Music Video Analysis 1
Compare and contrast the two videos. How do the representations promote the artist? How might different audiences read the two videos? Apart from the artist, who or what else is being represented and why? 'Unfinished Sympathy' by Massive Attack and 'Titanium' by David Guetta ft. Sia The two videos I am going to compare are ‘ Unfinished Sympathy ’ – Massive Attack, released 11 th February 1991, and ‘ Titanium ’ – David Guetta ft. Sia, released 8 th August 2011. The video for Massive Attack’s ‘ Unfinished Sympathy ’ consists of a single continuous shot along a street , and is described as being a ‘docu-fiction’ video (Wiki) . Within this continuous shot lead vocalist, Shara Nelson, is recorded walking down the street with the non stop hustle and bustle of the street happening around her. She is not affected by any of the background occurrences as she walks, due to this she appears as if she is floating through the streets. Whereas in David Guetta’s ‘ Titanium’...