Green day 21 guns music video analysis

Video:
 

Camerawork:

The first shot we see is a man sitting down with a bullet in his hands we then see the camera cut to a close up of the bullet is his hands. This shot tells us a few things about the man and what he could be doing. He could be contemplating using the bullet for bad things like a murder or maybe he could be a soldier going into his next stint at war. This would be used as the opening shot by the director to make the audience ask these kinds of questions.

We also see a shot of the whole of the band standing playing the instruments. This is very conventional to the rock genre. This shot shows the unity of the rock band. This is probably the reason that we see this shot and maybe to follow the convention of a rock music video. 

We see a close up of a lot of smashed glass on a side this could symbolize the feelings of the two artists who are being shot at as that is their home and they must be extremely scared as they could be shot just like the glass. 

Mise En Scene: 

The mise en scene in this music video is very strong and really gives you an idea of what the music is about. The costume in this video is very dark to really help echo the feelings that the artists must be feeling. I think that this is why the director chose this costume. 

The lighting in this music video is very dark. I think that this is the same reason that the costume is so dark. We also see as the music video goes on the lighting gets darker and darker until at the end it more like a spotlight on the person singing just showing how the homeowner is feeling. We also see that the light is coming from the bullet holes just showing the damage. 

Editing:

The editing in this clip uses lots of cuts from the main singers face to the action of the gun shots.

Assignment Brief

The brief for my media coursework is:
A promotion package for the release of an album, to include a music promo video, together with the following:

A cover for its release as part of a digipak (Cardboard CD cover)

A magazine advertisement for the digipak

Paradise-Coldplay

Mise en scene:

The mise en scene is very different in this music video to what you will usually see in music videos of the same genre. The costumes that are used are very different as we see the main vocalist (or so it would seem) in a elephant costume. This gives the audience a good idea about the music video as it is talking about paradise and we see the elephant escape from the zoo this is the reason why te director chose to use this costume. I think that this is a very good and original idea.

The location of the music video changes as we follow the elephant around the world to find his/her 'paradise'. We first see the elephant in a zoo locked up behind bars and looking very sad because of this we then begin to feel sympathy for the elephant as he is obviously very sad because of this. We then see him visit various different locations as he escapes from the zoo. We see him pass through the London underground, Heath row airport boarding a plane, walking the streets, riding down a road, we then see him in the jungle with his other elephants and he looks happy as he has found his paradise compared to the zoo in which he was unhappy. 

    

The lighting is high key throughout the music video. This is mainly because it is shot outside during the day. Therefore at the beginning of the music video it doesn't really fit but towards the end it fits the music video very well. 

Camerawork: 

We see a long shot of a heard of buffalo whilst the sun sets and the word 'paradise' this shot could give us a very good idea of what the main artist or the person we will see in this video and what their idea of paradise is. 

We also see a close up of the elephant counting down days. This shot shows us that the video could be about the elephant trying to get out or waiting to get out of the zoo to try to find paradise. This shot was choose to show that the elephant is very unhappy. 

  

Editing: 

We see lots of cuts from different locations to show the elephant is moving around from various different locations. 

The editing is also very slow although their is a point in the video where the lyrics are being held up by the elephant. 

Conventions of a music video