Music video analyzed 3

Bones - Young Guns:

They use many close up shots to show introduce the band, and add some dramatics to the video by watching some of their feet walk around on the sand. The band is in a closed off room with some lights that keep changing intensity.

In the next scene there is a shot of the sun through a girl hair, this could be done to show that the girl feels as trapped as the band despite being outside in the open air. Her facial expression confirms this for the viewer. The camera goes back to the band, and they keep singing as if nothing else is happening which adds to the girls entrapment as the audience sees this as her always being ignored.

There is then a short shot of her in an abandoned building, and then after a shot of the band there is then an extreme close up of one of her eyes.  Next time we see the girl see is sitting at one of the tables in the building, her expression shows her to be bored, the audience see her as being sick of her loneliness. There are some more shots of this in between shots of the band; this refocuses the idea of her being very lonely.

Then there is a shot of her screaming, also showing her frustration. Each time we see her, see is looking around a little more then after the lyrics of ‘I will never let go again’ the girl appear to collapse. This could show how tried she is of being bored and alone.

After this we see a more visual representation of her frustration as she starts to through object round the room, for example the chair. In the next shot of the band, and one of them kicks some stand, which could be seen as them feeling her frustration, but to a lesser degree.

When she is next shown in the building, she looks tiered and as if she can barley stand up. Then as the music starts to build up again she starts to dance. This could be seen as the girl not caring about an-one else anymore, and just breaking out in the way that she can enjoy herself.

Near the end the girl jumps in the air, the film is the slowed down. This is used to make it look like she has managed to break free and is now up lifted. At the end of the video the band jump up and the camera show one pair of shoes jumping in the same slow motions as what the girl does, so the audience believe that they are up lifted as well.