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    Laura Marling

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    The music video for Laura Marling's song "Rambling Man" uses extreme close-ups throughout to portray vulnerability and insecurity. The focus is on hands, faces, eyes and feet, with eyes in particular used to show emotion expressively. Though the song starts with a calm acoustic sound, it amplifies halfway through unexpectedly. As the man is shown in the water, the sound softens to relate to the calming waves. In the end, the atmosphere returns to calm, linking back to the beginning and reinforcing themes of insecurity and vulnerability.

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    Laura Marling

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    The music video for Laura Marling's song "Rambling Man" uses extreme close-ups throughout to portray vulnerability and insecurity. The focus is on hands, faces, eyes and feet, with eyes in particular used to show emotion expressively. Though the song starts with a calm acoustic sound, it amplifies halfway through unexpectedly. As the man is shown in the water, the sound softens to relate to the calming waves. In the end, the atmosphere returns to calm, linking back to the beginning and reinforcing themes of insecurity and vulnerability.

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    The music video for Laura Marling's song "Rambling Man" uses extreme close-ups throughout to portray vulnerability and insecurity. The focus is on hands, faces, eyes and feet, with eyes in particular used to show emotion expressively. Though the song starts with a calm acoustic sound, it amplifies halfway through unexpectedly. As the man is shown in the water, the sound softens to relate to the calming waves. In the end, the atmosphere returns to calm, linking back to the beginning and reinforcing themes of insecurity and vulnerability.

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    92 views5 pages

    Laura Marling

    Uploaded by

    poppyeliza
    The music video for Laura Marling's song "Rambling Man" uses extreme close-ups throughout to portray vulnerability and insecurity. The focus is on hands, faces, eyes and feet, with eyes in particular used to show emotion expressively. Though the song starts with a calm acoustic sound, it amplifies halfway through unexpectedly. As the man is shown in the water, the sound softens to relate to the calming waves. In the end, the atmosphere returns to calm, linking back to the beginning and reinforcing themes of insecurity and vulnerability.

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    Laura Marling

    Rambling Man
    This is the opening shot and
    we assume it is Laura Marling
    as they are playing a guitar
    but because of the extreme
    Throughout the video for close up we do not know for
    ‘Rambling Man’ extreme sure.
    close ups are used
    frequently. This is to
    portray vulnerability and
    insecurity. When this shot is on screen,
    The focus is mainly on the lyrics are talking about
    hands, faces and feet. vulnerability and the shot
    emphasizes this as the eyes
    Eyes are particularly a
    are very expressive.
    prominent focus as they
    show emotion
    expressively.

    This shot is a close up and we


    get to see more of the main
    actor. While we can see more
    of his face, part of it is
    obscured which backs up the
    feeling of being vulnerable.
    At 1 minute 55 the song
    amplifies and we see a change
    The song has a in the wind speed as it gets
    calm acoustic faster and more wild in time
    sound through with the song.
    out it but
    amplifies half
    way through.
    This is
    The sound starts to soften
    unexpected as again once the man is in the
    the song is set up water, relating to the calming
    as if it is a soft sound of the waves
    gentle song.

    It then goes even calmer, and


    our first prominent wide shot
    is used, to again portray the
    vulnerability of the man as he
    is alone, and looks lost in the
    sea.
    This shot was used at the very
    beginning, portraying an on-
    going cycle and bringing
    At the end of the song back the feelings of
    the calm atmosphere vulnerability
    is back, and it links
    with the beginning of
    the song. The lighting is very dark and
    his eyes are downcast,
    showing the end of another
    day and also re-enforcing the
    issue of insecurity and
    vulnerability as these are the
    main themes throughout the
    video
    Before the video fades out a
    quick cut of Laura Marling is
    used, showing her whole
    face, this is unusual as she
    only shows parts of her face
    throughout the video, this is
    a clever marketing and
    promotion technique as
    people will remember and
    recognise her as it is the last
    thing they see.
    1102367

    This video is relevant to my research because Laura


    Marling is an alternative rock/ Indie singer. I wanted to
    look at how she portrays this in her music video. I found
    she used dark lighting to achieve a grungy feel and she
    also uses a lot of extreme close ups to create an intimate
    connection with the audience.
    Although this video has aspects that will work for our
    construction, not all of it is relevant as Laura Marling is a
    solo artist who plays acoustic music. This makes it quite
    easy for performance footage where as we are going to
    have to consider how we portray that.

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