Easy Rider analysis

1. Easy Rider
Action Bronson
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58RSC7HO9aU
Directed by Tom Gould

2. The opening shot establishes the adult themes and violent nature of the song/video
that follows. This is a theme consistent with other songs by the artist that feature
heavy drug reference, so this opening also helps to establish these themes and
ideas about the artist as well as the humour of the image.
Shot with the name of the song is used to associate the name with a journey, the
rider aspect refers to him on his motorbike going in search of his guitar. Also the
fact that the video has such a comical narrative furthers the comedy seen in his
other videos.

3. For this song, there are no featured artists, this makes Action
Bronson the only important actor in the video.
The only woman who is majorly featured in the video is very sexualised.
Demonstrating that women, in general, are very sexualised within the
mind of the singer and possibly even director.

4. Costuming is used in order to conduct the narrative. He starts at a
military hospital, later escapes then changes into veteran style clothing.
The clothing of the other two mainly featured characters is used to make the
woman seem more sexy and appealing. But for the Native American, his
costume is chosen to better the narrative as he is a spirit guide for Action
Bronson to get to his guitar.

5. The narrative aspect of the video comes to a close when the character is
eventually reunited with his guitar, this then fades to a somewhat majestic
shot of him playing the guitar on some rocks in the desert. This fades back
and forth a few times until settling on him in the desert.
The drug reference and violence that is established at the start of the video is
continued through other scenes of the video such as the bar fight and when he is
seen taking drugs in the motel room. The effects of these drugs are demonstrated
through visual effect of distorting the images captured by the camera.