Analysis on a music video
The fray –Over my head
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5Kcyd-MGnU
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The video basically shows a switch between the band playing and artist singing to the artist when he was younger at school not fitting in but finding a passion for music. The genre for this music video would be indie rock. And the audience would be late teens plus. The conventions seen in this video are rhetorical and synchronise throughout the video with the cuts between the artist performing a warehouse type room, and a school boy. The video starts with an establishing shot of a school, then a jump cut inside the school to a school boy singing the lyrics, he shows his individuality through his costume, he has badges and a sweat band on his wrist, this shows how he is not part of the crowd and has a rebellious side as it isn’t part of the uniform, when it jumps to the artist playing the piano and singing he is making eye contact with the camera which the younger boy doesn’t do. The end of the video shows the artist in the hall way where the school boy was and then in the theatre where the band is seen playing and the school boy singing which can make the song seem as if it’s his singing about his childhood. A main feature in this music video is that the artist is playing the piano with a band this makes the music video fit in to the indie/rock genre, the rock element is seen through the artist clothing and the use of electric guitars , also the final scenes where the band is playing at a gig shows conventions of a rock gig with the 'wild' crowd .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5Kcyd-MGnU
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The video basically shows a switch between the band playing and artist singing to the artist when he was younger at school not fitting in but finding a passion for music. The genre for this music video would be indie rock. And the audience would be late teens plus. The conventions seen in this video are rhetorical and synchronise throughout the video with the cuts between the artist performing a warehouse type room, and a school boy. The video starts with an establishing shot of a school, then a jump cut inside the school to a school boy singing the lyrics, he shows his individuality through his costume, he has badges and a sweat band on his wrist, this shows how he is not part of the crowd and has a rebellious side as it isn’t part of the uniform, when it jumps to the artist playing the piano and singing he is making eye contact with the camera which the younger boy doesn’t do. The end of the video shows the artist in the hall way where the school boy was and then in the theatre where the band is seen playing and the school boy singing which can make the song seem as if it’s his singing about his childhood. A main feature in this music video is that the artist is playing the piano with a band this makes the music video fit in to the indie/rock genre, the rock element is seen through the artist clothing and the use of electric guitars , also the final scenes where the band is playing at a gig shows conventions of a rock gig with the 'wild' crowd .
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When listening to the song and reading the lyrics my interpretation of the song is that he has lost a relationship with a girlfriend and is being forgotten about ‘As you lose the argument in a cable car’. But when reading about the meaning behind the song it has a slight different meaning. The song was originally written by the lead singer and pianist about him and his relationship with his brother, they drifted apart when his brother when to university. The song is easy to relate to for a wide audience of both genders this has helped to make the song more popular than just aiming at one gender.
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