textual analysis

natasha bedingfield - soulmate

• a lot of close ups of natasha bedingfield
• doesnt seem to be as sexualised as in most other music videos involving women. she isnt dancing or wearing revealing clothes.
• other shot seem to tell a story eg, close up of a couple kissing, shots of signs saying "hope" and "partners", many shots out of focus, a lot of shots of hearts, silhouettes of a group of people, torchlight on the word "sex". stands up to repeated viewings
• a lot of camera movement.
• defragmentation - close up shots of her lips and hands.
• relationship between music and visuals, as the pace of the music increases so does the pace of the cuts.
• relationship between lyrics and visuals, contradictory: "somebody tell me why i'm on my own" - large group of people behind her but out of focus.