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Existing Student Music Video



This video was really good, he's used a lot of artistic shots to help with transitions between the live action and then singing. This is assisted by the very good quality of the camera which makes the video appear more professional overall. As well as that, he's selected successful actors to fit the serious roles where their clear emotions help make it seem more realistic. At the beginning of the music video there's longer shot duration's that fit with the pace of the song and as the song reaches it's chorus and the fight begins, the shot length's get's shorter to speed up the pace of the video to synchronise with the song. This video features a mixture of lip syncing, 'live performance' and narrative which are all very easy to understand and look really effective.

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