Foo Fighters - The Pretender

ANALYSIS

Thursday, 19 September 2013

SetupThis music video is very simple and all based in the same place, it is the band in what looks like a warehouse in front of a red backdrop performing their song.

It is pretty much just all the same scene as it is all based in the same place, most the shots are close ups of Dave Grohl and fast camera movements which are typical in a music video such as this

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Setup 2This video is edited to the beat of the song, not many scenes last that long, there will be occasional shots of the other members of the band but they don’t even last for a second, the main shots are focused on Dave Grohl

The music video is edited to match the beat and feel of the song, as the song is a fast song it has snappy editing and the performers are very harsh with their movements

Thursday, 19 September 2013

Shot 1Their are a lot of closeup shots of Dave Grohl singing, but their not all just of his face, they’ll sometimes just show his mouth or part of his head or his eyes.

Also their are a few shots that start as close up of him but zooms out to reveal more.

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Shot 2There is a wide shot as the riot officers enter the room which includes the band and the riot officers.

This shot pretty much introduces the riot officers as you see all the rest come out

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Shot 3There is another wide shot from behind the riot officers looking at the band, this is one of the few shots where you can actually see the whole band

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Shot 4

This is the shot where the riot officers start running towards the Foo Fighters, we first see the main riot officer yell and the rest follow him in the run.

There first shot is a close up of one of the riot officers, the second is a slow track shot

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Shot 5

This shot here is an explosion of what looks like paint, but it’s probably coloured water.

It starts with Dave Grohl leaning back from the microphone and as he leans forward again there is the explosion behind him which startles the right officers.

Thursday, 19 September 2013