Music video case study - Late Night Talking Harry Styles

 


By analysing this video, I have discovered some ideas and conventions I would like to incorporate into my own. These include:
-the use of mise-en-scene to create a natural bedroom setting, for example the artist wearing pyjamas in certain shots and the use of bedding
-voyeuristic shots of the artist in bed in the middle of a room being watched by others, also a good way to include different social groups within the video
-big scene near the end with pillows and duvets being thrown around, although instead of a pillow fight mine would be more solo and emotional shots of the artist
-cyclical structure of final scenes ending up in the same place as opening sequence
-links to artist page at the end to create digital convergence between the video and website 




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