Star Analysis

Aston Merrygold- JLS

The star I chose is Aston Merrygold from JLS. He is a well known as the lead singer of the band. 

In the video 'Beat Again' we see the band dancing in a warehouse. At the start Aston is in the back of the frame as it starts with Oritses solo part so he has to be at the front. Even at this early stage in the boys careers Aston has most of the close ups because he has always been seen as 'the cute one'. Aston also only shows a bit of his torso in this video but in later ones he keeps his shirt off for most of the video. He is also wearing a low cut top whereas the other boys aren't. The lights in the back of the video also change colour to whoever is in the main frame at that time. They also have a dance routine in this video which is very stereotypical for boybands.

In this video again, it starts with a close up of Marvin as his solo bit comes first this time. This video also has close ups of all the boys faces but it is more of a ballad so they do not have a dance routine like usual. This also means that Aston is wearing more similar clothes to the others. Aston is still being portrayed as 'the cute one' here so gets lots of extreme close ups, some of his eyes but the other boys get more close ups too. 




This video starts with a shot of Aston standing on some rocks because he is doing the opening to this song. Aston is the only member to take his shirt off in this video as by this point management had realised he was the main selling point of the band. As this video is more of a summer dance tune they have another dance routine and again put Aston at the front while performing it. This video and the first one both have one signature move it which everyone will remember.