Music Video Analysis- 'Insomnia' Pete Philly & Perquisite

This video is a part narrative and part performance video. The narrative section shows Pete Philly in a mental hospital which relates to the title aqnd lyrics of the song 'Insomnia'. The song is amplified by the video as the lyrics match what is going on in the video, giving them more meaning, so people are able to put pictures to the words of the song. It does demonstrate some Hip Hop genre characteristics such as the way that the artists raps directly to the audience and the way that he uses his arms to perform actions while he raps. In some of the shots the artist raps in the middle of a circle of other people, this is a genre characteristic of hip hop as artists are often shown surrounded by their 'posse' or 'gang', and the people are dancing to his performance. These are really the only hip hop genre characteristics seen in this video, but this is understandable as Pete Philly & Perquisite create mellow hybridised hip hop that uses rapping, hip hop break beats, singing and jazz to create a new genre. Lots of the meat shots in the video use a circular fish eye lens which gives a 180 degree view from one shot. This also creates an effect of stretching when the artist leans towards the camera, and also creates the view that the artist is surrounded by people, as you can see all thew people standing around him but they are distorted and because the artist is in the centre he is the only person who is properly focused, leading to the audiences attention to be focused upon him.
The narrative section of the video is designed to give the video narrative fuzz and this will create repeatability for the audience, as if the video merely had a linear narrative people would see everything that happened the first time they watched the video. With part narrative videos the quick cuts and short shots of narrative leave the video open to interpretation by the audience and also means that the audience may not notice everything the first time they see the video, and so willw ant to watch it again. The artist is seen in a mental hospital and is clearly having some mental problems. Some shots are shown of him from cctv cameras, they are blurred and black and white and give the video an eery feel, but also convey a key feature often seen in music videos which is the notion of looking, as if spying on the artist. Shots of the artist when he is in the mental hopsital include meat shots very close to his face which use the fish eye lens and distort the shape of his head while he says "head feels funny". Point of view shots are also used to give the artists view when he is strapped down on an operating bed looking up at the doctors. These POV shots are distorted and coloured differently. The narrative section of the video is uses greens and blues implying a feeling of looking back or remembering, whereas as the colour of the artist performing is normal, which gives the artist authenticity and shows it as reality.
Jump cuts are used on the meat shots of the artist to fit with the break beat style music and to add to the eery effect of insomnia and crazyness that the video is trying to portray. The narrative shots of the artist also often use a high camera angle, as if looking down upon the artist, and he is often in a submissive position of lying on the ground in a corner. The lighting in all of the shots is very dim, not bright, as the song is about insomnia and seems to portray the view of not being fully awake. The shadows are often emphasised to create a darker look. Close ups are used on medical equipment and on the artists eye, where you see a strange pattern of dots, similar to what you see if you stare at a light for too long, and then these same dots are also seen on a computer screen and projected on the ceiling. All of the features help to portray the feeling of ill-mental health and insomnia that this video is trying to create.