Music video analysis 1

Slow dancing in the dark ~joji

The idea:

Slow dancing in the dark a music video released in 2018 is a conceptual based music video on lost love. The narrative star is Joji the artist himself. The video amplifies the lyrics.

The song focuses on lost love and how Joji isn't compatible to his ex loves current lover 'you should be with him I cant compete' we se Joji dressed a s a faun. A mystical creature half goat and half human . It may be symbolizing fear of being rejected or being alone . Maybe Joji is shown making fun of himself trying to compare himself to the new lover. Joji is also shown shown in the back with the cupids bow. Cupids bow is the arrow of the Love god in fantasy land. It hitting 2 people means they're meant to fall in love but in Jojis case seems like he was the only one effected by it and cant move on. The video portrays how someone might feel if they lost their love.

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However, there are various interpretations of the video as well. Some viewers might interpret lines like "don't follow me you'll end up in my arms" or even the suggestion that something was happening "in the dark" to suggest that Joji is attempting to save his love interest from a potential despair. As a result, this video's abstract nature makes it beautiful because it can have different meanings for different people.

John Stewart may certainly approve this video, because according to his theory, Slow Dancing In the Dark gives intertextual references such as the faun a new meaning, which is subjective to those who view it, whilst keeping the aesthetics as pleasing as possible.

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The costumes

We see Joji wearing a fancy white tuxedo typically worn by men at special events a wedding or a funeral. Maybe its shown lost love or something very close to his heart. His hair is kept dirty and unmade. Followed by the lack of pants has he is shown as a fawn and the lower half is a goat.

The props

Jojis cigarette is the first prop shown. Joji is shown smoking the cigarette sitting at a bus stop throughout the video. Maybe he is waiting for someone and his insanity increases as he waits. His facial expressions shown are rather sad maybe he is smoking the pain away. Getting relived as he smokes? His eyes are shown rather puffed maybe he hasn't slept in days. The second prop is the cupids bow with the love stains on his coat and on the floor. He is also shown coughing blood. Showing sad expressions and highlighting depression. Contras lights of the floor as his tuxedo.

The colours and lights

The colour pallet of the video is dark. Blue and light lights are shown. The first section of the video shows Joji in the street at night with orange street lights that are dim directly making Joji the center of attention . Later on RED is introduced in the video. Red is shown as blood on his coat coughing it out and the pool of blood he is laying in on the white floor. The contrast of red and white is great.

Camera work

Throughout the entire video, Joji is the only subject of the camera. In addition to zooming in, a variety of shots are used to highlight his facial expressions, including mid shots and close-ups. In addition, long shots are used to display his whole physique and the transition from human to fawn. Additionally, the camera focuses closely on blood, such on his hand and when he coughs it out.

At the end Joji is shown by an upper angle shot of him laying in a very fragile position assumed dead.