Liam Glencross: Analysis of a Rock Video

Finger Eleven - Paralyzer

Sound

The sound for this video starts off very quietly with the small sound of the wind blowing through an empty street and when a character enters the scene again all we can hear is the diegetic sound of the man walking. Then once we have seen the singer of the band the music begins and the scene progresses, from this we know that the man on the roof is part of the band as this is when the music starts.

Cinematography

In this rock music video there is a blue filter used to make the scenes seem less colorful giving a moody type of feel to the song. There are a lot of wide and medium shots of the band together but there are also quite a few close ups of the members of the band. These are then cross cut with close ups and medium shots of a man in a suit dancing with other formally dressed people, this tells the audience that the people can hear the music and are dancing to it shown in the Tube chop below.

Mise-En-Scene

The mise-en-scene for this music video is very contrasting to make differences stand out which is what the song is about, where there is a man in a suit dancing with other formally dressed people and that cross cuts with the shots of the band who are wearing quite casual band clothing which shows the differences. I Think the mise-en-scene reflects the differences between people of different classes, there is also a look between the singer of the band and the man in the suit which shows there differences. You can see these in the Gif and Tube Chop below.

Look Exchange between Suited man and Singer.

Editing

The editing for the rock music video varys in its pace as in the beginning the pace starts off quite slow and very film like. Then the music starts and the cutting moves with the drum beat showing various types of buildings before coming off the drum beat and moving into a quicker pace of editing cutting between the band and the man in the suit. I think that this helps the audience get into the beat and the feel of the music by the use of a visual stimulation. This is seen below in the Gifs.