Analysis of 3 music videos

Linkin Park – Breaking the habit The production team for this video have made this entire video animated. It is largely narrative based with many different stories going on with some performance based pieces on the end. The colour of this video is quite dark to represent the mood of the narrative as well as signify the genre of the song. There are mostly items which you would find in a typical home to represent the fact that these are ordinary people that are going through a difficult time in their life.. The band is represented as victims of events that have happened in their life. The connection is then made as it is clear to the audience that the band are singing about past events in their lives.You can clearly tell that this is a rock video because of the colour used and the fast paced performances given as well of the use of instruments and the dark emotions given within the performance parts.I think that it would make the audience think about events that have happened in their lives and within their friend’s lives.

Deftones – Diamond Eyes This video is almost entirely performance based with images representing the lyrics intersected in it. The genre is signified by theuse of instruments as well as a predominately dark color which is used. It uses a mixture of fast paced shots with slow paced shots to match the tempo of the song, such as the slower paced shots during the chorus and the fast paced shots in the verse. This video is quite dark with light from low levels focused on the band. This is to help represent the lyrics as well as the genre of the song and to bring some extra mood to the song. The items that you find in this are representative of the lyrics within the song and only show up when the appropriate lyric for that item appears. The band is not represented in any major way due to the lack of a narrative except for the performance, but you do not get an idea for there personality of anything that has happened in their lifes. You can tell that this is a rock video due to the lighting used and the pace of the shots with in it.

Rammstein – Amerika http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NAM3rIBG5k&feature=related (embedding disabled by request)

This video contains both a narrative and also contains performance by the band. It uses all types of shots to help objectify one thing over another as to help back up its lyrics. The video is quite bright and uses lighting reminiscent of Hollywood which is what the are partly about. It uses items such as cheeseburgers that help to bring out the lyrics and get the point of them across to the audience which is backed up by the lyrics. The band is represented as Americans trying to solidify themselves into every aspect of the world which really helps to back up the lyrics as well as deliver a message to the world. You can tell that it’s a rock due to the lyrics used, the message it tries to deliver to the audience and the actions of the band. The performance parts in the video have a lot of angry emotions in them helping to signifiy that it is a rock video and it also helps to keep the video interesting.