2. video analysis of existing rock band’s music videos
1. Video Analysis of Existing
Rock Band’s Music
Videos
By: Shahrukh Hussain
2. Video Analysis of Existing Rock
Band’s Music Videos
I have analyzed five different music videos which belongs to
five different bands. I have mentioned all of the features of
the videos which are immaculate for being used in a music
video. I have analyzed the videos of the following five bands:
Dream Theater, Nickelback, Entity Paradigm, Avenged
Sevenfold and Pantera.
3. The Looking Glass – Dream
Theater (Example # 1)
I am inspired by the video of “The Looking Glass” – “Dream
Theater” as it uses dark lighting, variety of camera shots and angles,
which I may use in my self-produced music track’s video for the
portfolio, but not confirmed. Some of the screenshots of Dream
Theater song’s video are shown, in next slides.
4.
5. Guitar Close-Up is used here because a guitar riff has been played at this
particular shot.
6. Birds Eye Shot is used here to show Mike Mangini’s giant drum kit.
7. Over the shoulder shot is used here to show that both of the guitarists are
playing at the same time.
8. The Location
The band have used their own jam room for the shoot
of this video and I will also use this idea in my video.
9. The Make-up
Very light make up has been applied on Dream Theater in this video.
They have kept it totally natural and I think that I should also keep it
this way.
10. Hairstyles
All of the band members have long hair in the video, as mostly rock
musicians or metal musicians have long hair because it gives a
heavy and a dark impact on the audience. I guess this thing
automatically shows the representation of the genre.
11. Nickelback – This Means War
(Example # 2)
Well, the set used in this video is quite simple, but
the camera shots, angles and lighting used in this
video are very reasonable and attractive for the
audience. Lights used in this video are white, which
creates an epic, dull and aggressive appearance.
The thing I like the most about the video is
directions. I am planning to use such directions in
my music video.
12. The Location
The location used in this video is a house, and
the video has shot in a jam room as shown in the
next slide.
14. A high angle shot has been used in the video to show the drum kit and the
other equipment in the room. It also focuses the drummer and the guitarist
of the band.
15. A low angle shot is used to focus on Chad Karoeger while playing the
guitar riff.
16. Another high angle shot it used to show the entire jam room below the
stairs. I saw this shot for the very first time in a rock video and if I will get
a chance to take a high angle shot in my music video, I will use such type
of a shot.
17. Hairstyles
Members of Nickelback also have short hair like Entity Paradigm (Shown
in the next example). Maybe, the trend of long hair is changing day by day
in rock bands or the modern rock bands.
18. The Make-Up
The Make-up used in this video is of such a type which looks good in white
lighting as it has kept so natural, like the previous example of The Looking
Glass – Dream Theater.
19. Ajab Tamasha – Entity Paradigm
(Example # 3)
Entity Paradigm is a Pakistani General Rock band.
The video of Ajab Tamasha is one of my favorite video
ever made. The yellow and warm lighting and the
pyrotechnics made this video look so good. They gave
it a lively and a rocking feeling. It has a perfect video
opening as shown in next slide and I may use such
type of opening for my music video.
21. The pyrotechnics used in the video enhanced the level of
the video. It gave a lively feeling. This concept is used very
rarely in the videos as pyrotechnics are costly and they does
not fix/suits in every Rock music video.
22. Water splashes were stroked on the drums to create a different and
an attractive appearance. I have never seen such type of concept in
any video so far.
23. The Make-Up
Blush on and eye make-up are used in the video to create a dull feeling
because most of the rock/metal bands uses such type of make up to express
a dark feeling. If you compare it with the other examples, no one has applied
such type of make-up, so this example is comparatively unique from the other
videos.
24. Hairstyles and The
Location
All of the band members have short hair unlike most of the rock bands.
The location used in the video is a big hall.
25. Nightmare – Avenged Sevenfold
(Example # 4)
The video of Nightmare by the famous band
Avenged Sevenfold is quite different from the
other examples. The video contains the
performance as well as the narrative acts. The
narrative depicts lead vocalist M. Shadows about
to undergo surgery, when the surgeons take him
out of the room on a gurney. So this idea is
comparatively different from the other videos and
makes it unique.
26. A screenshot from the video is shown below of the narrative. The
location used in this part of the video is a hospital. Whereas, the
performance part of the video has shot in a studio’s small room, as
shown in the next slide.
28. The Make-Up
The make-up used by the band members is very different, one of the
example of a band member is shown below. He have used a make-up
base on his face and the blood on his forehead to show an evil
appearance.
29. A guitar close up has taken while the guitarist is playing the solo, just to
make the video more conceptual and natural.
30. Hairstyles
Wild hairstyles like spikes are used by the band, unlike the other
bands, one of the band member’s hairstyle is shown below.
31. The lighting used in this scene is a normal light of a room along with some
supporting lighting.
32. Cemetery Gates – Pantera
(Example # 5)
So it is an another example of a music video
which contains narrative as well as the
performance shots in the video. A graveyard is
shown in the narrative and the whole concept of
the song is shown in the narrative. The locations
used in the video are a graveyard and a live
concert. The screenshots are shown in the next
two slides of the narrative and the concert shot
after it.
35. A shot from the performance part of the video.
36. Hairstyles
The band members have long hair, as long hair also represents
the rock/metal music.
37. The Make-Up
So this is going to be my first example in which no make-ups are used by
the band members as they have merged a live concert video in their music
video.
38. A transition between the narrative and performance part of the video is
shown below. None of the other examples contains such type of transition
used in this music video.
