Analysis of music video (Eminem - Lose Yourself)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AF5WZ64bnIo

The story of this video is from the film that Eminem made called 8 mile. It is the story of how he became famous as a singer and all of the clips throughout this music video are from the film and all the lyrics are directly related to these specific points in his life. It is excellent the way that they have done this because it gives Eminem representation for his film by having the song in it, and also when creating the music video it gives him publicity for his film. This means that he is helping out both media products that he has produced create more money.

The lighting of this video is quite dark most of the time because of the films being set in the darkness because of rap battles etc. This means that you could still see everything that was going on in the film but also there was a slightly more depressing look upon the whole situation that he goes through. The camera work in this music video is mostly from a film, so the types of shots vary. However when the camera is just on Eminem singing alone, It is a medium long shot showing quite a lot of his body in the frame. At the beginning of this music video though there are a lot of establishing shots of a city so that the audience knows where it was hosted.

The performance is yet again mostly from the film so the acting is quite serious and stays in the theme of the lyrics. This is important to have this kind of film and music video link sometimes because films are more likely to explain the song’s lyrics in a way a music video couldn’t. Eminem does fantastic in his film because he is basically re-acting his life which means that he can use his part really personally. The other performance that takes place is just Eminem singing the words to his song with the sign “8-mile” in the background to represent the film if the audience are unsure.

The costume that Eminem where’s tends to be quite baggy and “street” wear. This is because of the type of person that he is represented as when he was younger. It is stereotyping rappers and people from that area a little bit but it is also a true stereotype. This does help the audience to visualise what kind of person he is and the kind of place that he is living in. The props that he has most of the time are something to do with music. So he either has headphones on or he is singing into a microphone. This shows his overall passion for what he does and shows how much he will do it in order to become successful. This video is very inspiring for the audience.

The location is a rural and rough place in a city in America. All of this video is hosted there because of the significance it has to the film and his life. The representation of rappers in this film is very specific and true. It represents them as people who battle with their voices, it shows their style, the way the act and the way they talk which is very important. The reason this representation is so close to the real people is because these events are a true story.