Music Video Analysis 6 by Harry Lynch-Bowers
'21 Guns' by 'Green Day'
This video fits in well with our"Rock" theme. The video cross-cuts between a story and the performance, in the same room. The video starts with a close-up of a man holding a bullet, he drops it and as it hits the floor the guitar and vocals start. As the band start performing, there is a close of the lead singer and the other member as they get ready to start playing. The same man and another woman are opposite sides of a room, they both look depressed and are in the conventional black rock clothing. The close-ups reveal their emotions, the woman starting to look towards the man. As the song carries on, a mid-shot reveals police lights out of the window and the woman walking towards it as all the band start playing. A close up shows her closing the blinds as the man watches her. The crescendoing verse climaxes to the chorus as the man attempts to turn the television on. A bullets hits it and a long-shot reveals the woman and bullets flying though the wall behind her. The scene is in slow-motion from here to extend the moment but also, for effect to shock the viewer. Close-ups around the room show bullets hitting objects but not affecting the band, connoting that they are telling the story and therefore not affected by the threat. When the song continues into the verse, the micros seem to slow down, with longer cuts and shots, slower sound and the guns seemed to have stopped. The phone then rings, from the actor's body language and facial expression, it is connoted to the audience that it is bad news. The two actors look at each other and as it crescendos at the chorus, they start walking towards each other as the bullets fly again (all whilst being in slow-motion). Then as it goes into the bridge, they kiss in the middle and the lighting changes to a spotlight on them. The video is very powerful as it uses to song to tell a story using micro-elements to connote emotion to the audience.
This video fits in well with our"Rock" theme. The video cross-cuts between a story and the performance, in the same room. The video starts with a close-up of a man holding a bullet, he drops it and as it hits the floor the guitar and vocals start. As the band start performing, there is a close of the lead singer and the other member as they get ready to start playing. The same man and another woman are opposite sides of a room, they both look depressed and are in the conventional black rock clothing. The close-ups reveal their emotions, the woman starting to look towards the man. As the song carries on, a mid-shot reveals police lights out of the window and the woman walking towards it as all the band start playing. A close up shows her closing the blinds as the man watches her. The crescendoing verse climaxes to the chorus as the man attempts to turn the television on. A bullets hits it and a long-shot reveals the woman and bullets flying though the wall behind her. The scene is in slow-motion from here to extend the moment but also, for effect to shock the viewer. Close-ups around the room show bullets hitting objects but not affecting the band, connoting that they are telling the story and therefore not affected by the threat. When the song continues into the verse, the micros seem to slow down, with longer cuts and shots, slower sound and the guns seemed to have stopped. The phone then rings, from the actor's body language and facial expression, it is connoted to the audience that it is bad news. The two actors look at each other and as it crescendos at the chorus, they start walking towards each other as the bullets fly again (all whilst being in slow-motion). Then as it goes into the bridge, they kiss in the middle and the lighting changes to a spotlight on them. The video is very powerful as it uses to song to tell a story using micro-elements to connote emotion to the audience.
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