Music Video Analysis 2 by Chloe Magee
For one of my music video analyses I chose to do Teenage dirtbag by Wheatus as it again is the kind of genre I will be looking at for my music video and a music video I think works well with the song.
Dark lighting is used at the start of the music video, as well as one of the main subjects wearing dark colours which reflects his mood of gloom and un-happy. At the start of the music video his bike is knocked over which is used to show the viewer of the music video the status of the student that makes him almost invisible to everyone which is a big part of this video. Bright lighting is used at times throughout the video on the girl within the video, this shows how he views her and how she makes him feel compared to all the other people within his school. Sports jackets are worn within the music video by the 'cool' kids in a bright red colour which stands out from the other students compared to when the less popular boy is shown and seems to try and blend in and stay invisible but gets in the way of everyone in the hall. A red t-shirt is worn by the singer when he's singing about how she doesn't know who he is, shows his anger that he can't be noticed by her and possibly frustrated he can't be popular. A loser sign is used above the un-popular student when he is sitting eating lunch on his own, darker lighting is also used on him compared the 'cool' kids who have bright lighting when shown, this shows his status within the school in contrast to who he aspires to be like. At the school dance the girl wears a red dress, this could represent the romance, love between them both. Another prop within the music video used is the Iron Maiden tickets, these could be included to show how they're actually more alike than he thinks.
At the start of the music video a dream like transition is used to go from him being asleep to at the school, this shows how he's escaped his reality at high school to go to a dream. Cross cutting is used from the story of the song to the performance which shows a contrast in images, from the un-popular student and the singer of Wheatus. The cuts from the boy, who has a background of empty tables and chairs compared to the girl, who has a crowd of people behind her reflects her popularity compared to him. Slow motion is used on the girl at the start of the music video as she walks near him, shows his attraction to her and how her being around him makes him feel.
An establishing show of the school is used to set the music video and show it is relevant to the song. The first shot shown is a guy on the stairs, a low angle is used and he doesn't take up most of the space in the shot, which suggests the guy has little important to his surroundings. In the shots of walking down the hall we see the 'popular' students take up the whole shot whereas the 'un-popular' student takes up barely any of the shot, this makes him seem smaller and inferior to some of the other students and automatically tells us his status within the school. When the guy is eating lunch on his own a high angle is used on him when he's eating lunch on his own and he's sitting down which makes him again seem smaller, when it cuts to the popular kids a low angle is used which makes them seem taller and they're also standing up which makes them seem more intimidating to him.
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