1. Josh Whipday Music Video: The Pretender, Foo Fighters - PERFORMANCE
Narrative: Mise-en-scene:
Performance video that focuses on the band/artist. There seems As well as the band they have used actors dressed as riot police
to be some sort of story to the video with the riot police coming with shields and full riot gear.
in half way through the video.
They have also used water that has been coloured red that
Setting: seems to give the illusion of danger and chaos as it is splashed
all around, similar to blood.
Large empty warehouse
The band are dressed in jeans and t shirts with long hair that fits
Characters: the genre and stereotype of rock music and rock bands.
Band/Artists, riot police
Target Audience:
Possibly aimed at older teenagers to middle aged people, as I
think older people than this would not necessarily have seen
this type of modern riot police and also heard the music.
Camera shots:
The video uses different types of camera shots to add
Editing:
emphasise and effect.
As the song picks up pace the cuts to different members of the
Long shots – shows the set of the warehouse and how big and
band and their instruments change at the same speed to match
spacious it is.
the tempo of the song.
Mid shots – Gives the feel that they are performing live on a
stage as you can see most of the band and the curtains on the
warehouse wall look like a stage backdrop Music Video Style:
Close ups – focus on the band/artist and in particular on their Performance based video as is primarily focuses on the band
instruments. Make the song more intense as it focuses in quick and their instruments, however there is some small story
succession. behind it with the riot police.