1. Music VideoAnalysis
Hozier – Sedated https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6T46AdXR328
Target Audience &
Needs
I thinkthe targetaudience forthissongis late teens –youngadultsbecause I thinkinthe song’slyricshe goeson aboutthe
problemswithbeingalate teen/youngadultnowadays.Ialsothinkthat the videoisaimedatthe same audience because it’sjust
himwithhisguitarand themtype of videosseemtobe popular.
Lyrics (Meaning
Implied?)
The lyricsto the chorus are:
“You and I nursing on a poison that never stung
Our teeth and lungs are lined with the scum of it
Somewhere for this, death and guns
We are deaf, we are numb
Free and young and we can feel none of it”
I thinkinthe chorus he is speakingaboutwhatit’slike tobe youngandthe problemswiththe worldnowadays the lyric “You and I
nursing on a poison that never stung”. This lyric is saying that people are being brought up and have grown up in a world where
there isso much hate for a certain group of people or religion just on the chance that something might happen or has happened
but manyyearsago. He’s saying that we are trying to comeback from a problem that has either never happened or happened so
long ago that the last generation won’t even remember.
“Free and young and we can feel none of it”. I think this lyric is saying that we are supposed to be free to live our lives how we
wantto but we can’t because we’ve eitherbeenbroughtuptocare too much aboutwhatother people think of us or being in fear
of how the things we do in our lives or how were born will upset somebody we’ve never met and being in fear of never being
treatedequallyjustbecause of whowe are.We are being brought up in a world where they are pretending to be so big on trying
to make everyone equalwhenreallynoone canseem to fathom the idea that people are different and people do have different
views and if everybody was the same and thought the same the world will be a lot more boring.
Tempo The tempoof the songis slowbuton the chorus it’sfasterthanthe verses.
Genre I thinkthe genre of the musicvideoissort of an indie mixedwithaneasylisteningtype of video. I think it is an easy listening type
of musicvideobecause it’sjustsomebody stood in the middle of a dark room singing with a guitar with nothing else around him

2. Music VideoAnalysis
exceptforprojectedimagesof space andthe lyricsmovingroundhim.Ithinkthe videoisverysimilartoother music videos of this
genre because of these reasons,anotherreasonIthinkhe videoissimilar to other easy listening ones is because like many other
easylisteningvideositisperformance based.Thismeanswhere the singe issingingthe songtothe camera all the way through the
video.
CameraTechnique The video uses mid-shots. It only uses them to show Hozier and the drummer the video uses close ups for the other people
performing.
Anothercameratechnique usedinthe videoisa long shot. This is used to show the person playing the drums. The video doesn’t
really show anyone else in the long shot shots.
In the video itonlyusesone twoshot.Thisshot isusedrightnear the endand itshowsthe singerandthe personplayingthe piano
behind him.

3. Music VideoAnalysis
The video also uses some high angle shots of the people playing the
instruments. Some of the high angle shots being used are also used whilst
tracking.Wheneverthe camerashowsahighangle shotit moves downwards
slowly.
Editing The videousesfade inandfade out. Thisisonlyusedinsome parts of the video.
Use of Digital Effects The digital effectusedinthisvideoiscolourcorrection.Theyhave usedthistomake thingseitherabitmore clearerorabitdarker