Music Video Analysis "Jealous"

"Jealous" by Labrinth is a narrative based song, it is addressed to one of Labrinth`s parents, who left the family when he was young. Labrinth has offered the following explanation: " A lot of people have been through that experience. It`s kind of written from the perspective of how my family felt at the time, but I wanted to write it so that anyone could dig into the song and relate to it to their own situation. 

MTV describes the song as a " heart-breaking ballad". We feel sympathy towards Labrinth as the lyrics are powerful "But I always thought you`d come back, tell me all you found was heartbreak and misery" this conveys emotion. Throughout the whole music video Labrinth is shown on his own isolated in a room, this evokes loneliness, in addition low key lighting is used to represent negative feelings. Over the shoulder shots and mid shots are used in the video, furthermore close-ups are included. These shots enable us to understand how Labrinth is feeling and he expresses how he feels through hand gestures. where he puts his hand on his chest to show the hurt and pain.

These pictures of Labrinth are from the music video, from what we see they emphasise how he feels because of his facial expressions which point out how empty he feels. Therefore this supports the narrative.

The target audience for this song is aimed at both males and females of any age, because the aim is for people to connect and relate to the lyrics.

What I liked/might use:
I like that the music video contains close-ups to
express how Labrinth feels. I might use the idea
of close-ups to express feelings, additionally using
hand gestures and facial expressions to support the
close ups.