'La La La' Evaluation

Mise – en – scene:

When you first see the old man sitting in the gym playing the music for the women, you instantly notice the make-up they have used on him, they have gave him a really dusty/pale look, the dusty effect could signify how he has been sat there for a long time and has become ancient and the paleness could represent how he how life is nearly over and he is dying, that could be why the little boy buys him a new heart, to restart his life and free him from the women.

Towards the end of the video in which the 3 characters and the dog are walking to find ‘El Tio’, they travel over an old, unused train track, around them is lots of rusty metal and old parts, however, a very contrasting prop is used in the form of a tv, this tv isn’t rusty or broken which instantly catches your attention, as well as that it is also very different to the surrounding environment, this helps to bring out the focal point on the tv. The tv is used to promote the album which is called ‘Hotel Cabana’, this is an quirky yet subtle way of promoting it and mirrors the quirky style of the song as well.

Camera:

I believe that specific camera angles are used throughout to help portray the characteristics of the people within the story, such as the 3 main characters (boy, scarecrow and old man), the camera angle used on these three characters is very much eye level based, this helps the audience to feel a deeper connection to the character and an empathy with their feelings, however characters such as the father and the women in the gym are taken from lower angles, this helps to show how they are very dominant characters and rule over the main 3.

Editing:

Like a conventional music video, the editing is done very closely to, or on the beat, this helps to give the video more of a professional and smooth run and i feel, also helps to show the relation between what is happening within the video and what is going on in the song, a good example of this is the most important part of the song, the sentence that goes “’la la la” this is accompanied by the child or other main 3 put their fingers in their ears, this interlinks and create a stronger image and sound, enhancing the effect it is giving off.

The overall editing throughout the video is very simple, but i believe that this is done for a reason, that because the storyline behind the music video is so deep they want you to concentrate on what is happening, which is done best when the transitions are left simple, they have effectively used this technique to allow peoples focus to stay on what is happening in the shot and not what is happening between shots.

Sound:

As the actually story behind the ‘La La La’ is based around a Bolivian legend containing a deaf boy, i think that the sound has been used effectively to interlink the story even further, because all you are able to hear is the track being played over the top, there is no diegetic sound, so it is as if you taking the characteristics of the boy as you are not able to hear what is going on around him, much like her cant, giving you, i feel a stronger connection to his character.