Pop Video Analysis

Cinematography

This video doesnt have many complicated shots used, it mostly consists of establishing shots and close ups of differrent areas, for example there is a close up of the singer with a guitar singing towards the camera. There are a few extreme close ups of things that are added into the boxs that the video is split up into.

Mise-en-scene

The people in the video are all dressed in costume of average people living a normal life, this is so that when mixed with the lyrics it is shown as a love story between two normal people. The setting for the video is in a city for the girl who is away from her lover and a plain house for the singer. This is to keep focus on the singer.

Editing

The editing is good as it makes a pretty boring story into an interesting watchable piece by the way of splitting up the shots into 3 seperate boxes with each box showing different things going on. This is effective as it makes the viewer want to watch the piece to see what is going on in the individual boxes. The use of different shots in each box makes it effective as there is more than just the one thing going on in the video making it more interesting.

Performance

As far as performance goes there is not that much going on except for the fact that the guitarist is performing the song that he has made. The woman just does a lot of waiting around and walking. There is one part where the singer sings to the camera as if it is his girlfriend, this is effective as it involves the audience.