Music Video Analysis 3

Music Video Analysis 3 by Chloe Magee

'The Pretender' by 'Foo Fighters'

This is Foo Fighters, the pretender, another music video that is within the rock genre. It is a music video that has a mix of performance and a story that fits well with the lyrics of the song.

At the start of the music video the singer puts a bandage round his hand like he's preparing for a fight, this gives the viewer a clue of what the music video will be about and gives us a first impression of rock music, that its dangerous. Electric guitars are also shown within the music video, this tells us that this music is much heavier and rock compared to an acoustic guitar that doesn't create such a heavy sound. Apart from the singer, all the other band members are wearing all black clothes, this indicates danger and mystery. Behind the band there is a red wall used, this represents anger, rage which goes with the theme of the song and works well with the sort of music Foo Fighters make. Darker lighting is used on the army of people whereas bright lighting is used on the band, this could be showing who's the enemy. The 'enemies' within this music video are wearing shields that make it hard to see their faces properly, this makes them seem more mysterious and also goes with the lyrics of the song 'Who are you?' the red liquid the 'enemies' are battling again represents blood and death as its a battle in the song and works well.

Cuts are used to go from the singer to the person he's battling against which shows the contrast in characters and also shows how the person he's against has lots of armour to protect him whereas the singer of the band doesn't, cuts are also used to go from one person to the others face which makes the viewers feel like these two people are 'squaring' up eachother, before fighting, the shots also go from the singer to the army which makes us aware of how many people he is against. Slow motion is also used when the army is starting to charge against him, this builds tension and makes us aware the battle is about to begin.