Thursday, 11 September 2014

Music Video Analysis 2


2). Drowning Pool - Bodies
Date: May 14, 2001
Label:Wind-up records
Genre: Nu Metal
Director: Glen Bennett
Audience: Nu metal/ metal fans

Mise en scene:


  • Set in a mental asylum
  • very desaturated colours add to the erie vibe
  • black and white clothing, very desaturated
  • certain scenes set at night time


Camerawork:


  • Use of fish-eye lenses to simulate looking hole through a door and also the lens of surveillance cameras
  • panning using a track and dolly
  • close up shots
  • High and low angled shots
  • Breaking the 180 degree rule to make the audience feel disorientated

Editing:



  • Jump cuts occur very often to match the fast pace of the song
  • footage of the band and actors appear on the screen of the TV
  • shot reverse shot style of editing the footage where two different shots are constantly being switched between each other
  • shots switch when the singer counts down to the chorus

Performance:



  • Actor in the chair does a very believable performance of a mental patient.
  • singer performs as a doctor in a mental ward
  • Band are rather hyper when performing the song with instruments 


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