This is for real - Motion City Soundtrack

This analysis is for the first 30 seconds of footage;
The video starts with a panning shot showing the band drinking tea and looking at the rest of the bowling alley, The vocals then start in the background and when the last band member is shown it is reveled that he is the singer. Then several shots showing a bowling ball and the scoreboard at a bowling alley reveal that the location is a bowling lane. Then 2 differnt shots showing 3 differnt men, the first shows a collection of meat heads walking into the bowling alley, and the 2nd shows 3 scouts walking in, the stature of the scouts shows that they think they are better than everyone in the place. Afterwards The band is shown picking up there instruments and getting ready to play whislt the vocalist is still singing. Then the band takes place on stage as the song starts to pick up.

http://new.music.yahoo.com/videos/MotionCitySoundtrack/This-Is-For-Real--48861993

Music Video Research

Today i watched a varitey of videos for ideas for my own;

Nelly Country Grammer;
http://new.music.yahoo.com/videos/nelly/country-grammar-hot--2151482;_ylt=AqjhNj7LnS5sd8phgbV8iuPHxCUv
the video has nelly proforming in various locations, his back garden, a stage and a street. Each one has people celerbrating and clinging to him. This plays into the sterotype that all rappers are well loved and accepted amost the community, also the video shows no white people another sterotype that only black people like and enjoy rap music. The music is upbeat and a fast tempo as epected by a rap song.

Weezer Beverly Hills;
http://new.music.yahoo.com/videos/Weezer/Beverly-Hills--18713446
the video has weezer playing a gig in the playboy mansion throughout the day, and at differnt locations thourghout the place. The shots themself make sure to inculde the band but yet gives a hint at where the video is being filmed with a large amout of girls walkin round in ther underwear to break up the music, during the chorus fast cuts are used between the band memembers also the loaction and time is changed throughout the song.

Weezer Pork and Beans;
http://new.music.yahoo.com/videos/Weezer/Pork+and+Beans--157317242
The video is a random collaboration of internet hits such has numba numa man and the evil eyed golfher. A varitey of cuts are used showing weezer preforming various experiments such as the mentos and coke experiment in bulk and then preforming using them. Also a large selection of the video is past internet bulk.

Arctic Monkeys Brianstorm
http://new.music.yahoo.com/videos/ArcticMonkeys/Brianstorm--41073964
the video is about the band playing in a warehourse and uses fast cuts to slip between dancers dancing to the song. Various amounts of fast cuts are used throughout the video in particular between the band and the dancers in the chours.

The Prentender - Foo Fighters

The song starts in a slow tempo with the gutarist plucking a slow and melencholy beat whilst david ghrol signs in a slow tone. The video mimicks this with slow panning shots and medium close ups, also david ghorl is shown putting a bandage on his hand like a boxer would do as if to give hints about whats going to happen in the song/video. The rest of the band is then seen picking up there instuments and starting to play as the song starts to become more agressive. With the increase in tempo the shots become more rapid and fast cuts flicking through the various band members but mainly paying attension to david ghrol.
Eventually a lone riot patrol officer shows up, to presumerbly tell the band to stop playing, then the lyrics "ill never surrender" means he shows up with more riot patrol officers. After they cross the line the song dips to a slow tempo and quickly starts up agian as a glass cabinate behind them breaks open and knocks the riot officers away. The band continues to play as all the water is flying past them as a metaphor to nothing can stop us.

Say it Ain't so - Weezer

The video for this video has a band performance in the back of somebodys house. This helps to show how poor or unfamous weezer were before this song was released. The video fits into the new alternate rock that started to show in the early 90's more commonly now called Indie or Emo. It shows the band preforming the song with particualr attension being paid to the lead singer thant he rest of the band. But when the chorous comes into play a long shot is used to show all the band members playing there instuments. The video also pays attension to the bassist and gutairst when they use back up vocals. This technique is used to help enpahsise that it is a band and not just a singer accompaned by a band.

The Myspace Song - Good Clean Fun

The Myspace Song is from the hardcore band Good Clean Fun it is a complet opposite song to there normal ones as they opted for a emo song instead of the normal hardcore. The video follows a story arc of a man who has been dumped by his girlfriend who he met on myspace, and now it reminds him of her, as a result he carrys his computer round just incase she messages him when hes not around. The video is litterd with small scenes from where they were together. The ending shows the bloke getting hit by the computer which she threw out the window and the 2 re-uniting.

Research - The Hoosiers, Mr A

The hoosiers video Mr A is a common type that inculde a story, the story in this video is of 3 superheroes who are trying to kill of Mr A so they can be the most famous superheroes. In the end they fire Mr A off into space and the video ends with Mr A is shown floating in space alive.
The song starts of with a austic build up thourhg a comic book portrayal of the charators as superhereos in which they shown stopping bad guys and also introduced.
The band is then seen singing the start of the song to Mr A, this then ties in with the chorus as the band are shown to have tied Mr A up and have him hanging over fire, The next chorus is then shown which them preparing the plan and producing a model to display. The tempo then drops as the band members are shown to be the superheros they wished to be, my reciving girls numbers and the key to the city. The Video shows various bits contributed to the lyrics of the song for example the chours. The lyrics are:

There's a hole in your logic
You who know all the answers
You claim science aint magic
And expect me to buy it

And Goodbye Mr A
You promised you would love us
But you knew too much
Goodbye Mr A
You had all the answers
But no human touch
If life is subtraction
Your number is up
Your love is a fraction
It's not adding up

Oh-Oh-Oh-Oh
(Oh-Oh-Oh-Oh)
(Oh-Oh-Oh-Oh)
(Oh-Oh-Oh-Oh-Oh-Oh-Oh)

So busy showing me where i'm wrong
You forgot to switch your feelings on
Oh-Oh-Oh
So so superior, ard you not
You love a little bit but you forgot

Goodbye Mr A You promised you would love us
But you knew too much
Goodbye Mr A
You had all the answers
But no human touch
If life is subtraction
Your number is up
Your love is a fraction
It's not adding up

Oh-Oh-Oh-Oh
(Oh-Oh-Oh-Oh)
(Oh-Oh-Oh-Oh)
(Oh-Oh-Oh-Oh-Oh-Oh-Oh)

(Goodbye Mr A)
(Goodbye Mr A)

Goodbye Mr A The world was full of wonder till you opened my eyes
Goodbye Mr A
(Goodbye Mr A)
Wish you hadn't blown my mind and killed the suprise
Goodbye Mr A
You promised you would love us but you knew to much
Goodbye Mr A
You had all the answers
But no human touch
If life is subtraction
Your number is up
Your love is a fraction
It's not adding up

(Oh-Oh-Oh-Oh)