Review on Justin Timberlake's made-up video!

“What goes around comes around”
This music video for Justin Timberlake’s new song ‘What goes around comes around’ IS NOT the original version, but I must say I absolutely LOVE IT!
The video, which was put together by a young lady called Claire Redfield, who is sixteen years old, is a blend of Justin Timberlake music videos from his past to his present, HOWEVER this music video has a twist. The video also includes cuts from Britney Spears’ music videos. Claire has tactfully put both these videos side by side to reveal what she believes and I am sure what you will all believe is the hidden message behind Justin’s new song.
As I am sure you all know Justin and Britney were once the world’s most idolised celebrity couple but after a few years they experienced a harsh split. Although Justin claims the song is about his best friend's experience with a partner I think we can all tell by the lyrics that it is really a message to the now ‘wrecked’ Britney Spears. Which of course explains why Claire created this video.
For me watching this video almost described the build up to Justin and Britney’s break up. I liked the way each cut has been put together, using the various music videos, I think helped to create a picture story, with the song acting as the narrator describing what happened to them in the past and why. Although using different cuttings from music videos did add to the narrative of the song the wrong lip sinking I believe was a major put off! It sometimes made it extremely difficult to concentrate on listening to the lyrics to the song because the lip movements in the video were not to the same song. However, the majority of the words from the lyrics were successfully linked to similar words or actions made in previous videos, which then made particular words from the song, stand out. Although it may not have intended to do so i think that the music video resembles a time line stretching from the days when Justin was a member of NSync to his present solo career, as well the days when he was with Britney. Once again I believe this works well with the song as it adds to the narrative of the song as he is singing about his past.
Some people who may end up watching this music video might think that the white screen that sometimes appears as each scene is cut is slightly distracting or unprofessional, but I believe it is extremely effective and helps add a sense of destruction to the video, which is of course representing the state of the relationship.
Both Britney and Justin fans who watch this video will of course know that the cuttings used from this video are taken from a number of music videos, which I think I think will help them identify how well this has been put together.
The line from the song I found the most ironic was, “heard you found out what his doin’ to you. But you did me, aint dat da way it goes’’ I believe this particular line successfully conveys the entire message of the song as well as the link to his relationship with Britney.
Overall, I think the entire video is extremely successful, in my eyes its quite gripping and is very well put together for a 16 year old amateur, who had obviously just used footage from the music video’s found on the web.