The document analyzes and summarizes key elements found in several rock music videos including Foo Fighters' "Pretender", Muse's "Time is Running Out", The Rolling Stones' "Doom and Gloom", U2's "Numb", and Green Day's "American Idiot". Many of the videos feature bands playing instruments, low pitch lighting, casual dark clothing, close-ups that create a sense of voyeurism, and content that amplifies the lyrics of the songs. Settings for the videos include warehouses, dark rooms, and unspecified performance spaces.

1. Rock
Analysis of rock music videos

2. Foo Fighters - Pretender
• Band members playing instruments/singing
• Black and white colours
• Bright lighting
• Casual/dark clothing
• Close ups – a relationship between the record label, artist
and audience (voyeurism)
• Tracking shots
• Wide shots
• Warehouse setting
• Amplifying – the lyrics are exaggerated by the video
content
• Narrative/abstract

3. Muse – Time is Running Out
• Band members playing instruments/singing
• Low pitch lighting
• Casual/dark clothing
• Close ups – voyeurism
• Illustrative content to match the lyrics
• In a dark room – having a meeting
• Wide shots
• A routine – to make sounds
• Women in revealing clothing – voyeurism
• Narrative/performance

4. Rolling Stones – Doom and Gloom
• Low pitch lighting
• Women in revealing clothing – voyeurism
• Close ups – relationship between artist and audience
• Band members playing instruments
• A warehouse/dark building
• Amplifying video content for lyrics
• Casual/dark clothes (e.g. jeans)
• Black and white and colour
• Performance/abstract

5. U2 – Numb
• Low pitch lighting
• Close up – voyeurism
• Casual/dark clothing
• Women – voyeurism
• Singing
• Amplifying video content for lyrics
• Narrative
• No variation in camera angles

6. Green Day – American Idiot
• Low pitch lighting
• Dark/casual clothing
• Band members playing instruments
• Amplifying video content for lyrics
• Close ups – voyeurism
• Green tint to lighting
• Wide shots
• Performance