ACT: Take That
TRACK: Back For Good
YEAR: 1995
GENRE: Pop
DIRECTOR: Unknown
AUDIENCE: 20-50 M+F
ACT: Spice Girls
TRACK: 2 Become 1
YEAR: 1995
GENRE: Pop
DIRECTOR: Stephen Keith-Roach
AUDIENCE: 20-40 M+F
shots of couples |
PERFORMANCE, NARRATIVE AND/OR CONCEPT?: The video is mainly performance, however throughout the video there are some shots of random couples hugging inter-cut with the lip-syncing.
green screen New York setting |
LOCATION/S + MISE-EN-SCENE: The video appears to be shot in New York, but in fact was shot in a studio with green screens so the images of NYC could be added later. All of the band members had to wear winter style clothing to add to the verisimilitude of being outside.
layering shots |
FX: To achieve the effect of the wind blowing slowly through their hair, the band had to lip sync the song in double time while wind machines were on them. Layering was also used throughout the video, mainly when there were close ups of the band members.
ACT: Girls Aloud
TRACK: Sound Of The Underground
YEAR: 2002
GENRE: Pop
DIRECTOR: Phil Griffin
AUDIENCE: 15-25 M+F
ACT: Jonas Brothers
TRACK: SOS
YEAR: 2007
GENRE: Pop
DIRECTOR: Unknown
AUDIENCE: 12-17 F
VIDEO
ACT: All Saints
TRACK: Pure Shores
YEAR: 2000
GENRE: Pop
DIRECTOR: Unknown
AUDIENCE: 20-40
VIDEO
underwater shots |
LOCATION/S + MISE-EN-SCENE: This video is set on a beach, which links with the title of the video. As shots from a film are also used in the video, there is a range of settings, like beaches in Thailand, and there are also quite a lot of underwater shots from the film. Some scenes were also filmed in a jungle house with bamboo and trees.
scenes from the film |
INTERTEXTUALITY: The video features clips from the film The Beach, (featuring Leonardo DiCaprio) as the song features on the soundtrack of the film. The song name also relates to the film title.
the night vision effect is used frequently |
FX: A variety of effects are used throughout the video, mainly the night vision effect. Slow motion transitions are also used throughout the video. The shots and transitions get faster when the pace of the song increases.