Music video analysis - video 1
Music video 1: CRANK 2 – slayyyter This music video – ‘Crank 2,’ by Slayyyter – uses a performance-driven, non linear narrative where the artist appears centre-frame, whilst visual motifs adhere to themes such as identity, confidence or emotional tension/anger. The music video also is quite dance-heavy, featuring Slayyyter in the centre of backup dancers that are all wearing her signature clothing – her cap, outfit and even her wavy hair. This song and music video were both released after Slayyyter released information to the public that her boyfriend had cheated on her, furthering the themes of anger, self identity and perhaps newfound confidence. One aspect of the music video that highlights the themes of identity, anger and self-confidence, is lighting, and colour. The music video is in full black and white the whole way through, apart from one instance in which a man is sat against a wall, smothering himself in what appears to be blood, that shows red on the...