Tuesday, 9 October 2012

'Foo Fighters- Pretender' Performance Studio Analysis



As we have already chosen that we are filming our video in a studio I chosen to look at the particular video because it displays the bands performance in a large studio. The video is a cross between band performance and narrative music video as it has cuts away from the studio for the narrative. The video opens with the lead singer walking into the warehouse and is then followed by the rest of the band, it then cuts to the band playing the opening of the song.

In the performance part of the video there are a lot of quick cuts between the different band members and the band as a whole. Camera shots that involved are close-ups of the band members particularly the lead and the band members instruments. There are also a lot of long shots of the whole band in the warehouse. We could use some of these camera shots in our performance despite the fact that they are not in a studio as such, more of a warehouse. However, we could still use these performance techniques. Long shots of the whole band would not be as easy because we will not have this kind of size but it stills gives us a better understanding of how we could use the studio.

The other section of this video is the narrative. At the chorus of the song the riot control man enter and we start to see conflict. We are shown close ups of the band and the riot controllers and consistent cuts between both of them. This is something we will not be recreating as they have brought the narrative into the studio unlike most rock videos which will separate the performance and the narrative and this is what we plan to do.

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