Ben Howard 'Old Pine'

Ben Howard is the music artist that I am predominately focusing on, I particularly like Ben Howard's 'Old Pine'. The video is a conceptual based in which Ben is filmed in the countryside and also by the seaside where it follows his journey. I really like the use of the scenery throughout this video, this is something that I would also like to do in my own video. The use of the scenery represents dominance throughout, this is then further emphasised through the use of low angle shots. By using this technique it portrays to the audience how dangerous the filming is. At the beginning of the video there is no lyrics, this time was used very effectively to capture the scenery, also this time enables the audience to feel the tone and mood of the music; which is constructed to be very calm and tranquil. The ocean shot at the beginning of the video represents the mood very well as although the sea is moving it still represents that its calm  and there are no violent waves.
Another reason why I really like this video and have taken ideas from it because of the costume. Ben wears a casual jeans and hoody, again this construes the mood very well, as if he was wearing a suit this would completely contrast with the settings. In the video there are two points whereby they have used a low angle shot to capture the sky, then when they have edited this they have fast forwarded so that it captures the time differences in the sky. I think this effect is really interesting, so I am going to try and construct this in my video, this will also involve me doing some research on the internet of how to use this effect. There are many things that I would like to take from this video, another point is the effect that Ben has put on the shot when he is lip syncing to the camera, it is a sepia effect but is really effective as it has captured the reflections from the sun, which also add to the mood of the video.
Ben has used many camera angles throughout the video, another example of one would be the close up that is frequently used of the sun, again this represents to the audience the power and dominance of it, also the frequent use of this shot reminds the audience that this is a calm yet happy video.