leaLures CbservaLlons Lxamples

Cenre CharacLerlsLlcs 8and performance alone ln room

lnsLrumenLal close ups
8and lnLeracLlng wlLh one anoLher ln a 'rock' way
1he band performance alone ln Lhe dark room shows Lhe rock
genre and shows Lhe vldeo ln malnly performance based
1he lnsLrumenLal close ups of Lhe gulLar and Lhe bass as well as
Lhe close ups of Lhe drums
8elaLlonshlp beLween lyrlcs
and vlsuals
AmpllflcaLlon of lyrlcs 1here was Lhls boy who" 1he vldeo cuLs Lo Lhe boyfrlend Lled
Lo Lhe chalr lmplylng LhaL he ls Lhe menLloned boyfrlend
LlghL feeL underground" 1he vldeo shows Lhe lead slnger ln
Lhe coffln moLlf ampllfylng Lhe ldea LhaL she has kllled hlm
8elaLlonshlp beLween muslc
and vlsuals
lllusLraLlve / AmpllflcaLlon of muslc uurlng Lhe lnLro Lhe brldge and Lhe flnale Lhe vldeo ls cuL Lo Lhe
beaL sLrongly wlLh qulck cuLs Powever durlng Lhe verses Lhe
cuLs are noL on Lhe beaL whlch reflecLs Lhe 'crazy' ldea behlnd
Lhe song
MoLlfs / 'vlsual hooks' Cu of band members
uark room seLLlng
ulfferenL seL ups
1he Cu of Lhe band members especlally Lhe lead slnger's beauLy
shoLs provlde vlsual hooks for Lhe audlence so Lhey can form a
'bond' wlLh Lhe band 1he dark room seLLlng and Lhe dlfferenL seL
ups wlLhln Lhe room reflecL Lhe genre and help promoLe Lhem as
a rock band
8eference Lo Lhe noLlon of
looklng
ulrecL address from lead slnger
8and members playlng lnsLrumenLs Lo Lhe camera
1he dlrecL address from Lhe lead slnger aL all Llmes as well as Lhe
band performlng Lo Lhe camera lmplles LhaL Lhe band ls
performlng dlrecLly Lo Lhe audlence 1hls llve performance aspecL
ls Lyplcal of Lhe rock genre
lnLerLexLual references Seance/Candles
no uoubL lL's my llfe
AgalnsL audlence expecLaLlons of gender female ls
sLronger Lhan Lhe male
1here are references Lo Lhe supernaLural wlLh Lhe seance shoLs
as she dances ln Lhe clrcle of candles
We also reference anoLher muslc vldeo lL's my llfe by no uoubL
wlLh Lhe ldea of Lhe glrl kllllng off her boyfrlend AlLhough
unllke Lhe no uoubL vldeo we don'L acLually see Lhe murder Lake
place ln our own vldeo
1he gender expecLaLlons of Lhe audlence are also challenged ln
our vldeo as Lhe female ls shown Lo be a sLronger characLer Lhan
Lhe male who ls Lled Lo a chalr