The opening shot shows the band with low-lighting creating a silhouette effect and lots of shadows, showing already this is a dark and depressing scene. The camera pans into forwards and they come closer into our view, it then fades to a then show a close-up of one of the band member strumming the guitar. It then fades again to a scene with a boy getting something out of the boot of his car but as a point of view shot as the camera is looking through a window, this implies someone is watching him. The fades that are being used are helping to allow similar shots to flow together and for it to go from a different time phase smoothly.
Next we are introduced to a female character as the male enters a house, and the camera zooms in to a close up of photographs of these two characters which she is holding over a box, it seems as though they are just moving in together, which implies they are a couple, and from the close-up of her face we can see she is happy. Mid-shots of these characters together confirm that they are a couple, as we see them kissing and being happy together. “I really miss your hair in my face” is sung during a close up of the woman’s hands on the male’s face, but he looks troubled, this helps to explain to us that maybe everything isn’t what meets the eye, and there may be a problem or a secret he is keeping from her.
This video definitely uses typical codes and conventions from the rock genre as there are a lot of close ups of the band and the actors, which allows audience to relate to the narrative and it also allows the audience to see more detail so they feel more involved. The band’s faces are not always lit, and the shadows surrounding them reinforce the idea of darkness and unhappiness which fits the song’s lyrics.
“you deserve much better than me” is sung when a close-up of the males face is shown on screen, and then cuts to looking outside a window and a man is stood as though he is waiting for something, this implies to us that the male in the relationship is definitely in trouble or keeping something from his girlfriend, and due to the darkness on stage this could end in disaster.
A little further into the video we see a close up of drugs being given to the male, which cuts to the female putting a picture of them both in a frame on the mantelpiece, showing that she is happy but her world may be about to fall apart due to the man’s actions and the fact he is keeping it from her.
We see the male is reflecting on what he is about to do when we see him enter the kitchen and through as mid-shot we see him put the drugs on the side, and he picks up photographs of him and his girlfriend, and a close up of these provokes emotion in the audience as we feel worried and anxious about what he’s going to do and the music’s pace picks up a little bit. A close-up of hid face shows he is confused, possibly about what he is going to do and he is reflecting on what he should do, knowing his relationship may be at cost if he does the drugs and is found out.
His reflecting on his relationship ends, and his addiction to drugs takes over. We see from a close-up of him smashing a light-bulb, in order to put drugs on there and turn the cooker on so he can inhale them. From mid-shots we see him starting shaking and leaning against anything as though he has no control; we also notice from a quick close-up that he is holding a picture of him and his girlfriend, which is really emotive for the audience. The rock genre is dramatic and just from this narrative we can see how depressing and dramatic the story is.
The pace suddenly speeds up from a mid-shot of the girlfriend opening the front door with a burst of light entering as she does, a quick cut to the band also shows sudden lights going on, to another quick cut of the male as he stumbles around, and we can see the drugs arE having a bad effect on him from a point of view shot where everything is blurry, and we see him grab hold of his own arm tightly as though he is losing grip of his world.
A sudden shot of an extreme close up of the male’s face in pain is shown and is zoomed out as he girlfriend comes to hold onto him, and a sudden burst of light on stage and quick shots follow the dramatics of the song as the pace is now at its quickest and the drums at their loudest. The cuts go from the singer to the male’s face, to the male going crazy and throwing everything around, to the singer, to the girlfriend on the floor from where she was pushed. This shots are in time with the beat of the drum and the action is synchronous with the sound and pace of the music.
To keep with placing emotion into the audience during this dramatic sound of music after the quick cuts we are shown many close ups after each other, one of the woman’s face with a black scarf over her head and tears falling down her face, to the man lying still and pale in a coffin. Showing that the original thoughts from the shots the camera displayed was true, the male was going to do something to destroy his relationship with her. More close-ups of her crying are shown and then a mid-shot of her running to the coffin, to a close-up of her hand against his face, which reminds us of the time when they were happy when this same shot was played when he was alive and they were happy. We also notice from the mis-en-scene she is wearing black and no other colour which represents the sadness she is expressing and the depressed state she feels.
This explains how she did “deserve much better” than him and how it was although he was pre-warning her.
Next we are introduced to a female character as the male enters a house, and the camera zooms in to a close up of photographs of these two characters which she is holding over a box, it seems as though they are just moving in together, which implies they are a couple, and from the close-up of her face we can see she is happy. Mid-shots of these characters together confirm that they are a couple, as we see them kissing and being happy together. “I really miss your hair in my face” is sung during a close up of the woman’s hands on the male’s face, but he looks troubled, this helps to explain to us that maybe everything isn’t what meets the eye, and there may be a problem or a secret he is keeping from her.
This video definitely uses typical codes and conventions from the rock genre as there are a lot of close ups of the band and the actors, which allows audience to relate to the narrative and it also allows the audience to see more detail so they feel more involved. The band’s faces are not always lit, and the shadows surrounding them reinforce the idea of darkness and unhappiness which fits the song’s lyrics.
“you deserve much better than me” is sung when a close-up of the males face is shown on screen, and then cuts to looking outside a window and a man is stood as though he is waiting for something, this implies to us that the male in the relationship is definitely in trouble or keeping something from his girlfriend, and due to the darkness on stage this could end in disaster.
A little further into the video we see a close up of drugs being given to the male, which cuts to the female putting a picture of them both in a frame on the mantelpiece, showing that she is happy but her world may be about to fall apart due to the man’s actions and the fact he is keeping it from her.
We see the male is reflecting on what he is about to do when we see him enter the kitchen and through as mid-shot we see him put the drugs on the side, and he picks up photographs of him and his girlfriend, and a close up of these provokes emotion in the audience as we feel worried and anxious about what he’s going to do and the music’s pace picks up a little bit. A close-up of hid face shows he is confused, possibly about what he is going to do and he is reflecting on what he should do, knowing his relationship may be at cost if he does the drugs and is found out.
His reflecting on his relationship ends, and his addiction to drugs takes over. We see from a close-up of him smashing a light-bulb, in order to put drugs on there and turn the cooker on so he can inhale them. From mid-shots we see him starting shaking and leaning against anything as though he has no control; we also notice from a quick close-up that he is holding a picture of him and his girlfriend, which is really emotive for the audience. The rock genre is dramatic and just from this narrative we can see how depressing and dramatic the story is.
The pace suddenly speeds up from a mid-shot of the girlfriend opening the front door with a burst of light entering as she does, a quick cut to the band also shows sudden lights going on, to another quick cut of the male as he stumbles around, and we can see the drugs arE having a bad effect on him from a point of view shot where everything is blurry, and we see him grab hold of his own arm tightly as though he is losing grip of his world.
A sudden shot of an extreme close up of the male’s face in pain is shown and is zoomed out as he girlfriend comes to hold onto him, and a sudden burst of light on stage and quick shots follow the dramatics of the song as the pace is now at its quickest and the drums at their loudest. The cuts go from the singer to the male’s face, to the male going crazy and throwing everything around, to the singer, to the girlfriend on the floor from where she was pushed. This shots are in time with the beat of the drum and the action is synchronous with the sound and pace of the music.
To keep with placing emotion into the audience during this dramatic sound of music after the quick cuts we are shown many close ups after each other, one of the woman’s face with a black scarf over her head and tears falling down her face, to the man lying still and pale in a coffin. Showing that the original thoughts from the shots the camera displayed was true, the male was going to do something to destroy his relationship with her. More close-ups of her crying are shown and then a mid-shot of her running to the coffin, to a close-up of her hand against his face, which reminds us of the time when they were happy when this same shot was played when he was alive and they were happy. We also notice from the mis-en-scene she is wearing black and no other colour which represents the sadness she is expressing and the depressed state she feels.
This explains how she did “deserve much better” than him and how it was although he was pre-warning her.
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