Music Video Analysis 4 by Harry Lynch-Bowers
I have chosen to analyse this video because it fits into the "Rock/Metal" genre that our music video will contain. The fire represents the anger in the song, since the lyrics talk about pain and anger towards being an outcast from society. The masks represent them becoming different people when they're and upset. They are terrifying and demon-like masks which makes them seem like they are monsters but the singing parts of the song show that underneath they are just being outcast from normal society. The target audience for this video is people who like the band and the same genre, there is no specific age but it could be classed as 15 - 30. The smashing glass represents the breaking of his mental state because he has become "Psychosocial". The close-ups of the band members and not the guitars goes against convention as there are usually lots of these (especially during solos). Focus pulls are used to make it look terrifying as they are quick and reveal the masks. This video wouldn't appeal to a mainstream audience because the music is classed as "independent" from the mainstream audience and the band purposely make it like that as it appeals to the large audience that don't like popular music. Most of the video is of the band playing and burning thing in fire, apart from the start which contains short takes and cuts of symbols that relate to the song and the album like, for example, the long grass is on the album cover so there are lots of shots of going through long grass. Corey Taylor (the lead singer) doesn't have a microphone which goes against genre conventions as it is common for the singer to have one. This is done on purpose to shock the audience as the band's image is meant to be shocking. Lots of quick flashes of an abandoned house and water are used to plant the shocking images into the viewers minds as it gives the video a horror film-like atmosphere.
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