Lily Allen - LDN
I have chosen to look at Lily Allen, because I feel like she is an English version of Lady GaGa but more natural and raw. Lily is known for her controversial songs such as 'Alfie' and 'Not Fair'. I believe this video is very clever as it uses different techniques that make the song narrative. The video is shown through Lily's eyes and is also shown in reality. When Lily thinks something is nice, in reality it is not and this goes along with the lyrics. There is a lot of contrast in this video for example as Lily walks, everything is bright, like the walls and the colour of her dress, but as she passes through, everything goes back to reality where it is dark and horrible. In the background you can see people having fights, getting chased by the police but Lily seems oblivious to it all as she loves 'LDN'. There are lots of close ups of Lily when she is happy and lots of pan shots when she is walking, however there are long shots of the reality. The edges round Lily as she is walking are blurred, this is to create the effect as if she unaware of what is going on around her. This goes with the lyrics when she sings 'When you look with your eyes, everything seems nice, but if you look twice, you can see its all lies'. I particularly like the ending because it it brings us all back to reality, everything is dark and she is next to roadworks, not next to the sea side as she was imaging. I like this video as it is very narrative and that is a technique I would like to use in my own music video.
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