Analysis of two music video's of the same Genre as my chosen artist

I've already done an anaylsis of one 'PowerPop' video, (Steps - 'The way you make me feel') Unlike my chosen song it's a powerpop song by a Band, rather than the stereptype which is a solo artist with a powerful voice, whereas in this song there are a number of poweful singers. My other two songs are 'Leona Lewis - Run' & 'Faith Hill - There you'll be', I picked Leona Lewis - Run as I though it would be a good choice as like Sophie Pentecost Leona has covered another bands song & therefore by analysing this song, It is something similar to what Would be expected of my music video.

Analysis of 'Run' By Leona Lewis

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Analysis of 'There you'll be' By Faith Hill

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This song is from the film 'Pearl Harbour', The video links with the song & therefore many of the images used and ideas behind shots in the music video come from the film, all the charactors, other than Faith that appear in the music video star in the movie. The song begins with a brief musical introduction, this is too set the scene, then as the music starts we see a plan take off and too anyone that has seen the Film the links would immediately be apparent. We then see two little boys watching a plane fly by only by having seen the film would people understand why they are relevant to the story. Through-out the video there are numerous links and by watching the film the viewers understanding and enjoyment of the film is enhanced. The shot then switches to one of the Singer 'Faith Hill' she is sat in what appears to be a barn like surrounding with lots of white sheets, however she is dressed in black, this shows a contrast in colours. Then there is a close up shot of the two men (who appear in the film) looking at each other then hgging. I think this shot is meant to represent when the two have to say goodbye when going off to fight in the film. The immediate shot after this is a close up of the women (in the film) this is too try and give people who havent watched the film an idea of what is going on or more to the point an idea of the characters and their situation in the film. As we come to the chorus there is a long shot that gets closer of Faith Hill (the singer) she is dressed in clothes of the era and the props used ie: The car, aeroplanes and ship also portray the same period in time. There is then another quick shot of the areoplane and then straight back onto a shot of Faith in the car, this then switches to a long shot of Faith against a sky background, this is meant to portray the idea of Faith being like the aeroplane, in the sky. Throughout the video there are quick shot black and white flashbacks that are used to try and portray the idea of what it was meant to have been like in that time period and especially with the war going on. There is then a shot of the leading lady and one of the men cuddling and kissing before she watches his boat off, then we go back to a shot of Faith singing in the car this then fades into a shot of a figure looking into the sunset, I think this shot is meant to represent the end of the mans life (as the sunset is the end of the day). We then see a shot of Faith in front of a united states flag which denotes loyalty to the country and this is also shown by the men going to war. The next shot is of the other man reading a telegram, this starts to give the audience an idea of what the storyline holds. The next shot is of Faith singing once again. We then see an air battle in a number of shots and we see lots of planes being blown up, From looking at these shots it is apparent that somebody will have died. Then the final shots are of Faith singing amongst white curtains, this gives off the impression of heaven and makes the audience wonder if the deceased from the battle are going to end up there, and then the final shot is of the women kissing the first man.

I think that in mixing narrative and performance the video is succesful. Many other powerpop artists mix the two, because in doing so the video is balanced.