Music Video Analysis 1 by Chloe Magee
Sweet child O' mine is another song that fits into the rock genre, the music video has a mix of showing the band performing the song and cutting to black and white shots.
Within the music video key props/accessories are captured such as the top hat and long hair of slash, this identifies what the band is straight away and lets the audience know. There are also shots of the electric guitars captured, these tell the audience that the music is much heavier and rock based. The members of the band all seem to wear a lot of black leather in the music video, the black represents darker personalities and the leather makes us think the band members are quite rebellious and don't tend to wear the same sorts of clothes as everyone else. The dark clothes the members wear also shows they're quite mysterious and emotional, compared to bright colours that tell us that bands are happy. Within the video a lot of dark lighting is used, this creates lots of shadowing on the band members faces, this again makes them seem mysterious and show that they have a darker side.
The editing for this music video is quite simple, the cuts are kept quite short to go with the music. Cross-cuts are used to go from the performance of the band, to the making of the film to keep the viewer engaged with whats going on. The cuts go from ordinary colour to black and white shots, this makes the shots seem quite grainy and show how the music that they create is of a classic rock genre which goes really well with the bands image.
Within the music video there are many shots of the band members, a low angle is used on Slash, which makes him appear taller and more God like, this could be referring to his talent and the way his guitar is a huge part of Guns N Roses music. It also makes him appear more intimidating which could also be referring to the heavier music that the band makes and their rock 'n' roll image. Within the music video there are also close ups of Axl Roses face, the bands singer, this is to show what an important part of the band he is and show his expressions as he sings the lyrics which allows the viewer to see what kind of emotions he is feeling through the lyrics.
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