A Look at Music Videos

Adele - Chasing Pavements -

Initial reaction: 
My immediate thoughts on the music video is that there has to be a meaning behind this song and video. the pictures that were made on music video were interesting. When there were scenes with the couple in the car accident on the pavement moving. It looks like they are walking and moving but they are actually lying down when they did it. I think that the video was emotional and created a mood that was more sad than happy. The tone of the song and the lyrics suited the video and it brought out the meaning of the song. Although the video is portrayed to be sad, I think it was interesting and cute to see the dancers dancing on the pavement, which relates back to the song title.

Analysis and interpretation: 
The musician, Adele, was inspired by an experience she had and recorded this song. The experience wasn't a a happy one and affected her a lot. In the video, not many bright colours were used so it created a sad mood for the audience. It's an experience with her former boyfriend. She learned that he had cheated on her, and she went to the bar he was at and punched him in the face. She got thrown out and asked herself, "What is it that your chasing? You're chasing an empty pavement."

Consideration of cultural context:









The events may have influenced the musician to create the video because the event relates to her former boyfriend. The lyrics represent the question she was asking herself and the feeling she had with her former boyfriend. The video was created based on the event and Adele wanted to a create a deeper meaning. The video concentrates on a couple and how they met and their relationship. Since the couple was dancing on the pavement, it relates to the title of the song because it seemed like they were chasing each other.




Expression of aesthetic judgment:
The choreography is related to the song because it represented the relationship of the couple. The whole dance and acting made it seem like they were chasing pavements and worked well with the song itself. They use shadows in the choreography to add the climax of the storyline. The storyline starts when they got into the car crash and then when they started dancing they were retelling their life together from when they first met to how they died.




Ongoing reflection: How has your chosen music video influenced your reception of the song?
Adele is asking herself if it is worth fighting for because if her and her boyfriend keep fighting it is kind of pointless. When they're fighting it's like she's fighting for nothing because it leads no where and it's wasting time and you never know what happens next. In the video, the couple died unexpectedly and they didn't even know it was going to happen.