Analysis of Music Video

Mac Miller - Missed Calls

The video starts with a crane shot panning upwards showing the sea and a beach close up, which then dissolves into a graphic match of a fast moving image which looks to be filmed out of a moving car which then dissolves into very slowly panning shot of the swimming pool in Mac's house. The scene has been set with very bright imagery and aesthetically pleasing imagery, which creates a calm mood along with non diegetic background music (which is infact a slow tempo piano version of the instrumental used in Missed Calls). After the establishing shots, the video cuts to show Mac and his girlfriend laughing and eating take out food, followed by a variety of clips portraying them as a very happy couple in love. The background music got gradually louder as the video progressed up until 1:16 where the video cuts (and the music stops suddenly and starts to quietly ring) to a black screen and the title "Missed Calls" slowly appears. 

As the start of the the song starts to play a low angle pan of Mac looking over his balcony shows Mac looking a lot more serious than in the previous clips, and as the video progresses it shows how their relationship is failing as Mac is constantly putting his many concerts, studio sessions and late nights out before her. The video cuts between Mac driving his convertible car down the freeway, which we later find out that he is driving to the wedding of his (ex) girlfriend, as he realised that his priorities were in the wrong order. The lyrics of the song show this as he sings on the hook - "Baby i got missed calls and emails, all going into detail, bout how you not happy and you think you gotta leave,  so go". The video leaves the viewer on a cliffhanger, as we don't know if he will successfully stop the wedding and everything will go to plan, this is good technique as it doesn't give too much away and leaves the audience continue thinking about the video even after they watch it.