Monday 4 July 2011

Adele Rollin' in the Deep

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYEDA3JcQqw

Adele's Rollin' in the Deep video shows Adele sitting in a chair where there are lots of different things going on around her for a example someone throwing plates at a wall, a person dancing and karatying through white powder. From Adele's body language she gives us the feeling she is angry and frustrated by  waving her arms around and in someways shouting the lyrics She is wearing a all black outfit; this could be a connotation of mourning and negativity. When we see the part of the video where there is thousands glasses of water. The sound of the drums gives the water a rippling affect. When we see the person dancing in the powder it looks fanatasing because of all the powder just floating around the room. We then see the plates being thrown accross a room. Again there is lots and lots of broken plates, mugs and bowls. This empahasises the agressiveness of the video.

The video is set in what looks like a abandoned house. The walls look like they have ancient pictures painted on them. Because some walls are being covered by plastic coverings it could be a sign of change. Next we see close ups of a man playing the dums. When we see him playing the drums it gives a better effect on the music and makes it more clear. All the different cuts in the video makes everything more in rythm because the music also gets faster. The shots we see from Adele become more snappy and she seems to become more frustrated as the video goes on especially as she repeates the words 'we could of had it all'. Lastly a replica of what seems to be a city made out of card board boxes is slowly put into flames because of the sparks. This may represent what Adele could of had and what it is now.

3 comments:

  1. BRAVO megan could this BE any more postmodern?!
    I adore how detailed your summary of the video is, and you seem to really understand the concept, WICKED.

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  2. i'm not going to be as enthusiastic as amy, but this is very good! see, doing your homework isn't that hard. ;)
    LUFF YA xx

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  3. This is outstanding! I really enjoyed reading it, you captured the concept of the video perfectly! xoxo

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