MISE-EN-SCENE
For the mise-en-scene of this video is rather simple but sophisticated in the way that it is used and laid out for the video. You have beds being used giving of the iconography of peace and love, with usually slumbers or
coupled connotations. Window seals and bathrooms are also used but these are not of modern day quality, these are of 1960’s old manner house quality, giving the video’s look a timeworn age. There are ices of lingerie and beautiful furniture used for example the red double seated. This gives the connotation of trouble as these as these common double seated benches are used mainly in couple’s counselling meetings as waiting chairs.
Only two people are used within this video, those being the music artist, Robin Thicke and the beautiful young lady who is playing his other half,Paula Patton. Bothe are dressed in opposite ends of the table, with Robin Thicke dressed in wonderful, vibrant cotton sweaters, accompanied by a dark blazer, this gives on the connotation of a well presented and high earning man. The iconography for this is that he has the power and is of great importance within this music video. Thickes’ co-star however is portrayed and given connotations of the slutty wife, who is disrespectful and mischievous. She throughout the video is
seen in nothing more that leather body pieces and towels with glasses on. Both stars within the video are wearing glasses, which are usually worn if sunny weather occurs, but within this video there are no outside shots meaning the glasses are being worn as a representation of a secret, as if there both covering something up.
CAMERA
The camera shots used in this video are mainly based and created to show the stars body languages which is different to the usual modern day shots within R&B of Extreme Close Up’s (ECU’s) of the face to show feelings and emotions. Within this video a lot of Medium Long Shot’s, Medium Close Up’s and Close Up’s are used instead of Extreme Close Up’s, breaking the typical R&B structure and mould.
The camera movement within this video is very limited as to the different types of tracking, tilts and pans that are used, in fact there are barley any, although there is a lot of footwork shooting, with the camera being held by someone so the footage is somewhat unsteady, giving you the effect as if you were there. There are also different height levels of shooting, with not just above the waist but also below on the ground also, which I really found interesting and something to perhaps delve in to. R&B structure and mould.
ENCODING/DECODING
I think that the preferred the audience will obtain from this piece of text is that life and relationships are difficult as well as tough to understand and cope with, but even then you should soldier through it and fight for what it is that you want. In terms of gratifications and pleasures offered to the preferred reader I would personally say that this piece of text informs and educates helping those at a standstill in their relationships with their spouses. I also think
this video offers social identification as some of the preferred readers may be able to say once watching this video, “yes I to can relate to what is going on within this video as I deal with the same issues in my everyday life”. I also think it offers Social interaction as the viewers may be able to talk about what is going on within the video and how it affects them in terms of their own Love life.
The groups represented in this are Middle aged white men, of class A1 to b, between their early 30’s to early 40’s. Within this text they’re represented as sophisticated and classy in the way that they dress and approach rough domestic relationships. The second group represented within this piece of text are young women ranging in the early 20’s to middle 30’s. Their class would be that of the B to C section. Within this piece of text they’re represented as hard and a struggle to put up or deal with, representing and backing the dominant ideology, that women within relationships are always the main cause of problems or difficulty’s, That man often having to put up with whatever the female throws upon to him.
EDITING
The pace of the shots are rather different to your typical everyday R&B videos as within this video they are very sluggish and deep, were as in most videos common like this one the shots are all pacey and sharp to change in to the next scene. The transitions used within the video are
mainly fades and cuts, at the begging we do see a zoom out on text written in French with the subtitle written in English underneath. A French male voice over is used to anchor the open sequence down with the video, again representing the common ideology of French language being the ‘Language of Love’.
Hummer Limo. These items and Locations are all connotations of having a good time and enjoying your self,
