Exploring Entropy and Redundancy in Music Videos: 4

 

 

Redundancy:

The use of mise-en-scene helps to establish the genre of the music. By looking at what the artist is wearing we can immediately tell that the genre is country/alternative because of the skirt, belt and boots. It's predictable for the audience to associate the clothes with the genre.



A redundancy feature is the use of close ups in this genre of  music. As a lot of music videos of this genre are performance based, there are usually many close ups of the artists/bands performing. However, there is a slight entropic feature as the artist is not looking directly into the camera in order to engage with the audience.

There is an illustrative example here as the lyrics are talking about love and the artist is walking shyly past a man who the audience would assume that she is singing about.

It is common in this genre to see the instruments being a part of the music video. For example, in The Lumineers video 'Hey Ho' we see a tambourine and here we can see guitars and drums. This is a common feature as it suggests that the music is thought more about than the content of the video.

There appears to be a few hand held shots throughout the video. The hand held shots create realism and perhaps suggest that the videos have a lower budget due to them not being a mainstream genre of  music.

Entropy:

 

An entropic feature is that at the end of the video the men who are playing the instruments create a juxtaposition with what they are wearing. Beulah is seen to be wearing country/alternative clothing, whilst the others look like they're dressed in everyday casual clothing.