Camera work
One of the most used camera shots in the music video would be the close up of the lead singer. This is to emphasis the meaning of his singing and make the song more personal. The use of the camera work in the narrative side of the video is very experimental as they capture the women in the video in many different positions. All of them are either in the car or on the car but there is rarely one shot where she is in the same position. Another common camera shot would be a long shot in the performance showing the band at the concert and the crowd enjoying their music. This shot really shows of the band and their endless limits as a band. This shot is used to show of what the band are capable of. An example of one of the most used camera shots is a close up of the lead singer shown below. In our music video we are going to use lots of close ups just like this music video.
Editing
The editing in the narrative is extremely fast paced. In the narrative a women is shown who is in love with the lead singer of the band. The editing on the whole is fast paced just like any other Rock video because of the style of the music that Rock contains. In the music video there are also some nice continuity changes from the performance to the narrative and vice verse. For example there is a scene where the guitarist sticks out his tongue in the performance and this carries onto the narrative with the lead singer sticking out his tongue at the women. This helps to make the transition between narrative and performance flow more smoothly.
Sound
The sound in this music video is all non diegetic music of the songs lyrics. There is one lyric line that is mimed by the women in the narrative but nothing comes out of her mouth so this means it is still non diegetic sound.
Lighting
The lighting in this video is used well as the light comforts the large amount of dark in the room well. A good example picture of the light comforting the dark well is shown below. The spot lights are often concentrated on the band members like this one here.
There is one use of lighting during the video that is particularly good. This is when 3 separate lights all focus on 3 members of the band standing together in the middle. One light comes from the right at the top, one from the left at the top and the last one above them. This looks really good in the video and they use this 3 lights together technique for a lot of the video as you can see from the picture above. The lighting in this video is very impressive and we would definitely use lighting like this in our music video if it was possible but it is not financially possible.
Mise-en-scene
The mise-en-scene location in the music video is a big concert stage. This stage is extremely big and has a lot of room for the band to move about on and show off their skills. The mise-en-scene props include all of the light positions and band instruments. The lights are perfectly in place to make the most out the video and get the right amount of lighting. With the instruments and the band members they are all fairly far apart from each other to show the amount of room they have. This is the case for most of the video except for a few shots where the band are close together to emphasis the togetherness of the band.
Narrative
The narrative of this video is very concentrated on this one girl in which seems to be in love with the lead singer. Most of the narrative is only shown for a few seconds at a time and then comes back after a bit of performance. The narrative only consists of scenes with the women alone and the women with the lead singer who she looks to be in love with. This is a very simple narrative but effective as the performance makes up for the small narrative with a big performance. You will find that the performances in Rock videos are always more important than the narrative as Rock bands will want to show off their skills with their selected instruments of voices. Below is an example picture from the narrative side of the video. The narrative in this video is completly different to the narrative in our video as we are going for a different approac by showing the band building up to the performance side even though both songs are of the same genre.
The performance of the band in the music video is set in a massive concert type of location. This is used to really emphasis the huge scale of the band and their popularity. The band have lots of room to move about and perform around. The performance makes sure that they show plenty of the different members of the band. This lets the audience see all the different members and how they act individually. The performance side of the video will be similar to ours as we wat to show off the bands skill and experience.
Genre
The genre of the song is Glam Rock. You can tell this song is from the Glam Rock genre as the band members wear eccentric clothing and have big and long hair. The band "White Snake" also are very conventional in this genre as they perform poses etc that are suggested to be sexual. An example of this would be when the lead singer thrusting his mic stand up and down. We have made a section in our music video to perform some sort of sexual reference like this.
Representation
The representation of this music video shows in the narrative that the lead singer of the band and the women in the narrative are in love. The songs lyrics suggest that the song is about choosing to be in a relationship rather than be alone. This is suggested by the line "To walk along the lonely street of dreams" in the lyrics. This song is also represented as a fun and cool song to sing along with. I think that "White Snake" really wanted to include the audience into their song so that they feel involved.
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