Music Video Analysis

Music Video Analysis:

Camera Work:

• 360 degree of camera spinning around the room at pace. 
• Lots of pan movement around main singer.
• Close ups mainly focus on lead singer and others in the band.
• Quite shaky the camera to portray atmosphere in the scene. 
• Close ups on guitar and drums to emphasise usage in that part of the song. 
• Few long shots of band including the crowd showing the atmosphere in the room and how the music makes them feel.
• Crane shots above the crowd in order to record the band. 
• Camera moves out the way of the subject and fades to a new one.

Editing:

• Quick jump cuts to rhythm of upbeat music. 
• Cuts pick up pace towards the chorus of the song.
• Cuts slow down after chorus until they build up again.
• Fades from white to black at the end.
• Fades within some parts fading to a new subject.
• Smooth zoom transition on drummer as he bangs the drum it cuts to a new subject.

Sound:

• Sound is all diegetic with instruments and singing all being natural and in the right place. Possibly added after making it non-diegetic but due to the music video showing them performing it represents its self as diegetic
• Crowd sound edited out in order to hear the song. You can imagine the crowd singing along during the performance and at the end clapping and cheering showing it has been edited out.

Mise en scene:

• Lighting is very vibrant, alive as well as artificial representing the mood in the room to the song and band. Colours match the lighting given off.
• Clothes worn are smart casuals matching stereotypes of a rock n roll band trying to stay in fashion and were casual clothing kind of like football hooligan clothes.
• Objects included are the instruments and speakers which are used by most performers within the music industry. 
• Main singer dominates shots as well as being at the front and centre of the stage. 

Analysis:

The Music video here is a great example of what we would be looking for in terms of piecing shots together in the future, timing sounds with relevant parts of the song like in Goodwin's theory (relationships between visuals and sound). When to pick up pace of shots and the continuity of shots used as well as corresponding to particular sounds. Also we can capitalise on the use of fashion and equipment used to also help inspire the music video we're to create.