Monday, 6 January 2014

VIDEO ANALYSIS 3: The Script - Man Who Can't Be Moved

 FEATURES TO LOOK FOR
 GENERAL EXAMPLE
 DETAILED EXAMPLE
 Genre Characteristics
 Band are shown performing with a microphone, guitar and drum set (typical indie band)
 Artist in narrative part of video is shown wearing a hoodie and jeans, stereotypical outfit of an indie/rock singer to wear
 Relationships between lyrics and visuals?
The band are seen performing in what looks like an empty car park and are singing along with the lyrics (throughout video)
 2:40-2:52 - shows the artist singing along however visuals present as if he is on a news channel being interviewed
 Relationships between music and visuals?
 During guitar at the very beginning of song the artist's footsteps are in time to the music
 Towards the end of the song when the chorus begins for the third/fourth time, the editing is sped up showing that time is passing
 Close ups of the artist/star motifs?
 When band members are performing there are a few close ups of them (throughout the video)
 2:00-2:04 shows the emotion on the artist's face
3:18-3:20 - close up of artist in the rain showing he is upset 
 Reference to the notion of looking?
 0.14-0.16 - Danny looks right into camera
 2:00-2:04, camera pans and the artist follows it. This is also linked to the above as it's a close up shot to show emotion
 Intertextual references

 Used when the artist is "featured on the news" - there is a news reporter and the screen says "BREAKING NEWS" implying that the artist is actually being interviewed on the news
 Performance/Narrative/Concept based - how much of each?
 Narrative and Performance
Just about equal; the video is both performance and narrative. The band are shown a lot whilst performing in the empty car park as well as the lead singer being shown acting in the narrative.


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