Research VIDEOS: Narrative Camerawork Mise-en-scene Editing Music video conventions Product placement Narrative The video itself is a compilation of shots from the artist’s previous shows and appearances. The shots and videos progressively get older and older, showing the progression of time as the video progresses. It shows the artist’s rise in popularity in reverse; first showing his success, and lastly showing how he got there in the first place - his origin as a YouTuber. A narrative is then formed in the video; a narrative of success and fame, rags to riches if you will. The caption, “12 years in the making” reinforces this as well - the simple fact that this artist started out from nothing, but kept up his dream and slowly but surely built up his popularity over the span of 12 years, eventually getting to where he is now. Applying equilibrium theory in reverse, new equilibrium is established at the start, disequilibrium is established during his rise and initial equilibrium is es...