Case Study 2: Missy Elliot- Gossip Folks

Synopsize the Video: Performance Based

The video is mainly a performance based video because it doesn't have a noticeable message behind the video which is political or something horrendous or great that happened at that time when the video was published. There are a lot of dancers that Missy Elliott has used in her videos (she is known to have a lot of choreography in her videos). The dance style are always street/break/hip hop because it compliments the song/lyrics as she is a hip hop artist. However, she does challenge the stereotype hip hop videos (that are mainly found in male hip hop artist) of having cars, dollars and weapons. She doesn't use the typical kind of elements that you see in a hip hop video, she specifically brings the 'fun' in hip hop which could be that she is a female.

The performance was located in a high school; in the corridors, lunch hall, principal's office, classroom, the school bus and in the basketball court outside. It has a range of people dancing from the little kids, teenagers and adult dancers.

The chirography was performed in unison in big groups and small groups (with the three little girls) demonstrating jumps

Themes

The theme in this video is Adidas tracksuits from all different colours: blue and yellow. brown and red. The theme also a high school

Special effects

This video had one key special effect of where the section where Missy Elliott was in the classroom where the colours changed in all different types. Like, there was an orange background but their skin appeared green