Sunday, 8 September 2013

Textual analysis #3 Fire by Kasabian



The location of this music video is in a small american style town, mostly centralized around a bank.
this location plays to the conventions of this style of american rock, those being dusty roads lots of browns and yellows and with few people walking around.
The costumes and props used in this video are those that fit the conventions of this genre of music. for example cowboy hats and long trench coats/ leathers

The camera angles and movements that are used in this video are lots of close ups on peoples face to show emotion and to give us a connection to the character. One camera movement that is used a lot are pans, these are used to show movement and to follow a character whilst giving a feeling of voyeurism.
later on in the video at about 1:15 the camera shot changes to a black and white high angle CCTV camera. this makes the style of the video change. This change also happens as the chorus begins which naturally changes the pace of the video, this is also shown by the frantic nature of the screenplay but also by the quick cuts between camera shots.


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