Song: How deep is your love

By Calvin Harris and Disciples

Released on 17th July,2015

Genre: Deep House

Directed by: Emil Nava

Type of music video

Performance based music video

This music video begins with a lady lying on a table which she gets

up on and walks down a hall into a party.She then finds herself

on a seat boat with water bikers.She is then transported to a pool

where she dives into and walks out,takes off her clothes,hops in a

shower and goes to the party room.The video ends with her walking

out of the room. This video won for the best Electronic music video

on 2016 MTV Music video awards.

Mis-en-Scene

This part of the video shows the girl

lying in a mortuary which shows that

she is dead.The props used,for example

the metal table and the bracelet around

her shows that the music video is

going to be about her.

This part specifically matches the lyrics.It

shows the environment which contrasts with

her death.With the fast cuts and editing,the

video either implies that she has gone back

in time or just woke up to discover how deep love can be.

Audiences and Representation

This music video has a very complicated narrative and a deep plot.This

creates a suspense for audience so they are interested and attentive

to watch the music video.Both the lighting and beat are in sync and it

engages the audience simultaneously.The distorted audio in some

scenes represent some madness in the video.Throughout the video,

there are some close shots on the main actress for example when the

she comes out from the pool in her swim suit,the camera gradually

pans from down to show her full profile.Another use of blue and

green light in the video shows exact clinical hospital type environment

according to the narrative in the music video.

The music video starts with representation of a clinical hospital

where the girl is lying on mortuary.The other location used

in the video is a beach where she swims in the pool.

Last,in the end of the video she walks in a party room where 

she dances.

Location

Camera Shots

This music video shows many varying shots that work really well

together. There are close-ups,medium close ups and wide

shot of nature captured in the video.In the party room,wide

shots are shot to show the music and people.Panning

is used in different ways in areas like beach and room.

According to the songs name 'how deep is your love',the  wide shots 

in sea are captured to show distinction between depth and love

Editing

The techniques used in this music video are are very unique 

and different which shows the girl acting naturally.With the 

effect of different colors used and the fast cuts are in sync.These

techniques are used in music video with electro pop genre 

because of fast pace.According to the theme of the music video

the editing is perfect because it show how insane a person gets

when he/she's connected to love.

Theories Applied

1.ANDREW GOODWIN

There's a relationship between the visuals and the lyrics for 

example the lyrics are represented by the images.The scenes 

match the music tone according to the environment.The bright

colors used in the music video fit the exact location in each

scene of this music video.The video is also shot on sea 

and according to the lyrics 'how deep is your love' ,sea has been

shot as a connotation of depth.

•  Music videos demonstrate genre lyrics.

'How deep is your love' shows Deep House genre and the

characteristics of this genre include the location of music in 

music video for example bars,beach,clubs and festivals.The music

video fits the characteristics according to the locations used

in the video.

Laura Mulvey's theory

Throughout the video,the model appears

in minimal clothing featuring 'voyerism'

which is explained in this theory.In this

video,close-up shots are used in several 

dressed body parts such as model's legs,back and stomach.These

are the examples for male gaze.Men are shown in the video

paying attention to the figure of the model.