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Lighting

Lighting in a music video, is very important. They will need to consider where the light is coming from and if that is having an effect on the actor/actress because it might give them a shadow. This might not be the effect that you want to create. The other lighting they need to think about is how they are going to light up the character throughout the music video. This can be done in many ways depending on the type of music video.

 

 

 

 

Christina Perri - A thousand years

In this shot we see her by the window pane and the light we can see is coming through the window. This could set the mood for the song because it is very dark so we already get a feeling that it is going to be a sad song.

Once again this shot is very dark and the only light we can see is from the candle which she is holding in her hand. The candle is her light and she seems to follow the light. As well as this the light seems to shine on her face so we can see her features.

Once again the light is shining on her face but this time we see it through a close up. You can see where the light is coming from and it reflects her facial expression. This also helps us gather the mood for the song because she is surrounded by darkness with a candle lighting up her face. This effect could match up to the lyrics.

 

In this shot we can see she is surrounded by candles so this is the type of light that they used for this shot. The candles show of the feeling of loneliness and sadness but it also creates a powerful effect on the audience.

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