Monday, 18 October 2010



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.

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