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In this video, the intro starts off with a series of shots of low angle, over the shoulder, panning and side shots that helps biuld the video up. The song starts of with a clean affect guitar where the little melody eventually leads into a bass line which then leands into a drum beat as well. The song then progressivily gets heavier into distorted guitars with heavy sound affects. The video then jums to the band playing in a garage where the camera angles consist of close ups of the guiatist playing. During this the video jumps from the story scene to the band playing. During the story scene we see some panning shots as well as tracking shots that help lead the audience into the story. as we continue through the video we see a number of close ups and camera angles that focus purley on the main charachter in the story who is also the lead singer in the band. As the song is of an aggressive nature, it fits the genre of music which is "Metal" and fits in with the story line. We see the scene where the song becomes heavier when there is confrontation in the story such as the man and woman arguing and pushing each other. During the heavy sections of the song the video cuts to the band playing in an agressive style to match the song. This again leads the audience further into the story. Another aspect that shows the audience about the story is we see several close ups of the bassist and the drummer to show the heavy and deep nature of the song and video. As the vocals get heavier and loudewr, we see the two main charachters from the story upset and distressed. This again leads and biulds up to a more depressing scene. As we arrive closer to the end of the song and video we see the video get more serious and morbid. All instruments get heavier and louder and builds up to an ending that finishes of with the little melody that we began with. The video ends with quick jump shos that represent flashbacks and finally finishes with the main character spreading ashes over a bed. At this point the camera angle is low low which signifies the importance of the person and situation. The mise-en scene is a typical metal look. All band members have tattoos with sleevless shrts and most of them have long hair. The lighting is mainly a dark affect to potray the dark subject of the video which is death, love, anger and misery.

In this video, it starts off with the camera attached to the top of a van with a chicken on it which represents craziness. The tracking shot includes the audience and brings them into the action with the video. the tempo of the video is increased in certain scenes where it shows the story line of the song. As the song is called frantic, the mise-en scene fits good with the song because the fast tempo portrays the story of the song. In various scenes of the video there are parts where the speed and tempo of the video is increased and then the video jumps to jump shots of the band playing but, however the camera angles of the band playing are close ups. There are close ups only of the guitarist playing the guitar where most of the focus is on the guitar. Another close up is of the drummer where the camera is placed just in front of the drummer. In some scenes, where the video's speed has been increased, the camera pans round to show the increase of time. Another camera angle is of the vocalist sing and playing and the angle is from a low angle and panning round him which shows importance to the vocalist. In the video there are also short cuts of different angles of the vocalist. The idea of increased speed and short cuts creates the illusion of non-existing time and distorted reality. The lighting affects suggests again a distorted reality and also suggests that the band are godly as they play in-front of a white light. The costumes of the band are very metal looking as they are wearing sleeveless shirts, ripped jeans and and black colored shirts. There are many close ups of the band members face as they sing "Frantic tic tic tic toc" which again emphasizes the speed and tempo of the song.

This music video consists of different camera angles that focus on different areas of the video. The video starts off with the camera panning round the drummer and showing jump shots between the other band members. As the video continues the camera continues to pan round the band playing and at the same time jumping to various close ups of the band playing the instruments such as the guitarist playing the intro and interlude of the song. While the video is playing, the story to the video plays with shots switching from the band playing and the story of the song. During the panning of the band playing, there are mid close ups of the vocalist and of the guitarists playing. The story matches the song as it contains various scenes where the song is in coherence with the video. The scenes of when the band is playing is in the woods at night time where the camera pans round. The camera does this to emphasize more the location that they are in. However, the band only play in one location but, the scenes of the story are in several locations, in a school class room, in school toilets, gym locker room, and finally in the woods. The mise-en scene of the video is perfect with the song as all the elements of this fit together. To start off with the costumes fit nicely with the song, as the song is heavy metal, the costumes are very "Metal" as ripped jeans and leather jacket are worn and the colour of the clothing consist mainly of black and other dark colours. Lighting affects are mainly dark and eerie to fit with the song but, the light focuses on the band and shines off them and makes mist and fog visible. This again fits nicely with the song. All band members have their instruments and are playing them in sync with the song. Also, behind the band there are amplifiers to show that the music they are playing are being amplified and this again emphasizes the band playing. During mid close ups of the guitarists playing, the camera angle pans slightly to fit the drummer in the background of the shot. However, throughout the whole video the camera angles consist of mis dlose ups while panning.

Reason For choosing music video

There was many reasons why i chose to do a music video rather than a film trailer for my media project. One of the reasons why i chose the music video is because i felt that it would be more simpler to do as the music video wouldn't contain as much thought and planning. The reason why i thought this was because when doing a film trailer, a plot for the film must be created and a reason for it, for the music video myself as well as my group thought it would be easier and much for enjoyable to film a band playing their instruments while having a story scene in the background. Another reason why i chose the music video is because i originally had an idea what i wanted to do for the video and had the right ideas to make my music video a success. The main reason why i chose to do a music video is because i wanted to do the music video as i thought i would do much better than doing a film trailer but also, i had the correct equipment to do the music video as i had the guitar's , Joseph Potts who is in my group had a drum kit and we thought we could do a good job at making a music video. We also chose to do the music video as my self as well as my group are all passionate about music.