Codes and Conventions of Narrative Music Videos
-Starts like a film, includes credits establishing each of the characters in the narrative
-Shows pictures of the girls at the start, giving context for their life before the song starts
-Band is stood mouthing lyrics while in the background the story is taking place
-Choreographed dance sequences
-Outfits are trendy for the time
-Costuming is used for comedy through the exaggerated stereoytypes created
-0.25 mid close up on lead singer of band, creates a connection with the audience
-1.38 medium long shot, shows emotions from the band
-2.03 camera shot from beneath showing all the women looking down (meant to be to Earl's dead boy)
-2.29 medium long shot with band holding their instruments and singing which presents them a s performers
-2.31 the props are used to help tell the story as the pictures on the wall correlate to the time of year it is
-3.09 all characters and the band start dancing together in a long shot
ABBA - Knowing Me, Knowing You
-The video repeatedly zooms in onto freezeframes-0.09 there's a close up on the main singer mouthing the lyrics
-0.18 the video freezes on a key movement
-0.30 the two singers are stood together with a black background
-0.46 the camera pans between the two singers
-0.57 the camera tracks the singers around, and frames them with other people
-1.35 the main singer is framed to the left while the second singer is in the upper right in a feathered circle
-1.48 the camera pans around the singers in a circle
-2.10 the camera zooms in and focuses on the main singer, leaving the others out of focus
-2.38 the images fade into eachother rather than harsh cuts
-3.51 the video ends with the two women walking into the sunset
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