Music video analysis 1

P-diddy Music Video Analysis

When the music video begins there is an establishing shot of a dark city at night with lights on which shows this could be night life and the city is alive partying. It moves on to a close up of a clock which reads '04:30' then the camera pans right showing P-diddy and a girl asleep in bed then over looking P-Diddy. After this there is another pan of an escalade car then it jump cuts to a zoom in and aerial shot of a mobile the starts ringing, there is also framing to the left which shows that P-Diddy is on that side. There is a straight cut after this and there is a medium shot of P-Diddy jumping up from his bed, this shows me that he has a very hectic life style. From here it cross cuts to Nicole and there is a close up of her less when she gets out of the car in an alleyway and she's walking to the back door of a club. There is a close up of her lips then a long shot of her at the door, there is a pink neon light outside the club which could suggest female association? There is another close up of Nicole's face and she's in the club. It cross cuts back to P-Diddy who is still in bed making out he;s not ready to leave yet, there is a more framing of this too and there is a blue neon light, which could relate to the pink neon light which could suggest contrasting female and male. There is more framing to the left of P-Diddy which could suggest he is ready to leave soon. Then it cuts to s lot of short takes of Nicole then cuts back to P-Diddy ready and one of the girls stroking his gold chain. When it cross cuts back to Nicole in the club there are more short takes and this suggests she is waiting for P-Diddy. There is then tracking of P-Diddy with one girl in front and a girl behind him walking through the back of the club, then there is a jump cut to Nicole with her fist on her chest which could show that her heart is beating fast. It cross cuts back to P-Diddy and there is a close up of his hand on the back of the girl in fronts back which suggests he is protecting her. There is more framing and space to the right of him. There is a dissolve when he entries the club which tells me that theres a connection between P-Diddy and Nicole. There is a medium shot of Nicole and she sings,

'When will you make your move' which is a shot to P-Diddy then there is a cross cut to P-Diddy who is centrally framed in a chair then cross cuts to nicole were there is a tilt on her eyes which suggests she's being seductive. There is another cross cut of nicole looking at him and he nods and Nicole looks alone. There is a medium shot of P-Diddy sitting with one of the girls and when the other girl sits he moves in close to her and has his hand on her lap. There is a low angle of P-Diddy which shows he is dominant. There is shots of P-Diddy dancing and it cross cuts to Nicole as she gets up and leave. It cross cuts back to P-Diddy and there is a medium shot of him watching Nicole leave and the two girls with him start to undress him a bit and when he leaves there is two more blue neon lights, one dark and one light which suggests P-Diddy is the dominant male in this video. When P-Diddy is being loosened you hear the lyrics

'Don't stop, lets rock' which suggests he won't stop till he has Nicole. At the end there are medium shots of P-Diddy seducing Nicole. When P-Diddy is next to the stairs, the stairs frame the shot and the colour fades by the stairs. After this there is a high angle of Nicole looking up at the stairs smiling seductively. There is a close up of Nicole's legs then her legs frame the shot with Diddy underneath and this is a sexual connotation; this is also a shallow focus because Diddy is close even though he is far away. It goes to a close up of Diddy who is blacked out, clicking his fingers and behind him there is a spot of light, this shows that he is ready. It goes back to framing again and as Diddy jumps and pushes his arms Nicole's legs move to as if he;s opening her legs this is also a sexual connotation. There is a close up of Nicole's face showing emotion. There is a shot of P-Diddy in the dark again with a spot of light behind him and smoke then he leaves, then there is a long shot of Nicole following him, There is then an aerial shot of the maze which suggests romantic connotation; then it goes to cross cuts of Nicole and P-Diddy walking through the maze, P-Diddy looks comfortable although Nicole looks afraid/nervous because she's holding the walls for support this may suggest she's scared of bumping into P-Diddy; this is also a lot of short takes. There are visual effects of the maze exploding and there are fireworks and this happens when they both walk in the middle which suggests their emotions are the cause of the explosion. 

There are blue lights when they are standing together which suggests that P-Diddy is the dominant male, and they are now in casual clothing. There are then a selection of medium shots and close up of them both dancing seductively then when Nicole leaves him as she turns around there is framing because Diddy is to her left but this is also a 2shot which suggests that P-Diddy won't let Nicole escape him.