Olivver the kid- BBblue

OLIVVER THE KID- BBBLUEMusic video analysis

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyorqypuCxM

Specific genre characteristics that he uses in this particular video are all listed below:- Settings are low budget- filmed in public areas or

outside. - Use a very grainy filter in this video and crop the screen

to make it look as if its been filmed and played off of film rolls.

- Use mainly artificial light in this music video other than at the end when they’re sat on the steps.

- tie in lyrics with story line to make it relate to him.

The lyrics suggests that the song is about the contrast between him and her, how he see’s himself in measure with her and how he doesn’t want to change her. The repetition of the lyrics in the chorus that start “I know you’re weary of me..” suggest that he’s done something to hurt her and now she’s forgiven him. It's clear that he thinks of himself as been the one who damages people and the reason for their corrupt and carries this regret with him. The following slides go into detail on how the visuals, lyrics and music tells his story.

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LYRICS & VISUALS

Andrew Goodwin said in his conventions of music videos that there is a relationship between lyrics and visuals. In ‘Bbblue’ by olivver the kid it’s very obvious this relationship and has been used to create significance in the narrative of the video. On the forth line the lyrics say, “the sun shines through and lights you up”, along with the visual of her stood behind a window that’s lit up with light. The shot is as if he’s looking up at her. The sun is associated with warmth and happiness and this suggests that she at that moment is both of them things. This contrast of her been in a warm light house and him been outside in the darkness says something about where they both are at that point in their life.

The part of the lyrics where it says, “im green just like the woods, you’re blue just like the ocean. Your colours drown mine out in one fluid motion” suggest that they’re in two different places in their life. It gives the veiwer the impression that he looks at himself in such way he thinks that anyone is better than himself. Blue and green arent associated strongly with any characteristic or mood and neither the ocean or woods. Initially this comparison wouldn’t conclude that he see’s himself as nothing in comparison to her. What makes this inference is the last line quoted where he says her colours drown him out in one fluid motion. The way that it’s phrased suggest that they is no close match, no fight between them, that its effortless for him to be alike or equal to her. This section of the lyrics, along with the visual that’s been screen shot to the right emphasises this.

The section of the lyrics where it says, “Its also drains you red just like the devils”, it shows the visual of him getting out his red car in the darkness. The devil is associated with the colour red as well as horror and darkness and therefore we can assume that he sees himself as the devil to him and is draining her. This along with the chorus where he goes on to talk about she doesn’t need to be scared of him but he knows she's weary of him emphasises that he knows he’s bad for her but wants to be better.

“Just to try save you from the wolves that got you dire”, could suggest that he’s either talking about himself been a representation of a wolf or something that has happened to her in the past that he wants to save her from. However the visual of him of him knelt on the floor with her coming out of her house in a nighty suggests that he’s the wolf he wants to save himself by been with her. After its sung that he doesn’t want to corrupt you, “Another devil on my back” is sung, this suggests that the guilt he feels from been with her is something he carries around or possibly what he’s done to her is the devil to him.

Repetition of the chorus and when it says, “I’m gonna burn it down” goes along with the visual of them sat on white steps next to an American flag whilst she’s trying to light his cigarette. She looks very beautiful and is always looking at him and touching him or hugging him in some way. However he’s got a big wound on his head with blood running down his face, his clothes look very untidy. They look like complete opposites of each other but they still love each other which highlights how strongly they want to be with each other.

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MUSIC & VISUALS

In the start of the music video the first sound is a repetition of a beeping sound which is the same sound that a car makes when the passenger or driver doesn’t have their seatbelt on. This is heard when the screen is back and give the viewer a first impression of mystery and a desire to find out what’s going to happen or unfold.

The music's rhythm and beat begins quiet but gradually gets louder as the screen fades from black to a ped up of him sat on the floor. He, as if does this, becomes more brighter and focused so that when the camera is in line with his face you can see him clearly. When the lyrics state, “I warned you about the woods”, on the first line, he looks to the side which shows his breath in the cold air and also how he’s sat in a dark alley with only a street light for a source of brightness. We can therefore assume at this point he’s in a very low place. Later on in the song he describes himself as the woods, this suggests that he see’s himself as something that needs to be warned about.

Woods are associated with quite mysterious, lonely, haunting places and by describing yourself as one infers that his image of himself or what sort of person he thinks he is, is negative. The fact that he’s warned her about himself makes me assume that he’s trying to remind her of what he’s done in the past, possibly what he did to her in the past and by having to do this to her suggests that she’s forgotten or no longer cares what he did. Therefore this makes me think that they still love each other, she’s forgiven him for his past but he’s still holding on to what he’s done and that’s stopping them been together again because he doesn’t want to hurt her again.

The beat them throughout the song gets stronger & stays at the same rhythm until the lyrics state, “I don’t want to be the one who corrupted you”, on the first line of the second verse. The music briefly pause at this point when a different section of music with a different rhythm with more instruments & layers added begins. This section of music goes along with the visual of him knelt on the floor looking up to her bedroom. Her bedroom looks warm and bright and he’s sat on the floor outside with only the brightness from his car and her bedroom to provide light. The pause in music along with this suggests that his mind-set has changed, that he realty wants her back and is in such a stage of regret for his actions he looks as if he’s begging her to see him.

When the chorus begins and the lyrics are sung, “I know you’re weary of me", it shows an eye line shot of her looking directly into the camera lens from her window but when it’s sung, “you don’t have to be scared of me”, it shows her looking down. When these lyrics are sung, the clearness of his voice fades and the beat within the music becomes more clear and stronger. This could be used to reprosent her heart racing when she see’s him and by making this beat louder it suggests that he’s the only thing that she can think about and no longer cares about anything else but just is focused on seeing him again in that moment.

On the forth paragraph of lyrics where it says, “I don’t want to be the one who corrupted you”, the heavy beat slightly fades and music that is more flowing and sounds happier builds up. The visual that goes along with this scetion is when they’re both sat on some white steps with him leant on her. The visuals along with the music change could be a representation of how she has overriden the darkness in his life and how she has changed him to be happier and more relaxed.

Right at the end of the video, the camera moved towards them and suddenly his voice and the music stop and the only sound that is playing is the sound of her flicking the lighter to try and light his cigarette for him. This shows what’s left after they’re now back together and the first stage of how they’re going to work out his problems together and fight any doubts they both have as to why they shouldn’t be together.

CLOSE UPS

During this music video they do numrous close ups on both of the main characters in the video to capture there emotion and need to be with each other. Its shows the relationship between them and enhances how they feel about each other. However compared to other music videos I have anaylsed there isnt that many. I think that this in intentional because the lyrics are where the emotion is and by listening to them alone it shows his emotional side and suggests how she us also feeling. The shots used most commonly are long shots and wide angle shots and I believe they have chosen to replace lots of close ups with these shots because it gives an outlook of how the majority of people would look at them .

Therefore the lyrics provide what close ups usually would which is the emotion and relationship and the visuals are to show how people outside of their relationship would view them together. The shots that are close up are mostly in the beginning, when he Is sat on the floor in a street or alley with what looks to be a streetlight lighting up his face, and the close up of her looking our of her window. I think the way they have used these close ups are more to introduce their relationship to the viewers.

NOTION OF LOOKING

The convention of notion of looking by Andrew Goodwin is one that is very important in the making of music videos like thus one. The video is about the connection between the two main characters and how they relationship was formed as well as what's stopping them from been together again. There are lots of shots that are off them looking either at one an other, at the camera or by themselves. The first scene of him he’s first shown to be looking down them turns to the side and looks slightly upwards. We can’t see what he’s looking at but the way in which he moves and his expression suggest that he’s looking into nothing, nothing ha captured his eye nor interests him, he just doesn't know what to do or possibly can’t think of anything but her. A lot of the scenes are of him looking directly at the camera whilst he’s singing.

I think that they have filmed it like this as if you were a passerby in his life. As I have metioned in my previous slide I think that a lot of the video is filmed as if its from a publics persons perspective. The viewer will feel as if he is directly talking to them and therefore I think is a key way on how notion of looking can provoke an emotion in the viewer because it feels as if he’s explaining his past, what's happened to them and what he thinks of himself. The song is a very personal in depth one and it really brings how his experiences and parts of his life have had such a big influence on him and what he did in the past.

TECHNICAL ASPECTS

Camera work:Angles that the music video use in “BBblue “ use are listed below and why I think they have been used to create an effect:- track in- when the camera looks as if it’s moving towards her stood

in the window and when he’s knelt on the ground looking into lens. It shows what they look like from just a pass byers view on the situation to a very personal shot that’s quite up-close.

- Point of view shot- when the camera is looking at the girl from below looking up at her from his perspective which gives a sense of the spatial differences and who's in the most venerable position.

- Ped up- at beginning of video where it moves from the blackness that’s the floor and peds up the side of him to when his face is in frame which shows that he’s in a state of mind where he’s thinking and he doesn’t care how he looks sat on the floor; he’s in his own thoughts

- Low angle& high angle- camera looks down on him which gives illusion of no power and the camera looks up at her which makes her look like she’ s in control and is more suprior than him.

- Wide angle shot- show the whole scene.

TECHNICAL ASPECTS

Mise-en scene:In the music video they use lots of mise en scene to emphasise the characters and their surroundings, they do this by:- Costume- he’s got blood on his head and all together looks

very untidy, wearing black clothing and looks run down whereas she has long clean tidy hair and is wearing a light pink dress. Pale, white colours are associated with purity which subconsciously makes the viewer think that’s she’s better than he is and separates them more as two completely different sorts of people.

- Lighting- the lighting is very important in this video- he is always shown in very low key lit lighting where the light sources are very small/ like the light from his car or a street lamp behind him. Whereas she Is lit in a very warm toned light room inside her house which gives the association of been warm and cosy and well looked after. The contrast between them is a very clever way of highlighting how different they are as people and their living environments or class status.

- Lighting is all artificial light in this video because it’s filmed at night. However they haven't used a very sharp shadow casting light which I think they have achieved by using a fill light. At the end of the video, him and his girlfriend are presumingly back together and sat on some steps through the day. This is the only section of the video where natural light is used. His scars and the contrast between their appearances is very obvious in this clip and I think that they have used natural light to give a view on how people would see them together in the street clearly or possibly represents the purity of his mind at that moment that isn’t full of darkness.

- Deep space- between the two characters there is a large amount of space between them until right at the end when they get back together.

TECHNICAL ASPECTS

TECHNICAL ASPECTS

Editing:In the music videos they use a range of editing techniques, these are listed below:- Reaction shot to show the two characters reactions to each other

when they see each other. - Eye line match- shows their view and a more in depth view of what

they look like but also shows the each other from one of their perspectives.

- Shot, reverse, shot- between them both when he’s knelt on ground and she’s in her bedroom looking out.

- Motivated cut- shots of them looking away that the viewer can’t see which brought a sense of mystery as to what they’re looking at.

- Ellipsis- shows how the time has passed/ shows them sat on broad daylight after been the night before in the darkness, shows that they have worked it out and how they have moved on together.

TECHNICAL ASPECTS Sound:In this music video, sound is a big part of the production and a lot can be told about the video through the music and lyrics as well as sounds associated with what’s happening in the actual video. The techniques of sound they have used in this video are listed below:- Sound bridge- carries same music throughout scenes when when he’s

not on screen because its telling a story of what's happening in the clips.

- Diegetic sound- sounds at start and end when there is a blank screen/ the beeping a car makes when someone no longer had there seatbelt on and at the end where it’s just the sound of her trying to light his cigarette.

- Non diegetic sound – the actual music and lyrics that have been edited in to the video.

- Synchronous sound- The sound of him singing, even though this has been edited in the music video in post production, he is miming the lyrics to make it look as if he is singing in that moment.

- Asynchronous sound- moments when he is singing he isn’t miming the words or he’s not in frame therefore it does’t match with what’s been shown on the video.