Thursday 2 September 2010

Analysis Of Rock Videos: Avenged Sevenfold - Dear God

Cinematography

Straight away we are told that this video is about life on the road for this band with shots of the roads, the tour bus and road signs. This music video is more of a compilation of different of the band perform this song, performing onstage, fans, the band on the bus and the bnd backstage before a show. The camera focuses on how the band act when they're together e.g. messing around or joking with each other. This video is made to make us like the band more and see them as induvidual people not just a band.

Editing

This video uses black and white footage which augments the sombre tone of the song as it make it seem blank and barren and creates more focus on what the band are doing in the shot. It also uses focusing techniques e.g. keeping the camera still but changing to focus to another mamber of the band. This creates a sense of togetherness for the band and reinforces the feeling that they are all on this trip together.

Sound

We see the band perform this song in two different places; alone in a practise and onstage. We also see the singer singing it alone on the tour bus and we the audience singing along to the stage.

Mise-En-Scene

This band dresses very typically for their genre which is Metal. They all have lots of tattoos and crazy hairstyles. They also wear clothes with skulls and demons on them and have lots of piercing between them. In this video we also see them dressed more casually which shows them as normal people and help us to like them more.

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