This document provides a detailed analysis of the mise-en-scene elements in music videos for three songs: "Hail to the King" by Avenged Sevenfold, "Berzerk" by Eminem, and "Bad Day" by Daniel Powter. For each video, key shots are described in detail, noting costumes, locations, props, lighting, camera angles/movement, and how they relate to the song's genre, lyrics, and overall narrative or themes. Common elements across metal, rap, and piano rock genres are identified through the visual elements in each music video.

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Mise-en scene for music videos
Avenged sevenfold- hail to the king- metal genre
At the start of this music video, we can see an emerging skull
from grey coloured clouds. This sets the mood of the song as
the two objects indicate a dark theme and maybe about
death and evil. This is shown before the music video shows
the title of the song.
The title is in an old font that was used in the medieval
times which is a denotation for old times where the world
was dark. The font can relate to the title with the word
‘king’ this is because of the common stereotype of kings
and castles in this time.
In this shot, we have a shot of the guitar being played for
the song that we can hear shown as a close up. This
is a typical shot for a metal genre as it has a shot of
the band playing the instruments. This shot is
particularly interesting as it is shot with a blurred
effect from time to time from clear to not. The
shots throughout the video are all in black and
white. We can see in this shot the logo of the band
on the fret board of the guitar. This can relate to
Goodwin’s theory of need to sell artist as the logo is
recognisable for ‘avenged sevenfold fans as this logo
is on all their albums.
The music video features lots of connotation and
denotations. In this screen shot, we can see a rose turning
from white to black using the editing of the black and white
filter. This shot is maybe a denotation for life to death.
This is the first shot of the lead singer. He is shown with the
main lighting directly behind him. Along with the black and
white editing, it has given the shot a great effect as we can
see the singer’s face with a light in front but less intense
than the main light. This effect gives the impression of the
divide between light and dark of the video.

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In this shot, we can see two of the band members. In focus, we
can see the tattoos that both of them have. This is a typical sign
of a rock or metal band. The tank top that the singer is wearing
is also a costume typically worn on music videos. The costumes
of the band remain the same throughout the video.
This shot is the start of the narrative of the music video. This
has slowly become popular in rock music videos but the
majority has no narrative. This shot is shown as a long shot
with the use of a crown. This also relates to the title of the
song as kings wear them. The old, dead tree is a sign of fear in
this shot and shows the age of the king’s crown as it is placed
on a pillow under the tree. The figure carries it to possibly the
king.
This cut shot from the band is where a dark liquid drips on the
white floor. The black and white edit intrigues the audience as to
what it is. There is a visual-lyric relation her from Goodwin’s
theory as the lyrics go ‘blood is spilt…’ this is a big clue that it is
blood being shown on screen. A typical denotation shown on
metal music videos as it describes pain and death.
This is part of quick flash shots of old paintings and
pictures. This one in particular is a shot of soldiers with
negative emotions. They are all looking up like they
would do to the king with relates to the title. These quick
shots were edited to the quick beat along with other
images. One of them also included the word ‘atone’ in
black background to stand out from these images. This is
a lyric in the song.
This is another example of the lyric- visual relation. The
theme of the music video is mainly skulls and old
weaponry. In this shot as an example, we see both of them
together with swords in the skull’s eye sockets. This is
detailing the theme of medieval times and death. This
image is combining the two and bound with the lyrics of
the song.
The song ends with the crown being presented to a human
figure. But the camera tracks from his waist up to his head
shown with different cuts of the band and the narrative. The

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strange use of the skull as the head becomes an odd ending as the song ‘hail to the king’ is about this
figure who wears the crown.
Eminem- berzerk- rap
The first shot of this music video is an old boom
box being put down shown in mid shot. A classical
prop to be placed in a rap video as it symbolises
the rap culture.
This huge cassette player features an old cassette
that has ‘beats’ written on it. This goes with
Goodwin’s theory of intertextuality as it refers to
the maker of headphones that the artist
promotes. Therefore, placing it in his music videos
is a good promotion for the product.
This shot uses a fish eye lens which widens the
shot to make the boom box look bigger. The shot
includes the rapper ‘Eminem’ making traditional
hand movements while looking into the camera.
This involves the audience in the rap. He is
wearing dog tags and a white shirt while the other
man wears grey and has a big beard to represent
the rock side of music.
This is a cut shot of the two rapping. It is an old
video of someone falling over. These cut shots are
used throughout of different videos that the
audience would typically find on the internet to
watch shown in long shot in an amateur way.

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The camera for this shot reacts to Eminem’s
pushing action in front of the camera and the
camera moves up to the ceiling. This is showing
the rebelliousness of the rapper giving him a
status for his career.
Another shot of Eminem rapping to the camera
except he is in a different location with tall
buildings shown with the fish eye lens. He is
wearing a different costume than the last scene.
Throughout the scenes, Eminem wears a range
of costumes in different locations. This camera
tracks the rapper as he moves. This shot uses
the green screen editing. This means that the
sky in the scene can change into bright colours.
This is another cut of Eminem in different
costumes and different scene. This time, he is in
front of a plain grey wall but still looking and
gesturing at the camera which involves the
audience. The main lighting on this shot is behind
the camera towards what is in focus, brightening
the rapper and the wall behind him.
This shot is in a dark alley with the people on
camera is wearing all black. One of the people
throws money up in the air. These props and
location relates to the genre as they are used in
the majority of rap music videos which
therefore gives a stereotype for rappers. This
shot uses a reverse edit as the money flies from
the air back to the man’s hand.
Another prop formidably found on rap music videos
is the bmx bike, bike that relates to the look of a
rapper as they have a trend with them. This shot is
set in an abandoned warehouse possibly where the
actors can ride the bmx’s around without being
disturbed.

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This shot uses the reverse shot again. This is used
where Eminem sprays the title of the song on the
clear screen. The spray paint is typically used on rap
videos for pictures, symbols or in this situation,
words.
Daniel Powter- Bad Day- piano rock
This first shot is edited to split in two to show the
two stars waking up from their beds backed up
with the nightwear they are wearing. This is shown
as a bird’s eye mid shot. This music video is
majority a narrative about day to day lives of two
people who work nearby and just miss each other
every day of their lives until coming together at the
end.
The shots are cut at the same time to each other
and to the beat of the music. The background in
these shots is the focus and the alarm clock in the
foreground is blurred.
This shot is a extreme long shot of David powter
playing the piano. This shot shows and emphasise
the large location of the urban land and the
amount of empty space there is. This can relate to
the space there is between the two characters in
the narrative.
These split shots represent different days of her
life. It shows that each day is the same for her
shown as a close up as she puts on make-up. Each
split shows that she is wearing different costumes
as it’s a new day.

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This shot of Daniel Powter is a close up of his face
as he sings the song while playing the guitar. He is
wearing casual clothes which is a recent change to
piano rock where pianists commonly wore flashy
clothes. But he is wearing normal clothes. There is
no obvious make-up but he is clean shaven.
These two shots show the two characters’ lives starting to merge together and how they relate
together. This is shown in both as a mid shot in the subway. In the same location and the same
position, the way they are shot shows that if the two shots were put together, they fit together with
the space next to them is enough for the other character to sit next to them. These two shots cut to
the beat, flipping back and forth to one another.
The artist is shown on the train, the train that the
character is on. Shown as a mid shot, he gazes out
the window. This uses natural lighting from the
lights outside the train. The light goes from left to
right.
This is a shot of a water cooler set in front of a blue
background shown in a long shot, but the cuts of
the cooler get closer as the calendar cuts on
screen. This prop is a connotation of an office job
as they are commonly found in office buildings for
employees. This relates to the characters personas
as it describes what they do for work.

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This shot is shown as a long shot on the female
character. It shows the divide between her and the
rest of her life. The other characters are having fun
and socialising while she is left out. This relates to
the song title ‘bad day’. They are all in smart
clothing to show that they are at work set in the
staff kitchen.
This shot is the first physical interaction with the
two characters. This is a point of view shot where it
zooms in on her to make the audience focus on her.
The shot is lit with the one light in the room that
she’s in and one lighting up her face while outside is
naturally dark.
This shot is placed in centre of the billboard
where the character walks in on the shot. It
is angled for her to be in mid shot. This
scene cuts from her reaction to the board
and what she is looking at shown by a
variation of a shot reverse shot. She is still
wearing her clothes that she wore in the last
scenes. This shows that this is all happening
on the same day therefore this is just one of
her days of her life.
This is a shot with both of the characters in the
same scene at the same time where both of the
stories merge completely shown by a low angle.
This scene completes the narrative of the song
where they both go together in the taxi. The
appropriate use of the umbrella’s and raincoats
help show that it is raining which the characters try
to keep dry from.