Selena Gomez- Micro Elements

In Selena Gomez's video-'A year without rain' there are many micro-elements that are of interest of me. In the video, there are many close up shots of the artist, from several different angles. The use of these close up's express the artist's feminity and pretty, fresh-faced image. It also emphasises her singing, and the audience is focused more on what there saying, because they can link it to the image on screen.





After much research I have realised that it is common for female country pop Artist's to have many close up's in there videos. We are also going to use this camera shot in our video, and will take some practice shots first to get the right angle.





Below is the Artist, Selena Gomez. In the shot, I have noticed an interesting micro-element. She is running away from the camera in slow motion, this gives a romantic and passionate image to the Artist and overall feel of the song. Her hair and dress is blowing in the wind behind her, this creates a feminine picture, and shows she is stripped back, and everything is flying in the wind around her. This slow motion running is an editing technique that we are going to use in our video.


In the screenshot below, the camera is tracking the Artist's feet. This is something we would like to do in our video, as we believe it creates mystery and builds suspense-we are going to link this with the song, and build it up to the chorus. The tracking also has connotations of following the Artist's life, following their 'every step.'




In the shot below, the editing is really effective.
The shot is of lots of old photos, overlapping, and then a close up shot of them. The photos relate to what the Artist is singing about, and demonstrates her lyrics into visuals to match. The photos tell a story, however they also create mystery and make the audience question who is in the photo's where are they taken etc. This micro-element may be useful to consider for our music video.