Vanessa Carlton - A Thousand Miles Video

This video is a Amplification music video as Vanessa uses both performance and narrative in the video. The main feature in the video is the piano as she is on it the whole time and the director uses the fast dolly track shot to follow her movement as well as using a green screen for some of the background needed as they cant pull the piano around every where but they make it look as realistic as possible. The video links to the song and lyrics as when she sings she is moving and the shots are always different showing her in different set shots. They use a side shot of her a lot so you can see her playing the piano as they bring in the instrument. The narrative is very complex as it is just a girl on a piano going to different spots around america, which links to the song of the narratives concept. The piano sets the whole mood of the music video which is the dominant musical arrangement. The first camera shot is of the piano and then you see the artist and a long shot of her and the piano which sets the scene. It is shown to be a very friendly video as it includes many different people in a variety of different places. They use close ups and lip syncing through out the video and cut from her moving playing the piano to stood still with a background of people in different situation. The lighting it natural light but there is always a spot light above her to make her stand out. The overall concept of the Mise-en-scene is a love song say she will travel all over to be with the person she loves which is shown in the video by her moving the whole time.