Thursday, 15 November 2012

Textual Analysis- Gangnum Style


I chose PSY’s Gangnum Style as a music video for textual analysis purely because there is so much going on in this 4 minute video.
In terms of Mise-en scene the video starts with a clever visual of a reflection of the sky from sunglasses worn by PSY. PSY most of the time is seen in his signature suit doing his now world famous dance that is choreographed with dancers in the background throughout the video. There are scenes of dancing in stables with horses, this is relation to his dance that looks like he’s riding a horse. Another one its many scenes is in top of buildings, boats. He goes behind an explosion, and a merry-go-round. He is seen having a dance off in a car park as well as dancing in and underground station and tube. He is seen swimming in a pool, in a bus and even on the toilet! An array of lights and lasers are used towards the end to go with a large group of dancers behind PSY and the leading female dancer.
The editing is fast paced with quick cuts going in and out of scenes.
A lot of zooming and pan shots as well as free hand movements as well as massive zoom outs (see beginning and pool scene)

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