Rudimental - Waiting All Night:
This is a really good video because I love how real the
video is and it also relates to the lyrics well. The narrative is really good
and is a life story of a BMX champion and actor Kurt Yaeger, who lost his lower
leg in a motorcycle accident in 2006. This video is also inspired by the 2012
Paralympic games in London and this video also links in with their other
singles which are Not Giving In and Feel The Love and they are about overcoming
struggles so they shot the piece in a home video style to fit in.
The shots are pretty simplistic but they are emphasised by
the realistic element of the whole narrative which forms a good music video in
this instance in my opinion. There is good use of clothing throughout to make
it fit in with the narrative that they are going for. The settings are very
realistic because the first one is in a hospital with the man laying on the
bed, the second is at a skate park where he is trying to find his feet again
after the fatal accident that ruined his career and the third one is where they
are cycling through a storm drain in America. There is quite fast paced editing
in this music video and this goes along with the song and fast beat of the
song.
Relating Rudimental's "Waiting All Night" to theories:
Rudimental's song/music video for "Waiting All Night" can be related to a couple of theories, both Goodwin's Theory and Todorov's theory.
Goodwin's Theory:
In relation to Goodwin's theory I think that there are a few of his elements that relate to this music video, these are;
- Narrative Based music video
- Genre Characteristics
- Lyrics and Visuals links
- Music and Visuals links
There are five stages the narrative can progress through:
1. A state of equilibrium
2. A disruption of that order by an event.
3. A recognition that the disorder has occurred.
4. An attempt to repair the damage of the disruption.
5. A return or restoration of a NEW equilibrium
In relation to Todorov's theory I think that this music video fulfills all the stages of Todorov's theory, this is because at the beginning of the music video the man is alright and riding around on his bike, then he gets injured which is the disruption and there is then recognition of this which is him in the hospital, then he is then trying to repair his hurt leg which is the repairing of the damage of disruption and finally there is a return to normality when he gets back onto his bike near the end.
Chase and Status - Time:
A music video that we have taken some inspiration from is
Time by Chase and Status. This is because it has some really good shots in it,
the narrative is very similar to what we are thinking about doing and it is a
relatively medium difficulty video yet effective music video. The narrative is
about a man and a woman who are having a troublesome relationship, the man
keeps beating up the woman but then then they are happy at some points then it
goes back to the woman beating the woman again and one of the children reacts
and calls the police and the man goes into jail. This music video was made in
this way because it is for Refuge for women and children, against domestic
violence as shown at the end of the video below (3:42).
This music video from Chase and Status has areas in it that
we think we will try to implement into our own music video because they are
creative, this song mixes in with what we were thinking and this is one of our
main music videos that we are basing our ideas from for our chosen song
"Flat Foot Face" by Stan SB as a Drum and Bass artist.
Relating Chase and Status' "Time" to theories:
Chase and Status' song/music video for "Time" can be related to a couple of theories, both Goodwin's Theory and Todorov's theory.
Goodwin's Theory:
In relation to Goodwin's theory I think that there are a few of his elements that relate to this music video, these are;
In relation to Todorov's theory I think that this music video fulfills all of the stages of Todorov's theory, this is because at the start everything is normal (state of equilibrium), there is then a disruption of this with the fighting of the couple, there is then a recognition that disorder occurred, then there's an attempt to repair the damage near the end because the man goes into jail and finally everything evens out and there is a new equilibrium.
Chase and Status' song/music video for "Time" can be related to a couple of theories, both Goodwin's Theory and Todorov's theory.
Goodwin's Theory:
In relation to Goodwin's theory I think that there are a few of his elements that relate to this music video, these are;
- Narrative based music video
- Genre Characteristics
- Music and Visuals links
There are five stages the narrative can progress through:
1. A state of equilibrium
2. A disruption of that order by an event.
3. A recognition that the disorder has occurred.
4. An attempt to repair the damage of the disruption.
5. A return or restoration of a NEW equilibrium
In relation to Todorov's theory I think that this music video fulfills all of the stages of Todorov's theory, this is because at the start everything is normal (state of equilibrium), there is then a disruption of this with the fighting of the couple, there is then a recognition that disorder occurred, then there's an attempt to repair the damage near the end because the man goes into jail and finally everything evens out and there is a new equilibrium.
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