The Elements Used Making Music Videos to Depict the Songs' Meaning

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Date Music videos are created to depict the meaning behind the lyrics of a song. It tells the song's story realistically or metaphorically. This paper will discuss the crucial elements in filmmaking such as the narrative, tone and color, composition and framing, and art direction in the official music video of "Faded" by Zhu. As a whole, Faded illustrates the dark life inside a lively party at a club. It starts with an invitation, followed by the live-action at a club, highlighting the activities such as drinking, dancing, seducing, and ending with the loss of oneself as depicted by a pair of high heels (Spinnin' Records, 2014). Generally, the color is monochromatic, giving a dull tone. However, the artist used this to balance the rough and thick texture of the music, thereby creating a flat and ecstatic tone at the same time. Initially, there is also a medium shot of the back of people entering the club and contrast lighting to si...