Adele Rolling In The Deep Research 9

Camera/Editing/Mise en scene

This music video first starts off with a medium shot of Adele, the audience can see how she is sitting up straight and this shows how she is classy and has respect for herself. Adele is sitting alone which implies to the audience that she is lonely as she has no companionship. She is wearing all black, the conventions of the colour black is danger and sadness; this could represent how Adele is currently feeling due to the lack of comfort. Adele is wearing her hair up and neat which shows she is dressed formally and this makes the audience think that she is waiting for something to happen. There is a close shot of hundreds of glasses of water, the clearness of the water could symbolise how Adele is innocent and lives a good life. As the drums start in the background,  a medium shot shows the glasses of water vibrates; this builds up an adrenaline for the audience because they are made to think something bad is going to happen. The camera quickly backs away from Adele whilst she is sitting in the chair and this portrays the messy room she is sitting in; the messiness of the room could represent how her life is getting out of control for her to handle. A long shot is used of a ninja in a separate room, this scene is shown in black and white which creates a tense atmosphere for the audience. The ninja is portrayed digging sand which represents the song title "Rolling in the deep". The audience are allowed to see the disruption to the house through a low shot of plates and bowls being thrown down the stairs and smashing against the wall. As this continues the pace of the music gets faster and builds up tension to show the chaos happening. In this music video, there are three consistent settings the room Adele is sitting in, where the plates are being smashed and the room where the ninja is in. The end of the music video ends with a similar shot to the beginning, it is a medium shot of Adele sitting down and this shows the audience that all of it could have been imagined.

Narrative 

I think there is a story to this music video, it is about how there is always one person that is out to get you but secretly. In this case, the ninja represents that person. The audience are taught that nobody can be trusted due to the actions that they can do at any time. The house Adele is in is being destroyed, plates are being smashed everywhere and the house looks wrecked but Adele continues to sit in the room. This shows the audience how she can't see the wreckage and is unaware of the actions happening. However, there is twist in this as the music video opens and ends with the same clip this makes the audience believe that this is just all thoughts and it has been imagined.

Conventional/Unconventional

I think this music video is conventional because of the only real setting it is in. Adele doesn't move from her seat so this doesn't give an edgy feeling to the audience.

What works/doesn't

I think the best thing about this music video is the sound of the drums, they are so loud and dramatic it makes the audience feel attached to the music video because of the passion it builds up inside. There are sounds of clapping in the background and the tension build up makes you want to sing loud and clap along.