As in our video, we wish to have cross cuts between our artist, and a performance of a girl dancing (ballet) I have been looking at videos which include a performance of dancing to get ideas of lighting, angles and costumes for our own video. I have chosen to analyse Beyonce's Single Ladies video, as she brings the performance and narrative together, featuring the whole way through (although there isn't really a narrative, just the dancing) there is a strong performance from her and two other girls. Obviously we wish to do our video differently to this, but I will be looking at this video to highlight how the girls are shown when dancing, linking to how our character will be shown when she is dancing.
In this video, the three girls look very similar, although the artist Beyonce has a slightly different outfit and she has a metal brace around her hand. This makes her stand out from the backing dancers but is also highlights the lyric "If you liked it then you should have put a ring on it" where she points at her hand with the brace on, highlighting the feature.
The performers in this video are portrayed as very feminine as they are wearing heels, and small play suits which accentuate their curves. This adds sex appeal to the video, making it appealing to both the male and female audience. The girls also give off a feel of 'girl power' relating to the lyrics and name of the song "Single Ladies" showing they are proud to be single, and are dancing about it.
The lighting in this video is very interesting as it goes from back and white backgrounds every now and then in time with the music, the girls almost dance through the lighting creating a very good, eye catching effect.
The filming of this video is also interesting as it is one continuous shot which is just broken up by the lighting change. The camera gives a sense of following the dancers, adding to the effect of voyeurism for the audience. Sadly we could not easily do this in our video as ours is cross cutting between the narrative of the girl dancing, and the performance of our artist singing.
This video is completely in black and white - a feature which we are going to use in our video. In the case of Beyonces video, it works well picking up their shaddows along with the white background, making the girls the only thing that stands out. This will work nicely with our dancing piece as dance routines always look nice in black and white, keeping them simple and pure.
The dancers perform a very similar dance, apart from a few bits in the song where Beyonce does a different thing to the other two, again enhancing artist image and making her clearly stand out.
Actions are used in places when dancing, correlating with the lyrics of the song, which we also wish to use in our R&B video such as our artist also.
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