Muse – Undisclosed Desires http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8OOWcsFj0U
Mise-en-Scene | Editing | Cinematography | Performance/Representation |
- ‘Underground lair’ atmosphere, sense of being forbidden (links to the titular ‘desires’?) - Silver/grey/white background contrasted with the black/red/blue of the costumes - plays with the conventions of music video-making, showing the glass that frames ‘Matt’s close-up, wide shot’ etc. - electrical cables connects with the genre of music that is playing and theme of video – electric/robotic (man plugs wires into his shoes) - words of song appear on screen to give them emphasis - girl dancing in dirty white trainers, suggests that the purity of white has been corrupted. | - cutaways to dancer, people moving instruments, words appearing on screen - cuts to feet at start, man plugging cable into shoes and woman dancing - black out at the end, finality/cliff hanger? | - slick, stylish - dull white, electrical lighting - tracking, makes the video more interesting, sense of exploring the theme in the video - high tilted angles showing distortion of status - low angles woman dancing creates a more impressive image | - sporadic motion of the female dancer matches with the music – quite confused and constricted motions suggests she is conflicted - costume of the female dancer is dressed in electric cables, connoting she has been kidnapped or restricted. The first shot is of her legs, masculine connotations - costumes of the males are quite conservative, black sun glasses & black leather jackets and t-shirts – don’t show much emotion, just stand and play at their respective instruments |
Placebo – Pure Morning http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbHkwrGgsoA&feature=related
Mise-en-scene | Editing | Cinematography | Performance/Representation |
- grey/black very dull colours, even the yellows/reds of fire engine have been numbed. – bleak - twist on suicide theme, singer starts walking down the building | - slow motion, builds tension - cut away, creates ‘will he/won’t he?’ question in viewers mind. Builds tension. - music and video fade out in unison | - high angle off the building, to show depth – make the audience scared that singer might jump | - stereotypical Goth image: black nail varnish, long black hair and black clothes – commit suicide - performance is very minimal, artist stands blank faced at camera for most of the video. The background actors portray shock and horror at the singer committing suicide. |
Bullet for my Valentine – Hand of Blood http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZwjTVXP5Dg
Mise-en-scene | Editing | Cinematography | Performance/Representation |
- light fades in with music - head banging to drum beat - UV lights; red, white and green strobes - Young audience head banging with the song, shows band is popular and the target audience | - quick cuts | - still camera in few positions: close up, wide, mid and extreme close-up - hand held, emphasises the sense of frenzy in the room | - young audience jumping up and down with the music, club scene - emo image, greasy hair, ripped clothes, tattoos |
All Time Low – Lost in Stereo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VH45MMtFWQ
Mise-en-scene | Editing | Cinematography | Performance/Representation |
- concert and behind the scenes - vast concert hall filled with thousands of fans, band looks popular - guy driving a golf buggy into geese, cross-dressing, paintballing, speaking on banana phones portraying how ‘funny’ and ‘quirky’ the group is - city | - photo montage at the start showing crowd waiting for band to begin - cutaway photos of city to show the location | - crane shot of audience, shows how large it is - hand held camera in the crowd to make viewer feel like they are in the audience | - attempts to show a typical day back stage at an All Time Low concert. Shows how ‘fun’ and ‘interesting’ the band is. |
My Chemical Romance – Black Parade http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDWgsQhbaqU
Mise-en-scene | Editing | Cinematography | Performance/Representation |
- snowy, bleak dystopia - blood red is the only prominent colour – disturbing - hospital has disturbing connotation, suggestion of madness. Patient looks ill - parade through debris and destruction, theme links with lyrics (‘your memory will carry on’) - pale face on a black & white TV, feeling of 1984 (the book) and rebellion | - black & white - aged effect, makes footage look old - band appears in a circle effect, centre of attention also like an old video - jump cuts (man on float, then off float) | - wide shots of the destruction and of the ‘black parade’ - high angles, suggests the band is singing to some higher power (like in 1984 to the big brother character) - zooms, creates excitement | - quite theatrical (esp. in the hospital by the nurses) - avoids the typical head banging - band plays their respective instruments |
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