1. Analysing a Music Video;
Maroon 5 – Moves Like Jagger
By Bertie Chatfield
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEPTlhBmwRg

2. Costume & Make-Up
• Immediately we see that this is a pop
band with different areas of skill, mainly
the singer who is shown continuously in
close-ups and mid-shots to portray his
physical appearance, as a sex symbol,
along with portray for male interests.
• His lack of clothing, displays the tattoos
he has on his skin, reflecting on a
possible rebellious nature as well as
standing out.
• Make-Up was also used in connection to
the narrative of this video, linking back to
the title and lyrics a shown to the right
side of this point.
• There’s also a general theme in the
clothing, setting the characters used back
in the 60s or 70s, referring to the Mick
Jagger from Rolling Stones, reminding us
of their decade, being massive stars too.

3. Sound & Editing
• In this music video, the sound was
set to have a constant rhythm and
only become fainter while the
artist was singing.
• The sound was also in sync with a
number of the cross-cuts and shot
reverse shot from the band to the
extra characters in the video.
• Through these the designer used
certain aspects of the music, like
the beats of the drum for moments
to cut in time to this in fast rapid
progression.

4. Narrative & Setting
• The main focus of narrative in this video, is
setting it back in 60s/70s and reflecting the
“hip & relaxed” mood of those decades.
• It also has clear connection to emotion shared
between men and women, with links in the
lyrics to men’s supposed power over women.
• Even the setting portrays the simplicity behind
this video, with bare studio and the plain
electronic equipment, surrounding this
atmosphere of fun and pleasure.
• Also there is a reference to patriotism, linked
to through the presentation of the Union Jack,
also showing another reference to Mick Jagger
with the artist posing in front of the flag.
• The use of a artist from outside the band
(Christina Aguilera), catches further interest
from the viewers, mostly a male audience
would have interest here.

5. Black n’ White & Colour
• The use of Black N’ White images in the
opening of the video, not only aids in the
aging of the video, linked to the
importance of Mick Jagger, but also its’
effect gives the video a state of realism.
• When the video changes into colour, which
is in sync with the video portrayal, gives
the video a more emotion edge with colour
as well as portraying the style of the dress
code maybe as a fashion statement to the
audience.
• The Black n’ White footage also creates the
illusion of it being like an interview when
Mick Jagger is being questioned at the start
of the video, once again so a link between
music videos and TV programmes.