Her morning elegance- video analysis

Video analysis – Her morning elegance/Orien Lavie

Directed by – Orien Lavie, Yuyal and Merav Nathan

Genre – acoustic, indie

In this video the lyrics illustrate what the girl is dreaming using stop motion. The woman is laid sideways to make it look like she is standing up. Cloth, pillows, etc. are used to illustrate the lyrics. The stop motion make it visually stunning, making it look like she is awake however not. The small movements of pillows and cloth help create the effect in the stop motion video. 

This example shows the pillows as clouds and a scarf to make it look windy. The props make it look like she is dreaming.

“a cloud of steam, she pours her daydream” these lyrics go with this part because the clouds appear in her dreams.

The video is in time when each verse is sung. The background changes when Orien Lave sings a new line. The background illustrates, using stop motion, her dreams which are sung in the lyrics.  “ And she fights for her life on the train” This shows her on the train with the use of black and white sheets.

The artist is shown later throughout the music video, portrayed as the women’s crush in her dreams. The image of the artist is maybe that he is romantic in the video and shows that he loves her. It could be the man in her dreams. So the video shows them having a good time.  This example shows both the artist and girl dancing together. The stop motion makes it look like they are dancing. A violin solo enters when both the women and the man dance together.

The video is both narrative and performance based, using stop motion to be creative, creating scenery to illustrate the lyrics. It does use narrative because it tells a story in her dreams in each verse. The scenery changes to the narration of the lyrics sung.  There is an element in parts of the song were the mood changes which make the instruments also change. For example, violin solo expresses happiness in the girls dream.

In conclusion this music video is a performance based narrative video showing the girls dreams using stop motion effects and props. It is brilliantly illustrated to the lyrics telling a story inside the girl’s dreams. The artist is portrayed as the girls crush in her dreams, due to them dancing, bike riding, together.