from her dream and going back to reality