Music video analysis (waiting all night)

1. Guy Pollard

2. In this first scene there is no music playing.
Some artists chose to do this to set up the
narrative before the music comes it. Because
there is no music this adds a lot of suspense to
the scene and it gets the audience watching
closely. This can be effective because it helps
the audience connect with the storyline better.
In this scene we have a group of BMX bikers who
are enjoying the ride around town on their bikes
and seemingly living life to the full. It is a
montage with continuity as they skip from
location to location. Everything seems fine until
the main character gets hits by a truck.
The director choses to use GoPros which
gives the audience a good visualisation of
the sport they are doing. It gives creative
shots with its wide angle lens so that the
audience can fully immerse themselves
into the action. In these shots the
characters are in natural lighting which is
quite bright. This gives the impression to
the audience that the character are
happy; furthermore the natural lighting
helps the audience believe the narrative
which can make the video all the more
powerful.

3. The music finally starts with this heartfelt
scene. The Biker is now in hospital and he has
just lost his leg. In this scene there is a lot of
close ups which shows the immense emotional
and physical pain our character is in. The
camera style is shot by an amateur hand, so
that it looks like it is his friends filming him.
This has the effect of bringing this story into
reality, which can make the message all the
more powerful.
Despite the hand camera shots there is
a lot of jump cuts and fast pace editing
to gives the audience a sense of the
drama and panic the character is going
through. This has contrasting effect
with the music genre as it is a
dance/electric. Our character is
surrounded by his friends who are there
to motivate him. So as well as providing
an interesting narrative this video is
able to provide helpful life tips to help
people get through the hard parts in
life.

4. This scene is more fitting to the genre of
the music as our character is a house party.
This is what you would expect to see from
a music video of this genre, however this
song goes against convention and tells a
powerful story which you would expect to
see with other genres such as soul or R&B.
This music video decides to take the role of
televised bard which is a theory from Sven
Carlsson. They are using a strong narrative
to tell a story rather than idolising the
artist.
This scene gives the audience an insight
into the life of the main character. We
can see that from the party vibe and the
sporting life that he has a very active
social group. This music video will attract
people to like to live life on the full like
the main character. This is why his so
hard for him as it is preventing him from
living his life how he wants to. We can
also see here that BMX biking is still the
focus here. We can see that the main
character is still chasing his dream
despite his injuries.

5. When we see the main character in this shot
we see reflection going on and on in a state of
paradox. This shot can resemble how our
character is feeling as he is stuck in a paradox
because of his injuries and it is almost
impossible to get out of it. Despite this
immense pressure and pain our character is
able to pursue his dream. There is a lot of
pauses in the editing to show the audience the
characters emotions. I believe that it would
have more effect if you had a pan or a time
laps to add more effect around the character
although it would be stepping away from their
style.
In this shot our character is shot from the
other side of the walking rail. They shoot
from the other side to show the audience
how far our character has to come. This
makes the simple task of walking seem a lot
harder and it shows the daunting battle our
character has to fight in everyday life. The
camera and editing makes sure that the
audience can see the struggle the character
is going through with lots of close ups and
shaky actions to resemble the struggle and
the nerves.

6. In this scene we see our character
looking over his passion. The camera
shot from behind gives the audience
a good reflective view to help them
understand what the character is
going through. We can see him
desperately trying to get back to the
place he used to be. This wide shot
shows the extent of what he is
missing out on as he is looking into a
society which he feels he cannot be
part of anymore.
Throughout the music video there has been
little contract with the song and the
narrative. However at this point our
character is struggling with his disability
and is desperately trying to claw his way
back into his sport. This is a scene has a
powerful effect on the audience as the
music is building as well as the character is
building himself so that he can continue
enjoying what he loves most.

7. The director of the music video has
created a very symbolic scene when his
chose to use this shot. There is a shot of
the birds flying away which is almost
what it is like for our character. Now that
our character has achieved his goal he is
able to fly away like the birds in the shot.
This is where we see his true personality
with the use of mis-en-sence in his
clothing we can see that he is an active
person who can never be held down.
Furthermore we can conclude that he is
quite immature which was confirmed by
his accident.
In this scene we see our character
looking over his passion. The camera
shot from behind gives the audience
a good reflective view to help them
understand what the character is
going through. We can see him
desperately trying to get back to the
place he used to be. This wide shot
shows the extent of what he is
missing out on as he is looking into a
society which he feels he cannot be
part of anymore.