Artist: Keane
Song: Somewhere only we know
The video we have chosen to analyse is Keane’s “somewhere only we know” as this fits in with the indie/rock genre of our chosen song. It is a narrative and performance video, with a simple story interspersed with shots of the band performing. In this particular video this is done in an interesting way as instead of performing in a studio the band are in the surroundings of the narrative aspect of the video, in this case a forest. The video kicks off with a low angled mid-shot of a door as the intro plays. As the beat kicks in the doors open and the band walk through it. This is followed by one continuous shot of the band walking down the stairs and out of the doors the camera moving backwards and tracking their movement. There is then a straight cut and there is a shot of the inside of a taxi, which is empty until the band enters after 1 second. Further a long in the video after a series of close ups, an interesting fade technique is used, fading out from the taxi cab and fading in to a country road from a high angle shot, this is an interesting way to switch the action and fits in smoothly with the music. The performance sections of the video are interspersed between the narrative sections, this is a way to keep the video interesting but also can be used as a way of filling space. During the performance scenes the camera is continuously moving around, long and high angle shots precede a series of close ups and over the shoulder shots. In a section of the video the band is walking through the woods, the camera follows them without cutting, before briefly changing to a POV shot and back again, by mixing up the shots and frequently cutting the video is made more interesting. The video ends by panning away from the performers and slowly fading to black.
Song: Somewhere only we know
The video we have chosen to analyse is Keane’s “somewhere only we know” as this fits in with the indie/rock genre of our chosen song. It is a narrative and performance video, with a simple story interspersed with shots of the band performing. In this particular video this is done in an interesting way as instead of performing in a studio the band are in the surroundings of the narrative aspect of the video, in this case a forest. The video kicks off with a low angled mid-shot of a door as the intro plays. As the beat kicks in the doors open and the band walk through it. This is followed by one continuous shot of the band walking down the stairs and out of the doors the camera moving backwards and tracking their movement. There is then a straight cut and there is a shot of the inside of a taxi, which is empty until the band enters after 1 second. Further a long in the video after a series of close ups, an interesting fade technique is used, fading out from the taxi cab and fading in to a country road from a high angle shot, this is an interesting way to switch the action and fits in smoothly with the music. The performance sections of the video are interspersed between the narrative sections, this is a way to keep the video interesting but also can be used as a way of filling space. During the performance scenes the camera is continuously moving around, long and high angle shots precede a series of close ups and over the shoulder shots. In a section of the video the band is walking through the woods, the camera follows them without cutting, before briefly changing to a POV shot and back again, by mixing up the shots and frequently cutting the video is made more interesting. The video ends by panning away from the performers and slowly fading to black.
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