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2. FOO FIGHTERS- ‘MY HERO’
CAMERA MOVEMENTS/SHOTS/ANGLES
THE VIDEO IS MADE UP OF MOSTLY TRACKING SHOTS OF THE MAN RUNNING INTO AND THROUGH THE BURNING
BUILDING. THERE ARE SOME OVER THE SHOULDER SHOTS TO SEE THE POINT OF VIEW OF THE MAN AND THE
CAMERA ZOOMS IN AND OUT ON TO THE BAND MEMBERS INDIVIDUALLY IN THE HOUSE PLAYING THE MUSIC
THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE VIDEO. THE CAMERA ANGLES ARE FAIRLY SIMPLE, HOWEVER EFFECTIVE FOR WHAT
THE PURPOSE OF THE VIDEO.

3. EDITING AND TRANSITIONS
THE EDITING AGAIN IS VERY SMOOTH AND SIMPLE, THE VIDEO IS ULTIMATELY MADE UP OF ONE LONG TRACKING
SHOT THUS EXTENSIVE EDITING IS NOT NEEDED. HOWEVER IN SOME PARTS OF THE VIDEO, FOR EXAMPLE THE
BEGINNING WHEN THE MAN IS RUNNING DOWN THE STREET, THE SPEED OF THE SHOT HAS BEEN SLOWED DOWN
TO MAKE THE VIDEO MORE INTENSE TO FIT WITH THE STORY AND THE SONG.
MISE- EN SCENE
THE LOCATION IS A BURNING HOUSE TO SET THE SCENE FOR THE ‘HERO’. THE COSTUMES ARE NORMAL EVERYDAY
CLOTHES. FOR EXAMPLE THE MAN IS WEARING A RED T-SHIRT AND JEANS TO PORTRAY A HERO IS JUST A NORMAL
PERSON. INTERESTING, THE CAMERA WORK THROUGHOUT THE VIDEO DOES NOT SHOW YOU THE FACE OF THE
MAN SO YOU ARE UNABLE TO SEE HIS FACIAL EXPRESSIONS. THIS KEEPS THE AUDIENCE WONDERING WHO THE
HERO IS AND CONVEYS THAT IT DOESN’T MATTER WHO THE PERSON IS OR WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE, THE MAN’S
ACTIONS IS THE IMPORTANT AND KEY ASPECT TO FOCUS ON IN THE VIDEO.

4. REPRESENTATION
THE MAN IN THE VIDEO IS REPRESENTED TO BE A ‘HERO’ WHICH RELATES TO THE NAME OF THE SONG ‘MY
HERO’ AND THE LYRICS. HE RUNS INTO A BURNING BUILDING TO SAVE A BABY, A DOG AND A SPECIAL PHOTO.
THE EYES OF BOTH THE DOG AND THE BABY ARE BLACKED OUT TO REPRESENT PEOPLE OM NEED
EVERYWHERE. THE FACT YOU NEVER SEE HIS FACE ALSO ADDS TO THE FACT ITS NOT WHO HE IS WHICH IS
SIGNIFICANT, IT IS WHAT HE IS DOING. THE CLOSE UP OF THE WOMEN ON HER KNEE’S HOLDING HER BABY
THANKING HIM PORTRAYS THAT HE REALLY IS HER HERO AND IS REPRESENTED TO BE HELPLESS WITHOUT
HIM. AT THE END OF THE VIDEO, YOU SEE THE NEIGHBOURS SURROUNDING HIM, THANKING HIM FOR BEING
THEIR HERO WHICH IS A REALLY SIGNIFICANT SHOT AS IT DIRECTLY CONVEYS THE MESSAGE OF THE VIDEO
AND THE SONG ITSELF. THE BAND SEEN THROUGHOUT THE VIDEO ARE NOT A PART OF THE STORY, HOWEVER
THEY ARE WITH THE MAN EVERY STEP OF THE WAY APPEARING IN EVERY ROOM.

5. DOMINANT IDEOLOGIES
THE DOMINANT IDEOLOGY REPRESENTED IN THE VIDEO IS THE MORAL THAT EVERYONE NEEDS A HERO AND
THAT NO MATTER WHO IT IS, THEY DESERVE TO BE THANKED AND CELEBRATED FOR THEIR HEROIC NATURE
AND ACTIONS. THE VIDEO ALSO REPRESENTED STRENGTH AND DETERMINATION, CONVEYING THAT ONE
SELFLESS ACT CAN CHANGE SOMEONE’S LIFE AND MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE.
THIS VIDEO IS PREDOMINANTLY ABOUT BEING A GOOD PERSON AND BEING ADMIRABLE.
HOW DOES THE VIDEO FIT THE GENRE?
THE VIDEO FITS THE GENRE AS THE BAND ARE STARRED IN THE VIDEO, PLAYING THE SONG AND THEIR
INSTRUMENTS WHICH IS TYPICAL IN A ROCK MUSIC VIDEO. THE SYMBOLIC NATURE OF THE STORY WITHIN
THE VIDEO ALSO RELATES TO THE GENRE AS THE VIDEO DIRECTLY CORRESPONDS TO THE LYRICS OF THE
SONG, WHICH AGAIN IS SEEN IN MANY OTHER SUCCESSFUL ROCK VIDEOS.

6. INTERTEXTUALITY
THERE ARE NO SPECIFIC FEATURES WITHIN THE VIDEO, HOWEVER THE SONG HAS BEEN FEATURED IN A
VARIETY OF OTHER MEDIA TEXTS. THE SONG WAS FEATURED IN THE MOVIE VARSITY BLUES DURING THE
CLIMATIC SCENE OF THE FINAL FOOTBALL GAME. THE SCENE WAS LATER PARODIED IN THE 2001 FILM NOT
ANOTHER TEEN MOVIE. THE SONG ALSO APPEARED IN THE 2010 FILMS SOMEWHERE AND THE OTHER GUYS
WHEN PART OF THE SONG WAS HEARD DURING THE SCENE WHERE DWAYNE JOHNSON AND SAMUEL L.
JACKSON JUMP TO THEIR DEATH, AGAIN LINKING TO THE SONG AND THE LYRICS PORTRAYING THEM TO BE
DOING SOMETHING SELFLESS AND BEING HERO’S.

7. AUDIENCE RECEPTION
PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO RELATE TO THE VIDEO DUE TO THE MORALS IT CONVEYS. IN ADDITION I BELIEVE IT
WILL INSPIRE AN AUDIENCE DUE TO THE STRONG, EMOTIONAL THEMES THE VIDEO REPRESENTS. THE FACT
THAT THE VIDEO HAS THE BAND IN WILL ALSO ALLOW THE AUDIENCE TO ENJOY THE VIDEO AS THEY CAN SEE
THE BAND THEY LOVE PLAY WITHIN THE TOUCHING STORY.
USES & GRATIFICATIONS
THE VIDEO IS CREATED TO ENTERTAIN WHICH IS DONE BY INCLUDING SPECIFIC GRATIFICATIONS WITHIN
THE VIDEO. THE VIDEO REPRESENTS VERY EMOTIONAL THEMES WHICH MANY PEOPLE RELATE TO AND ENJOY
WATCHING. IT ALSO ALLOWS PEOPLE TO WATCH ENGAGE WITH SOMEONE ELSE'S PROBLEMS AND FORGET
THEIR OWN WHICH THIS VIDEO WILL ALLOW CERTAIN AUDIENCES TO DO. THE STORY ITSELF IS VERY
UNIQUE AND CAPTIVATING WHICH WILL ATTRACT AN AUDIENCE AND ALLOW THEM TO ENJOY IT.

8. BIFFY CLYRO- MANY OF HORROR
CAMERA MOVEMENTS/SHOTS/ANGLES
THE SHOTS IN THE VIDEO ARE VERY FAST PAST AND QUICK. THE VIDEO IS MADE UP OF A VARIETY OF SHOTS,
PARTICULARLY CLOSE UPS OF THE FRONT MAN SINGING, HE IS THE MAIN FOCUS OF THE VIDEO. THE SHOTS
ARE ALL MADE UP OF THE BAND PLAYING FROM DIFFERENT ANGLES, A VARIETY OF LIGHTING AND
ALTERNATING WHICH BAND MEMBER TO FOCUS ON.

9. EDITING AND TRANSITIONS
THE VIDEO IS MADE UP OF MANY FAST PACED EDITS IN TIME OF THE SONG. THE TRANSITIONS BETWEEN
SHOTS ARE EXTREMELY FAST BUT DO NOT LOOK OUT OF PLACE. OCCASIONALLY, MORE TOWARDS THE END OF
THE VIDEO, THE FRONT MANS FACE IS EDITED TO BECOME DISTORTED AND FLICKERING WHILST HE IS
SINGING PORTRAYING THE THEME OF SPARKS AND ELECTRICS. ALSO SOME OF THE SHOTS HAVE BEEN
SLOWED DOWN TO EMPHASISE WHAT IS GOING ON.
MISE-EN-SCENE
THE VIDEO IS SET IN A POWER STATION TO REPRESENT LOVE BEING ELECTRIC AND LIKE A SPARK WHICH IS
SIGNIFICANT IN THE VIDEO. YET, MOST OF THE VIDEO IS FOCUSED ON THE FRONT MAN AND THE BAND
RATHER THAN THE MISE-EN-SCENE. THE LIGHTING IS VERY DARK TO EMPHASISE THE SPARKS AND LIGHTS
GOING ON IN THE BACKGROUND. THE LIGHTING ALSO HELPS ADD TO THE EMOTION OF THE LYRICS.

10. REPRESENTATION
THIS VIDEO IS VERY PERSONALISED TO THE BAND, SPECIFICALLY THE FRONT MAN. HE IS TELLING A LOVE
STORY THROUGH THE POETIC LYRICS SHOWING HIS EMOTIONS THROUGH HIS FACIAL EXPRESSIONS AND
SINGING. THE ELECTRICS IN THE BACKGROUND ACT AS A METAPHOR FOR LOVE BEING A SPARK AND
ELECTRIC WHICH CAN SOMETIMES HURT PEOPLE. THE FAST FACED EDITING REPRESENT ALL OF THE
EMOTIONS HE IS FEELING, PORTRAYING IT AT EVERY ANGLE.
DOMINANT IDEOLOGIES
THE DOMINANT IDEOLOGY IN THIS VIDEO IS THAT LOVE CAN SOMETIMES HURT AND DISTORT PEOPLE
WHICH IS SHOWN BY THE EDITING, THE ELECTRICS AND SPARKS FROM THE CHOICE OF LOCATION (POWER
STATION).

11. HOW DOES THE VIDEO FIT THE GENRE?
THE VIDEO FITS THE GENRE AS MANY ROCK SONGS ARE ABOUT LOVE AND THE STRUGGLES
ENCOUNTERED. IN ADDITION, THE FACT THAT THE BAND ARE THE MAIN FOCUS OF THE VIDEO AND
THE ARE PERFORMING IS A TYPICAL CONVENTION OF A ROCK VIDEO WHICH IS APPEALING TO THE
TARGET AUDIENCE AS THE VIEWER LIKE TO SEE HOW THE BAND RELATE TO THEIR SONG.
INTERTEXTUALITY
THE VIDEO DOES NOT HAVE ANY INTERTEXTUAL REFERENCES AND HAS NOT BEEN FEATURED IN ANY
OTHER MEDIA TEXTS, HOWEVER, THE SONG WAS COVERED BY X FACTOR WINNER MATT CARDLE
AS THE WINNERS SINGLE.

12. AUDIENCE RECEPTION
FANS OF BIFFY CLYRO WOULD FIND THIS VIDEO EXTREMELY APPEALING. THE BAND ARE THE MAIN FOCUS
AND YOU CAN VISUALLY SEE HOW THE BAND RELATES TO THE SONG WHICH IS AN ASPECT THAT AN
AUDIENCE FINDS ATTRACTIVE AS IT HELPS THEM THEN RELATE TO THE VIDEO AND THE SONG THEMSELVES.
USES & GRATIFICATIONS
THE VIDEO EXPRESSES THE FEELING OF LOVE WHICH IS ONE OF THE GRATIFICATION WHICH AN AUDIENCE
FIND EXTREMELY ENTERTAINING. THE VIDEO ALSO ALLOWS AN AUDIENCE TO ENGAGE WITH SOMEONE ELSE’S
LIFE AND EMOTIONS NOT JUST THEIR OWN. THE LYRICS AND THE PASSIONATE FEELINGS IN THE VIDEO ARE
APPEALING TO A WIDE RANGE OF AUDIENCES.

13. GREEN DAY- GOOD RIDDANCE (TIME OF YOUR LIFE)
CAMERA MOVEMENT/SHOTS/ANGLES
THE VIDEO SHOWS THE FRONT MAN PLAYING GUITAR SINGING AND IS SHOWN THROUGH A VARIETY OF
CLOSE UPS AND MID SHOTS FROM DIFFERENT ANGLES TO ALLOW THE AUDIENCE TO SEE IS FACIAL
EXPRESSIONS TO THEN INTERPRET HIS EMOTIONS. THIS IS THEN INTERCUT WITH "PULL-IN" SHOTS OF
VARIOUS PEOPLE INVOLVED IN MUNDANE ACTIVITIES, PORTRAYING THEIR DIFFERENT SITUATIONS . ALL OF
THE PEOPLE ARE SHOWN SEEMINGLY STARING INTO SPACE ABSENT-MINDEDLY, THINKING ABOUT LIFE.

14. EDITING AND TRANSITIONS
THE VIDEO CUTS FROM THE FRONT MAN SINGING TO A SLOW MOTION ZOOM IN ON A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT
PEOPLE WITH DIFFERENT LIVES AND SITUATIONS. THE TRANSITIONS ARE QUICK AND THEN SLOW RIGHT DOWN TO
FOCUS ON THE PERSON AND THEIR FACIAL EXPRESSIONS. THE EDITING IS CONSISTENT THROUGHOUT THE VIDEO
EMPHASISING THE MEANING OF THE SONG.
MISE-EN-SCENE
THE FRONT MAN IS PRESENT IN DIFFERENT LOCATIONS ALL LOOKING RATHER RUN DOWN, FOR EXAMPLE THE FIRST
LOCATION WHEN HE IS IN A ROOM, WITH RUBBISH AND CD’S ALL OVER THE FLOOR, WITH JUST A MATTRESS AND A
BLANKET REPRESENTING HOW THE SONG RELATES TO HIM PORTRAYING THAT HE IS HAVIN A BAD TIME. THE OTHER
PEOPLE IN THE VIDEO ARE ALL IN A RANGE OF LOCATION DEPENDING ON THEIR SITUATION. THE USE OF THE MISE-
EN-SCENE HELP REPRESENT THAT DIFFERENT PEOPLE ARE GOING THROUGH DIFFERENT THINGS AND SITUATIONS.

15. REPRESENTATION
THE VIDEO REPRESENTS EVERYONE AROUND THE WORLD HAVING DIFFERENT STRUGGLES AND FACING
DIFFERENT SITUATIONS. THE CLOSE UPS OF THE DIFFERENT PEOPLE THINKING PORTRAYS THAT JUST HOW
DIFFICULT LIFE GETS, IT WILL GET BETTER. THEY PORTRAY HOW THE SONG RELATES TO EACH INDIVIDUAL IN
DIFFERENT WAYS AND FOR DIFFERENT REASONS.
DOMINANT IDEOLOGIES
THE DOMINANT IDEOLOGY IS THAT EVERYONE SHOULD REMEMBER THAT EVERYONE IS DIFFERENT AND THAT
THERE IS ALWAYS SOMEONE WORSE OFF THAN YOURSELF, SO YOU SHOULD MAKE THE MOST OF WHAT YOU
HAVE GOT- SHOWN IN THE VIDEO AND IN THE LYRICS.

16. HOW DOES THE VIDEO FIT THE GENRE?
THE VIDEO RELATES THE GENRE OF PUNK ROCK AS IN ROCK VIDEOS, THE BAND ARE USUALLY SHOWN
PLAYING IN THE VIDEO WHICH IS DONE HERE AS THE FRONT MAN IS PLAYING, SINGING THE SONG
PORTRAYING HOW THE SONG RELATES TO HIM.
AUDIENCE RECEPTION
THE AUDIENCE WILL BE AUTOMATICALLY THINK ABOUT HOW THE SONG RELATES TO THEM AND THEIR LIVES.
GREEN DAY FANS WILL ALSO ENJOY THE VIDEO AS THE FRONT MAN IS PRESENT, ACTING AS A SIGNIFICANT
PART OF THE VIDEO. THE SONG AND LYRICS ARE ALSO OPEN TO INTERPRETATION DEPENDING ON THE
SITUATION THUS IT WILL ALLOW ANYONE TO RELATE TO THE SONG/VIDEO.

17. USED & GRATIFICATIONS
THE VIDEO IS CREATED FOR BOTH ENTERTAINMENT AND TO SELL THE SONG. THE VIDEO WILL ATTRACT A
WIDE AUDIENCE AS IT ALLOWS PEOPLE TO RELATE TO THE VIDEO AND THE SONG. ALSO, THE FACT THE SONG
IS ABOUT ISSUES THAT COULD EFFECT EVERYONE IN DIFFERENT WAYS MEANS THAT ANYONE CAN ENJOY
AND RELATE TO IT, MAKING IT APPEALING TO MANY PEOPLE.