Task 8 - Music Video Analysis Part 2

Gaslight Anthem - 45

Narrative

The narrative of this song is all about the lead singer reminiscing of the time of record players. The video however has two narratives. One is that the band is just playing in a dark room and the other is fans turning up to a gig and then the band perform live.

Camera

There are a lot of closeups used in this video. These are mainly focused on the faces of the band members when they are playing their music. There are also long shots in this music video. These occur rarely throughout the video but they are used to show the band performing on stage and the camera is positioned behind the fans. There is a number of medium shots used in this video fro, when the band are getting ready to perform to when they actually are performing.

Sound

The only sound used in this video is the actual track from the band Gaslight Anthem.

Editing

There is no use of any special effects or major editing techniques during this video. There are of course jump cuts and such in this video but the video is mainly focused on the music and the band performing rather than having a narrative based video and as such the need for huge amounts of editing is not required.

Mise-en-scene

The band members in this video are wearing the stereotypical rock clothing. The band members are all wearing clothes that they would wear in real life so there is no specific costumes for this video. Setting wise when the band are playing to nobody else they are in a darkened room with just a few spotlights shining on them. It is hard to determine what setting this was done in because of the lighting. When the band are performing live to their fans there is still the dark setting but there is the blue lighting to accompany the white lighting. Also the band appear to be performing on a fairly small stage in a small venue.

Dropkick Murphys - Rose Tattoo

Narrative

The story behind this video is one of the lead singer telling the story of growing up and how he got his tattoos. The tattoos of the lead singer document his life story. The narrative of the video is that the band are sitting in bar around a table. Such things a playing cards, poker chips and beers are on the table also. The band also start performing the song whilst sat round the table.

Camera

This video is unique. Although there are a lot of live camera shots a lot a still images have been used in this video as well. These images generally seem to show the city of Boston (America). Such skills as inside a tattoo parlour and the tattoos themselves are also used extensively. In terms of actual camera shots there are a large amount of closeups. This is because the actual filming predominantly takes place around the table in the bar. The closeups included feature the tattoos, the playing cards and most of all the lead singer.  

Editing

No major editing techniques have been used in this video other than the usual jump cuts as well as the placement of the still images. The whole video however has been created with a grey scale filter

Mise-en-scene

No real mise-en-scene has been played upon for this music video. The band members are wearing no special costumes as they are all wearing clothes they would wear anyway. The setting is the only factor of mise en scene in this video. It appears the band are in an Irish bar where it seems like there isn't a great deal of lighting.