my video

A music video that is similar to mine is Paramore’s song ‘Hallelujah’. This video has 88 shots and consists of showing the band playing at different places and their life’s when they are not playing on stage. In between some of these shots the shots are frozen and made to look as if they are photos, these are set on a white background. On this background words are written as the camera is moved onto them. These words are the lyrics from the song that are being sung. During the video we see many clips of the band relaxed and just being them selves, showing how they are when they are not on stage. Then we get to see them performing at different places, these shots are all put together in groups of where they were from and then they use a couple of these shots for one picture then they use more shots from another place that they performed for another picture. The video is aiming at 13-20 year olds because this is the age range who would listen to the music channels that the video is on and it gives a chance to people who want to see the band in concert to see what they are like at different venues. The writing in the shots have mostly bright colours in them so that people watching can see them stand out against the background.

Another similar music video that is similar to my video is Breaking Benjamin’s ‘The Diary Of Jane’. This video has 138 shots in it and these consist of the band playing in and old house and a women who is walking around the house looking for a mirror. Throughout the music video we see shots of the band playing from all different angles and shot types. For example, the very first shot we get to see of the band is a long shot at eye level, this is so that we get to see the whole band first off instead of just clips of them. The lightening in the video is mainly dark and can be sometimes hard to see what is happening at the moment in time. The lighting when the band are playing is not really dark because it is as if there is light escaping through the cracks in the windows and hitting them when they play. All of the band are wearing dark clothing so they stand out against the light that is coming through. The women throughout the video is dressed in white and this contrasts with her hair and makes her stand out more as her surroundings are more grey than white. We see many close ups of the lead singer, but not many close ups of the rest of the band, many of the shots that are on the band are medium and medium close-ups, this is to show who is the main singer in the band.  There is not much colour in the video, only shades. The only colour we get to see is a rose that the lead singer is holding at the beginning and end of the video but even then the rose is not brightly coloured but a dull red.