Evaluation of a music video

Moonlight shadow – Mike Oldfield

Like most music videos we see a shot of the

singer. This is a generic convention as its used to

promote the artist or show who the artist is.

Another generic convention is that the lyrics

match up with the visuals, in this shot we can

clearly see a shadowy man holding a gun at

night which matches the line; “All she saw was a

silhouette of a gun”.

We can see shots of the band through out the

video, this is an example of the drummer. Using

this technique helps pull away from the narrative

and jump scenes more fluidly as well as promote

the band.

When there are no lyrics and just an instrumental

it is easier to fill the gap with shots of the

instrument playing than using a narrative. Here

we see a close up shot of the guitar.