Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
Thisisreinforcedbythecinematographyatthe
beginningofthevideoofamediumshotoftheclockon
thewallticking.Thissuggeststhattimeispassing
inevitably.
In terms of camera shots, movements and angles, one
iconic part of thismusicvideoisthefactthatitis
setinonelocation.Thesingersitsinoneplacefor
theentiretyofthevideo.Thecameramovesfromone
sideofthewaitingroom,graduallytothe
other,swivelingaroundhimintheprocess.It
indicatesasenseofhonestyandgenuineemotions,
whichisparticularlyreinforcedinacloseup.
Thewayinwhichthecameramovesclosertohimashe
beginstosingisalmostareflectionofthefactthat
realityisslowlyseepingclosertohim,butjustashe
triestocatchupwithit,itslowlyslipsthroughhis
grasponcemore.Thetwoareneverinsync,atleast
notanymore.
Thiscloseuprepresents
hopelessnessandpossiblyinjusticeforwhathas
happened.Theblankexpressionisveryhardhittingand
real.Thegreyscalewallbehindhiminthisframealso
emphasisesthescopeofthissombrestate.
The singer/performer also is captured to be performing
or at least sip syncing his song in the video. This
makes the video a hybrid of narrative and performance
and makes him both a part of the story as well as the
performance. It makes the story all the more believable
and genuine because it is him performing it himself.
The sound itself is therefore diegetic and non-diegetic
because the track will have been added during postproduction of the video. The singer would therefore
have been lip-syncing to the song during filming.