Analysis of Storytelling Music Videos

After finding out results from my questionaire i found that the type of music vieo that is most prefered is the storytelling convention. I think it is key for the song to reflect the lyrics said by the artist, helping draw the audience in and understand the song a lot further.
I feel the best artist to look at for deep meaningful storyline are Plan B's videos...
Deepest shame
She Said
Stay too Long
Love goes Down

I am going to analyse further one of his tracks 'The Recluse'

Within Plan B's video 'The Recluse' he tells the story of the down fall of a man who lived a glamorous lifestyle full of parties and women to living in prison thanks to how he achieved his glamorous lifestyle.

Close ups: Wee see alot of close ups of the character during the depressing scenes. This helps to show the importance and significant in the item in the shot. e.g drugs- the dependence he has on them, expression-show he is low.

Establishing shots: The long distant shots help to show the situation in which the character has got himself into. There is a direct juxtaposition between his luxurious life and his prison life style this helps to emphasise the self pity he is drowning in. A key theme in these shots is the use of water, in luxurious settings there is a pool however, in the prison he refuses to wash. Water is a connotation of freedom so therefore this shows he has lost all freedom in the prison.

Over the shoulder shot: We see an over the shoulder shot when the Plan B goes to shoot those who are at his house. This piece of action is key as we can see the shooting is why he is in jail. The over the shoulder shot is effective as it can portray the situation from Plan B's point of view showing to the audience he is a dominating threatening character.