VV Brown Shark in the Water analysis

'Shark in the Water' is our song, VV Brown is the artist, Travelling Like The Light is the album.
It was released on the 6th July and it a metaphorical record about anxiety, VV Brown found inspiration from her own personal experience between her and a previous boyfriend who liked to stalk he in his free time.





Shark in the Water

VV Brown | Myspace Video





The video produced by VV Brown holds a strong narrative, that has been inspired from a personal experience. It opens with a typical music video convention of the artist singing, something that I noticed when first watching this video is the amount of edits before Brown begins singing, there is 10 different shots from a variety of angles and distances within the first 12 seconds. This montage of edits is a convention of music videos, the purpose is to gain a brief understanding of the mise en scene and to establish the area that the narrative is in.
18 seconds into the song we enter the narrative that occurs alongside the song with no dialogue, this could change throughout the video but doesn't have too. I am also introduced to Brown who plays as both the narrative and artist. I like this idea because it reveals to the audience to relationship between the artist and the narrative and almost personalises the situation.
In the beginning Brown enters a new location, what seems to be a coffee shop, she is surrounded by 2 other men, who are playing the drums and guitar. There is no evidence that they are together, just happens to be at the same place at the same time. This is a interesting because there is no composition between the three to encourage that they are a band, instead it looks like 3 seperate people.
Throughout the video there is a series of long shots showing the person Brown is spying on, these could be point of view shots, its is not clear. I like the use of still images throughout the video, they emphasise the realism of Brown and her stalking. Brown changes her actions regularly through the video which again is a convention of typical music videos, this is important to ensure that the audience do not get bored.
At one point in the video, when Brown 'defeats' the cheat, he appears behind railings in his house, this composition works fantasiticlly in hand with the striped shirt he is wearing, possibly a code and resemblance of being convicted of a crime.


This music video keeps a strong narrative with the song for the whole duration. The range of shots throughout the video create both a cinematic vibe for the audience without taking their interest away from the song. I hope that we can recreate this video with a slight difference but a good outcome.