seeing as im not at school today i thought id tackle 1 of my 3 textual analysis.
im going to do my textual analysis of a music video by a band called Blink-182 called 'Adams Song'.
mise-en-scene
The video starts off with a wide shot of the band walking towards the camera with the city in the background and cars driving past. this shot establishes to the audience who the focal pooint of the video is and also gives the band some recognition. the way that they are walking, slouching, and the clothes/hairrstyles , hands in pockets, cap turned backwards, all these indicates to the audience what the target audience, and allows he audience to relate to them as the average teens that share the teen angst that all teens do
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after this 8 seconds of footage, a photo is taken of them and zooms out to reveal the photo stuck to a wall of a room which the band are playing in.
however its not until the band start playing that we here lyrics, this would be linking the visuals with the music. the room that the band are playing in has an industrial feel to it. i think its an empty mulit story car park which has quite a dingy depressing feel to it, links to the depressingness of the song. theres also lots of pictures on the wall which are very roughly placed and accompanied with the wires averywhere,the whole set is given a very raw atmosphere.
im going to do my textual analysis of a music video by a band called Blink-182 called 'Adams Song'.
mise-en-scene
The video starts off with a wide shot of the band walking towards the camera with the city in the background and cars driving past. this shot establishes to the audience who the focal pooint of the video is and also gives the band some recognition. the way that they are walking, slouching, and the clothes/hairrstyles , hands in pockets, cap turned backwards, all these indicates to the audience what the target audience, and allows he audience to relate to them as the average teens that share the teen angst that all teens do
.after this 8 seconds of footage, a photo is taken of them and zooms out to reveal the photo stuck to a wall of a room which the band are playing in.
however its not until the band start playing that we here lyrics, this would be linking the visuals with the music. the room that the band are playing in has an industrial feel to it. i think its an empty mulit story car park which has quite a dingy depressing feel to it, links to the depressingness of the song. theres also lots of pictures on the wall which are very roughly placed and accompanied with the wires averywhere,the whole set is given a very raw atmosphere.
the video then proceeds to show various different shots of the band playing in this set and a couple of verses of the song, the camera zooms into a different photo in the background and this changes the scene as the photo comes alive so to speak and we are now taken into a crowded hallway that appears to be a house party, which is typical of 90's americans teens. after going through the hallway we are pulled back and meet with the band holding their intruments. were then pulled out of the same picture and back into the carpark where the second chorus is played. this song is relativley depressing and this feeling is enforced by use of dull depressing colours aswell as unimpressed emotions on the bands faces. at one point in the song theres another party scene, these are promanent in the video, there is a close up of the drummer Travis, and his 'look' really sums up their audience by the things that he wears: 
SOUND
the sound in any music video is the most important aspect as a video is initially just promoting the song. 'Adams Song' starts with a dull repetative riff that eventually kicks in with a drum beat as the photo is taken in the begining. the drum beat gets more upbeat as the camera zooms out to reveal the band. and as soon as the whole band is in sight, the lead singer starts singing. this song is all about teenage angst and the lyrics which supprt that idea would be "im too depressed to go on, youll be sorry when im gone." for example. throughout the song the lyrics "i never thought id die alone" are repeated which has been done for impact. another reason i beleive this song to be abouut teen angst is theres one lyric that says "give all my things to all my freinds, youll never step foot in my room again" this sounds like an instruction to a parent and it sounds as though this guy still lives with his parents, indicating that hes still a teen. he also mentions his mum quite alot in the song, another indication of teenagers.
im gunna do the camera work n editing at another occasion because Rob coker is here and i cba to to it all. xoxoxo
SOUND
the sound in any music video is the most important aspect as a video is initially just promoting the song. 'Adams Song' starts with a dull repetative riff that eventually kicks in with a drum beat as the photo is taken in the begining. the drum beat gets more upbeat as the camera zooms out to reveal the band. and as soon as the whole band is in sight, the lead singer starts singing. this song is all about teenage angst and the lyrics which supprt that idea would be "im too depressed to go on, youll be sorry when im gone." for example. throughout the song the lyrics "i never thought id die alone" are repeated which has been done for impact. another reason i beleive this song to be abouut teen angst is theres one lyric that says "give all my things to all my freinds, youll never step foot in my room again" this sounds like an instruction to a parent and it sounds as though this guy still lives with his parents, indicating that hes still a teen. he also mentions his mum quite alot in the song, another indication of teenagers.
im gunna do the camera work n editing at another occasion because Rob coker is here and i cba to to it all. xoxoxo
1 comment:
Well done for getting the start of your textual analysis notes up on the blog. Now finish this off and get a couple more of your analyses up here...
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