Analysis of Beautiful- EminemWe are analysing 3 music videos; ‘Beautiful-Eminem’, ‘Successful- Drake’ and ‘Today was a good day- Icecube’.

Many of the shots in this video are long shots and the reason I think this is, is to connote to the audience that Eminem is so tiny and the worlds just taking over. This signifies his position in the world and shows how depressed he is. This shot is really empty and it signifies his state of mind and emotion. There is not much use of lighting apart from the natural light shining in and this connotes how dark and empty his world and life is.

This video does not use much colour at all its sticks with mainly dark colours such as black. In this shot Eminem looks like a shadow this has worked really well due to the fact even though he is seen as depressed and down in life he really stands out and with the natural light shining in it connotes he is trapped inside.

This shows that there is a pathway of light and hope and giving up is not the thing to do. This can connote to many audiences that Eminem is facing the world alone, he is fighting for hope and not letting life in general take him down. And also in the background there is a red stop sign which connotes danger and it does not give off a good vibe to the audience. This sign also relates to the lyrics as they are depressing and don’t give off a good vibe.

In the whole video this is one of the parts that has the most lighting, while watching this whole video I have noticed when there is full beam light Eminem is hard to see but when there is limited light he stands out and is really clear. I think this could have a double meaning because some could say that life is taking over and he has jus given up or some could say that his mind is widening and showing some hope for him throughout the video.

This shot shows how they are reconstructing the building which can be linked to Eminem in the way he is trying to rebuild his feelings and emotion. It still focuses a lot on the building rather than the builders with the use of mid shot. I feel it does this because it still wants the audience to draw their attention to the graffiti on the walls and scruffy empty chairs left outside. This links to the song because he is depressed and the locations the audience are shown are also very depressing to look at. This helps the audience to relate to Eminem and feel apart of the song.

In this shot we see complete darkness with different patches of light this connotes that he is still depressed and sad but somewhere out there, there is still hope for him.

This video is mainly a performance video because it doesn’t have a storyline that the audience can follow we just see Eminem singing in different empty deserted locations. Throughout the video its pretty dark and dull with the few natural light appearances this just signifies a bit of hope and shows there is a way out of all

this struggle. The mise en scene in this video is very stereotypical of a normal hip hop/ rap

song for example the hats and hoodies and graffiti on the wall. Also Eminem has a tattoo and this can signify his state of mind and show he is an imaginative

person. When you look closely at his tattoos you can see that they are also black and don’t have colour in them either. This connotes a lot about the artist in the

song and it shows he has very low self esteem. While watching this video i have also noticed that when he sings he looks at the

floor and puts his head down this connotes his close sure. In contrast to the other videos we have analysed ‘Successful by Drake’ this one

is much more run down and predictable. In Successful even though Drake is talking about the struggles of live he is suited and booted and the video includes

much more expensive mise en scene such as cars, money and posh clothes. The main thing that is the same about both these videos is that lighting plays a

big part. It has been a key decision to leave the lighting dark and dull.