Research Blog: Music Video

 The Cure - Primary Music Video 

CLAMPS -

• Normal clothing for costumes 
• Lighting is very dark; gives off gloomy mood
• Not much acting, just singing and playing instruments 
• Minimal makeup
• No props besides instruments 
• No discernible setting 

CAMS -

• Mostly comprised of close ups and extreme close ups, also includes a few medium close up shots
• No Not much camera movement
• Some eye level angles

SOUND -

• Sound is just the song playing, no examples of dialogue or anything like that

EDITING -

• Employs mostly cross cutting to show that the instruments are being played at the same time, also has a few jump cuts

SOUND -

• Sound is just the song playing, no examples of dialogue or anything like that

EDITING -

• Employs mostly cross cutting to show that the instruments are being played at the same time, also has a few jump cuts

The Cure - Lovesong Music Video

CLAMPS -

• Normal clothing
• Ligthing gives off gloomy mood
• Minimal acting, mostly just moving hands around and looking at things
• Minimal makeup, prominent eyeshadow 
• Props are the instruments 
• Setting is a dark cave

CAMS -

• Not any specific camera angles
• Zoom out camera movement at the beginning 
• Contains establishing shot of man sitting in cave with instrument next to him, lots of medium shots and a few medium close ups

SOUND - 

• Again, sound is just comprised of the actual song

EDITING -

• Includes jump cuts and cross cutting mostly