Pink is normally associated with R&B genre. Typical characteristics of a R&B genre are part lip syncing from the artist, and part narrative, close ups of the artist, usually set in night clubs and party animals. All these characteristics are what people associate R&B with.
In the music video there is a young girl which is, a child version of Pink when she was younger. In the video it shows how Pink sees her family, through the eyes of the young girl, also the young girl who is being seen as Pink, lip syncing the song in the video, as well as Pink herself. The lip syncing of the younger Pink and Pink show that, the events and things that happened when she was a child still effects her now when she's an adult. The video is showing how she is still holding onto her past as being a child, and how everywhere she looks if it's on telly or at a photograph, she always sees a perfect family, and her's is far from that.
The editing is really quick having about 3 seconds intervals most of the time, there is close ups of Pinks face and long shots of Pink herself singing so the audience can see the artist. There is a lot of jump cuts especially when the younger version of Pink is playing with Pink's hair, as well as when they are fighting over the cereal
The representation of the music video is to young children who have been though hard times, though there parents divorce, Pink tries to connect with the audience with the lyrics of the song, which are very moving and have so much power to them. In the lyrics you get the feeling of her being scared and alone with none to go to, and the message that Pink's trying to conflict is that your not alone and that you should talk to your parents instead of suffering in silence.
From the music video as well I see a narrative within it, it's about her life when she was younger and how she seen life as well, being dull and nowhere to turn to but herself, but as you unfold the music video you start to see her getting happier, and start to see what how it's turned her life. Also what I have gathered from this music video is that what Pink really wanted from it all was to have the perfect family, and is jealous when she sees the perfect family in the picture and on the TV advert, it reminds her of what she wanted with her family.
Overal I think this music video is really good, because it portrays the message of Pink and you also see inside her life of how she felt as she grew up, I think the target audience is perfect for this because it gives that a light at the end of the tunnel, saying your not alone and that your not the only one going though the same experience, and I think Pink's music video does this really well.
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