9 Frame Analysis

This music video is both narrative and performance based, often with the two interlinking. The narrative follows the man in the second shot, but the band are performing in his back garden and in certain shots the band members and crowd are shouting the lyrics at him through a window etc. There hasn't been any effect put on the footage, so all looks very natural and simplistic, but effective when it comes to combining the performance with the narrative so closely. The favourite shot that i picked out is probably the bird's eye view of the crowd and band members singing along in slow motion. it's the only shot like this throughout the video and also does a pan from left to right, creating an effective atmosphere in the video. another good shot is when the lead singer is shouting the lyrics into the woman's ear and she is oblivious, this is another good example of combining narrative performance, as well as good acting. The band don't remain chronological continuity during the performance part of the video, quite a few times in the video, the performance switches from a daylight setting with the crowd, to a night time setting with no crowd, and powerful lighting.