Sunday, 1 July 2012

Homework - Miss Bryant Music Video Analysis

Enter Shikari - ZZZONKED
The genre of this band is post- hardore, metalcore and electronic rock. They have ocasional elements of dubstep, trance and drum & bass.

'ZZZONKED' was released on the 7th October 2009, it was the reality ambush of what they're really about, it was filmed in Norwich during their 2009 European tour.
The music video was directed by Bob Harlow , it was film and produced by Stitchthat.

In the video it shows the reality of what goes on at their gigs/concert, with a lot of flashing lights and brutal action from the crowd.

The video type is mainly a performance, but it's mixed around as a hybrid, because it has elements of being an abstract video because of the crowd being crazy, without a reason. It is also has elements of a narrative video with the lyrics 'This is a draconian law I protest I protest' relating in the video the crowd going crazy.

It has many midshots of the crowd, close ups and extreme close ups of the crowd and the performers too. It had many up angle shots of the performers on stage. It had a few birds eye view of the crowd, this shows how many people were in the crowd. The camera in the music video was quite shakey.

The editing of the video was very straight forward, they matched the song exactly to the performers when they were singing. The performaers are wearing normal clothes( tshirts and jeans) The performers are represented as people who every aspires to be and the fans/people in the crowd really look up to them.

The mise-en-scene in the video were great suiting the music video, for example the lighting of the venue was very flashy, they had a lot of strobe lights suiting the music video.
The members are Rou Reynolds, Rory Clewlow, Chris Batten and Rob Rolfe.

The target audience for this video is people who like this type of genre of music, the age range can go from as young as 13 years old. It mainly appeals to people who like metalcore music and trance.
The audience may consume the video as being violent or a dangerous type of music. It is an entertaining video to watch. Making people understand what they're about.