This document analyzes 9 frames from the music video for the song "Girl all the bad guys want" by the band Bowling for Soup. It discusses the mise-en-scene, costumes, lighting, and narrative elements shown in each frame. Many of the frames show the band playing in a derelict building, with casual outfits and lighting that contrasts dark colors. Other frames introduce other characters and continue the narrative, sometimes showing more comedic elements that mock or ridicule the "bad guy" image portrayed in the song.

1. Bowling for soup – Girl all the bad guys want
9 FRAME ANALYSIS

2. FRAME 1
In this shot it’s a long shot of the full band playing
live in a derelict building. The camera pans across
the band going behind the pillars whilst the band
are playing, this would therefore, give the
impression that they aren't really aloud to be there,
showing the classic pop punk attitude. The mise en
scene of the shot is very 90’s pop rock. The
costume that the band has on are very casual,
showing the band in only t-shirt and jeans. The
décor of the setting is also fitting with the
stereotypical environment of pop punk bands. This
is because it is open space but with lots of dark
colours, like reds and blacks. The amps in the
background and the layout of the band are also
fitting with the characteristics of a pop rock video.
The lighting is also very bright to contrast with the
dark colours. The narrative of the video starts with
the band playing in the warehouse, shown here,
and then cuts away to and alternate story.

3. FRAME 2
This is a meeting shot with the lead singer of the
band. This allows the audience to see the facial
expressions of him. This shot shows the lead
singers attitude and can let the audience know how
to feel and it is also a big characteristic of more or
less all pop punk videos. The mise en scene of this
shot is very simple. It shows the costume of the
singer, which again is t-shirt and in this shot you
can see a necklace and the colour of his hair, which
is again another rebellious look commonly found in
videos of this genre. This follows the shot shown
previously and shows the pace of editing. This is
shown by having fast cuts to different angles.

4. FRAME 3
This is another close up, this time of a guitar.
Shots like this are very common in this genre
and shows that they are playing live, which
separates them from most other genres. The
mise on scene of the shot shows one of the
main and highly focused on props, the guitar.
The guitar is different to most as it has a lot of
art work on it, with skulls, dice and snakes.
The lighting of the shot is the same as most
of the others, having a bight light shone from
one side making shadows on the other.

5. FRAME 4
This is a medium shot that shows the girl who
is watching the band play in a window. This is
common scene shown in rock videos, the
idea of trying to impress a girl. The mise on
scene of this scene is again very similar to
the others in terms of lighting but the girl is
dressed more punk, with her tartan trousers
and black hair and eye makeup. This shot is
highly sexualized as well because the girl
wearing low cut top showing her cleavage.

6. FRAME 5
This is a long shot introducing another
character. Dressed in dark clothes but again
only a t-shirt and jeans. The lighting of this
shot is darker than the others, it is has only
one light in the decor and dark blue walls wit
lots of shadows. The location of this shot is
just a simple room with black leather sofas
and a guitar in the corner.

7. FRAME 6
This is different again to the other shot. It is a
long shot with shallow focus on the guy on
the toilet. This shows a more comical side of
the genre. The mise en scene follows the
same colours of the rest of the video. The
costume of the guy on the toilet is the same
as the others but he has tattooed legs.
Tattoos are another common thing in rock.

8. FRAME 7
This is another one of the cross cuts to the
narrative, in this part of the video the main
character sets the room on fire. This could be
to show the mood of the character and the
‘fiery’ nature of rock videos. The mise en
scene of the scene is very dark again, apart
from the fire, and can be a metaphor for the
mindset of the character. The décor is the
same as the other scene of the room. The
flames have obviously been edited in as
well, which are common conventions of some
genres of rock.

9. FRAME 8
This is another comical theme that they
follow. In this they are mocking or even
ridiculing the ‘bad guy image’. The lighting of
the scene is a little bit lighter than the other
scenes, especially the scenes in the room.
This décor uses lighter colours like the red
and also has the natural light coming in
through the window. The costume is also
following the comical theme and is the main
way in which they mock the ‘bad guy image’
because he is wearing the classic white vest
top ad the black hat.

10. FRAME 9
This scene elaborates further on the ‘bag guy
image’ and could be said that they are calling
them ‘clowns’ but the glass bottle may mean
that they are still beating them to the girl that
they sing about. The costume is again the
main comical source, obviously because they
have the clown masks on and they are hitting
him with a bottle. They are also wearing what
could be prison jump suits and the masks
could be for them to hide their face.