Music Video Analysis - Buried at Sea

Mise-en-scene

Band - The band are playing in a small empty room that looks like it used to be part of an industrial building. The room is pale and neutrally coloured, the band are wearing all black and using black equipment that is contrasting against the colour of the room. The only props are the bands equipment.

Narrative - The character in the narrative side of the video is wearing a tattered and torn suit. Through out the video the suit becomes more and more damaged and towards the end the man is only wearing the trousers and shirt of the suit. This half of the video is set on the beach, in a forest, near 'the angel of the north' and outside a lighthouse.


Editing

Band - The editing in this video is much like the editing in 'Early Grave' but in this video the editing is mostly used to switch the narratives (for example most shots of the band are cut to a shot of the story, rather than another shot of the band) The editing is fast in the faster paced part of the songs and slower in the more down tempo sections. (This is a convention I will be incorporating into my own music video)


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Cinematography

Band - Fast moving shots, the camera is rarely still, quite alot of shots circling the band and zooming in. The camera is quite low throughout the video and most of the shots used are low angle to make the band seem superior.

Narrative - Mostly still shots, not much movement going on in the shots. Alot of long and medium shots are used so we never really get to close to the character. Fast shots used when he is running to the forest but he is still behind fences and tree branches so we can not really get close to him. Towards the end of the song during the cresendo the shots increase in speed along with the pace of the song. During the end section of the song, the camera shots become alot like the ones used for the band (circling the character, extremely close)


Sound

Band - The band themselves are the focus of the video and are the ones making the music, so the music is technically diegetic although it is added in post-production.