Chris Brown Music Video - Tempo

Chris Brown Music Video - Tempo

Within this music video by Chris Brown, there are a range of Audio, Technical and Visual codes.

For Audio Codes there is music - contrapuntal.
In the music video, the music is contrapuntal (meaning the sound playing doesn't match what is happening in the video) for the words in the lyrics are different to the music video. The music also seems to distract the audience from watching the video. Towards the ending of the video at around 4:00, the music is lowered and we see the boy at the beginning of the video running after the 'gang' which gives us the idea that they want to recruit him to become a member of their team. By lowing the music it gives the audience the impression that there is going to be a happy ending.

For Visual Codes there are the clothing worn by the dancers and singer, lighting, performance, Props, some use of camera movement and a range of camera shots.
The dancers in the video are dressed up and using props according to the characters in the movie and so is Chris Brown. There are scenes within the video where the dancers are individually shown performing like the characters they are portraying. e.g. 2:33 where the dancer dressed in the clothing worn for baseball.
When talking about the camera movement used in the video, the camera crew zoom in towards the dancers capturing each dancers character, allowing the audience to see their facial expressions and think about what each character's role is in the movie.
There is some use of camera shots such as an extreme close-up shot, a panning shot, medium shots, close-up shots and long shots.
An extreme close-up shot is used at the beginning of the video at  0:02 which can be decoded by the audience to identify the genre of the music or what the music video is about.
Medium shots are used throughout the duration of the video which captures everything within the frame such as the dancers, the setting etc.
A panning shot is used 3:39 to re- enact a moment from the film in the music video.
Long shots are used within the video which show the surroundings which is a peaceful neighbourhood. By the audience being able to identify the surroundings which is the neighbourhood, they'll be able to link the neighbourhood with what the characters aka the dancers are going to do there. e.g. 1:07 when they enter a house with elderly people living there implying that they are going to steal from them.
Throughout most of the video, there is a limited amount of lighting used for the music video is filmed at daytime giving the audience an idea that night time criminal activity is about to take place. e.g. At 3:02, in one of the rooms, is lit low to re-enact another scene from the movie whereby the criminals aka the dancers are stealing precious items from someone's house. 
For Technical Codes there is use of lighting.
By using Lighting in the scenes which involve criminal activity e.g. 3:02 and 3:39, it helps to create the atmosphere or mood and make the audience feel like they are involved in the video or place themselves in the position of the characters. 

The Music Video is based on a 1979 Film called 'The Warriors' which was made based upon a book. The film is about:  
"Cyrus, the leader of the most powerful gang in New York City, the Gramercy Riffs, calls a midnight summit for all the area gangs, with all asked to send nine unarmed representatives for the conclave. A gang called The Warriors are blamed for killing Cyrus as he gives his speech. They now have to cross the territory of rivals in order to get to their own 'hood. The Warriors slowly cross the dangerous Bronx and Manhattan territories, narrowly escaping police and other gangs every step of the way."

However, Chris Brown's version is modern as compared to the original. 


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