Restricted describes the parts in a music video where we are treated to clips where the narrative is only fixed on one character, and the audience can only see what they see, which can sometimes be something very confusing. For example, in this video the first few seconds are just close-ups of the man and womans face, and they show now difinitive emotion, and we know how they are related.
Omniscient describes the parts in a music video where the narrative is not tied to anything in particular in the video, and the camera lets the audience in to more than what the character can guess. For example, in this video, after the close ups of the man and women, we are given a long shot of the woman on the roof, and we suddenly realise she wants to commit suicide, and that the mans going to realise shes up there and save her, and although thats not a perfect recollection of the video, it is pretty much what happens.
Using restrictions in the video, creates a very suspensful type of story, and can maybe add a bit more drama into something in which might of been very boring otherwise. Saying that though, omniscient usage of camera shots and clips could also be used to create another type of tension, where the audience know exactly what is going on, and is dying for the character to find out too.
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