FOO FIGHTERS- ‘MY HERO’

CAMERA MOVEMENTS/SHOTS/ANGLES

THE VIDEO IS MADE UP OF MOSTLY TRACKING SHOTS OF THE MAN RUNNING INTO AND THROUGH THE BURNING

BUILDING. THERE ARE SOME OVER THE SHOULDER SHOTS TO SEE THE POINT OF VIEW OF THE MAN AND THE

CAMERA ZOOMS IN AND OUT ON TO THE BAND MEMBERS INDIVIDUALLY IN THE HOUSE PLAYING THE MUSIC

THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE VIDEO. THE CAMERA ANGLES ARE FAIRLY SIMPLE, HOWEVER EFFECTIVE FOR WHAT

THE PURPOSE OF THE VIDEO.

EDITING AND TRANSITIONS

THE EDITING AGAIN IS VERY SMOOTH AND SIMPLE, THE VIDEO IS ULTIMATELY MADE UP OF ONE LONG TRACKING

SHOT THUS EXTENSIVE EDITING IS NOT NEEDED. HOWEVER IN SOME PARTS OF THE VIDEO, FOR EXAMPLE THE

BEGINNING WHEN THE MAN IS RUNNING DOWN THE STREET, THE SPEED OF THE SHOT HAS BEEN SLOWED DOWN

TO MAKE THE VIDEO MORE INTENSE TO FIT WITH THE STORY AND THE SONG.

MISE- EN SCENE

THE LOCATION IS A BURNING HOUSE TO SET THE SCENE FOR THE ‘HERO’. THE COSTUMES ARE NORMAL EVERYDAY

CLOTHES. FOR EXAMPLE THE MAN IS WEARING A RED T-SHIRT AND JEANS TO PORTRAY A HERO IS JUST A NORMAL

PERSON. INTERESTING, THE CAMERA WORK THROUGHOUT THE VIDEO DOES NOT SHOW YOU THE FACE OF THE

MAN SO YOU ARE UNABLE TO SEE HIS FACIAL EXPRESSIONS. THIS KEEPS THE AUDIENCE WONDERING WHO THE

HERO IS AND CONVEYS THAT IT DOESN’T MATTER WHO THE PERSON IS OR WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE, THE MAN’S

ACTIONS IS THE IMPORTANT AND KEY ASPECT TO FOCUS ON IN THE VIDEO.

REPRESENTATION

THE MAN IN THE VIDEO IS REPRESENTED TO BE A ‘HERO’ WHICH RELATES TO THE NAME OF THE SONG ‘MY

HERO’ AND THE LYRICS. HE RUNS INTO A BURNING BUILDING TO SAVE A BABY, A DOG AND A SPECIAL PHOTO.

THE EYES OF BOTH THE DOG AND THE BABY ARE BLACKED OUT TO REPRESENT PEOPLE OM NEED

EVERYWHERE. THE FACT YOU NEVER SEE HIS FACE ALSO ADDS TO THE FACT ITS NOT WHO HE IS WHICH IS

SIGNIFICANT, IT IS WHAT HE IS DOING. THE CLOSE UP OF THE WOMEN ON HER KNEE’S HOLDING HER BABY

THANKING HIM PORTRAYS THAT HE REALLY IS HER HERO AND IS REPRESENTED TO BE HELPLESS WITHOUT

HIM. AT THE END OF THE VIDEO, YOU SEE THE NEIGHBOURS SURROUNDING HIM, THANKING HIM FOR BEING

THEIR HERO WHICH IS A REALLY SIGNIFICANT SHOT AS IT DIRECTLY CONVEYS THE MESSAGE OF THE VIDEO

AND THE SONG ITSELF. THE BAND SEEN THROUGHOUT THE VIDEO ARE NOT A PART OF THE STORY, HOWEVER

THEY ARE WITH THE MAN EVERY STEP OF THE WAY APPEARING IN EVERY ROOM.

DOMINANT IDEOLOGIES

THE DOMINANT IDEOLOGY REPRESENTED IN THE VIDEO IS THE MORAL THAT EVERYONE NEEDS A HERO AND

THAT NO MATTER WHO IT IS, THEY DESERVE TO BE THANKED AND CELEBRATED FOR THEIR HEROIC NATURE

AND ACTIONS. THE VIDEO ALSO REPRESENTED STRENGTH AND DETERMINATION, CONVEYING THAT ONE

SELFLESS ACT CAN CHANGE SOMEONE’S LIFE AND MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE.

THIS VIDEO IS PREDOMINANTLY ABOUT BEING A GOOD PERSON AND BEING ADMIRABLE.

HOW DOES THE VIDEO FIT THE GENRE?

THE VIDEO FITS THE GENRE AS THE BAND ARE STARRED IN THE VIDEO, PLAYING THE SONG AND THEIR

INSTRUMENTS WHICH IS TYPICAL IN A ROCK MUSIC VIDEO. THE SYMBOLIC NATURE OF THE STORY WITHIN

THE VIDEO ALSO RELATES TO THE GENRE AS THE VIDEO DIRECTLY CORRESPONDS TO THE LYRICS OF THE

SONG, WHICH AGAIN IS SEEN IN MANY OTHER SUCCESSFUL ROCK VIDEOS.

INTERTEXTUALITY

THERE ARE NO SPECIFIC FEATURES WITHIN THE VIDEO, HOWEVER THE SONG HAS BEEN FEATURED IN A

VARIETY OF OTHER MEDIA TEXTS. THE SONG WAS FEATURED IN THE MOVIE VARSITY BLUES DURING THE

CLIMATIC SCENE OF THE FINAL FOOTBALL GAME. THE SCENE WAS LATER PARODIED IN THE 2001 FILM NOT

ANOTHER TEEN MOVIE. THE SONG ALSO APPEARED IN THE 2010 FILMS SOMEWHERE AND THE OTHER GUYS

WHEN PART OF THE SONG WAS HEARD DURING THE SCENE WHERE DWAYNE JOHNSON AND SAMUEL L.

JACKSON JUMP TO THEIR DEATH, AGAIN LINKING TO THE SONG AND THE LYRICS PORTRAYING THEM TO BE

DOING SOMETHING SELFLESS AND BEING HERO’S.

AUDIENCE RECEPTION

PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO RELATE TO THE VIDEO DUE TO THE MORALS IT CONVEYS. IN ADDITION I BELIEVE IT

WILL INSPIRE AN AUDIENCE DUE TO THE STRONG, EMOTIONAL THEMES THE VIDEO REPRESENTS. THE FACT

THAT THE VIDEO HAS THE BAND IN WILL ALSO ALLOW THE AUDIENCE TO ENJOY THE VIDEO AS THEY CAN SEE

THE BAND THEY LOVE PLAY WITHIN THE TOUCHING STORY.

USES & GRATIFICATIONS

THE VIDEO IS CREATED TO ENTERTAIN WHICH IS DONE BY INCLUDING SPECIFIC GRATIFICATIONS WITHIN

THE VIDEO. THE VIDEO REPRESENTS VERY EMOTIONAL THEMES WHICH MANY PEOPLE RELATE TO AND ENJOY

WATCHING. IT ALSO ALLOWS PEOPLE TO WATCH ENGAGE WITH SOMEONE ELSE'S PROBLEMS AND FORGET

THEIR OWN WHICH THIS VIDEO WILL ALLOW CERTAIN AUDIENCES TO DO. THE STORY ITSELF IS VERY

UNIQUE AND CAPTIVATING WHICH WILL ATTRACT AN AUDIENCE AND ALLOW THEM TO ENJOY IT.

BIFFY CLYRO- MANY OF HORRORCAMERA MOVEMENTS/SHOTS/ANGLES

THE SHOTS IN THE VIDEO ARE VERY FAST PAST AND QUICK. THE VIDEO IS MADE UP OF A VARIETY OF SHOTS,

PARTICULARLY CLOSE UPS OF THE FRONT MAN SINGING, HE IS THE MAIN FOCUS OF THE VIDEO. THE SHOTS

ARE ALL MADE UP OF THE BAND PLAYING FROM DIFFERENT ANGLES, A VARIETY OF LIGHTING AND

ALTERNATING WHICH BAND MEMBER TO FOCUS ON.

EDITING AND TRANSITIONSTHE VIDEO IS MADE UP OF MANY FAST PACED EDITS IN TIME OF THE SONG. THE TRANSITIONS BETWEEN

SHOTS ARE EXTREMELY FAST BUT DO NOT LOOK OUT OF PLACE. OCCASIONALLY, MORE TOWARDS THE END OF

THE VIDEO, THE FRONT MANS FACE IS EDITED TO BECOME DISTORTED AND FLICKERING WHILST HE IS

SINGING PORTRAYING THE THEME OF SPARKS AND ELECTRICS. ALSO SOME OF THE SHOTS HAVE BEEN

SLOWED DOWN TO EMPHASISE WHAT IS GOING ON.

MISE-EN-SCENE

THE VIDEO IS SET IN A POWER STATION TO REPRESENT LOVE BEING ELECTRIC AND LIKE A SPARK WHICH IS

SIGNIFICANT IN THE VIDEO. YET, MOST OF THE VIDEO IS FOCUSED ON THE FRONT MAN AND THE BAND

RATHER THAN THE MISE-EN-SCENE. THE LIGHTING IS VERY DARK TO EMPHASISE THE SPARKS AND LIGHTS

GOING ON IN THE BACKGROUND. THE LIGHTING ALSO HELPS ADD TO THE EMOTION OF THE LYRICS.

REPRESENTATION

THIS VIDEO IS VERY PERSONALISED TO THE BAND, SPECIFICALLY THE FRONT MAN. HE IS TELLING A LOVE

STORY THROUGH THE POETIC LYRICS SHOWING HIS EMOTIONS THROUGH HIS FACIAL EXPRESSIONS AND

SINGING. THE ELECTRICS IN THE BACKGROUND ACT AS A METAPHOR FOR LOVE BEING A SPARK AND

ELECTRIC WHICH CAN SOMETIMES HURT PEOPLE. THE FAST FACED EDITING REPRESENT ALL OF THE

EMOTIONS HE IS FEELING, PORTRAYING IT AT EVERY ANGLE.

DOMINANT IDEOLOGIES

THE DOMINANT IDEOLOGY IN THIS VIDEO IS THAT LOVE CAN SOMETIMES HURT AND DISTORT PEOPLE

WHICH IS SHOWN BY THE EDITING, THE ELECTRICS AND SPARKS FROM THE CHOICE OF LOCATION (POWER

STATION).

HOW DOES THE VIDEO FIT THE GENRE?

THE VIDEO FITS THE GENRE AS MANY ROCK SONGS ARE ABOUT LOVE AND THE STRUGGLES

ENCOUNTERED. IN ADDITION, THE FACT THAT THE BAND ARE THE MAIN FOCUS OF THE VIDEO AND

THE ARE PERFORMING IS A TYPICAL CONVENTION OF A ROCK VIDEO WHICH IS APPEALING TO THE

TARGET AUDIENCE AS THE VIEWER LIKE TO SEE HOW THE BAND RELATE TO THEIR SONG.

INTERTEXTUALITY THE VIDEO DOES NOT HAVE ANY INTERTEXTUAL REFERENCES AND HAS NOT BEEN FEATURED IN ANY

OTHER MEDIA TEXTS, HOWEVER, THE SONG WAS COVERED BY X FACTOR WINNER MATT CARDLE

AS THE WINNERS SINGLE.

AUDIENCE RECEPTION

FANS OF BIFFY CLYRO WOULD FIND THIS VIDEO EXTREMELY APPEALING. THE BAND ARE THE MAIN FOCUS

AND YOU CAN VISUALLY SEE HOW THE BAND RELATES TO THE SONG WHICH IS AN ASPECT THAT AN

AUDIENCE FINDS ATTRACTIVE AS IT HELPS THEM THEN RELATE TO THE VIDEO AND THE SONG THEMSELVES.

USES & GRATIFICATIONS

THE VIDEO EXPRESSES THE FEELING OF LOVE WHICH IS ONE OF THE GRATIFICATION WHICH AN AUDIENCE

FIND EXTREMELY ENTERTAINING. THE VIDEO ALSO ALLOWS AN AUDIENCE TO ENGAGE WITH SOMEONE ELSE’S

LIFE AND EMOTIONS NOT JUST THEIR OWN. THE LYRICS AND THE PASSIONATE FEELINGS IN THE VIDEO ARE

APPEALING TO A WIDE RANGE OF AUDIENCES.

GREEN DAY- GOOD RIDDANCE (TIME OF YOUR LIFE)

CAMERA MOVEMENT/SHOTS/ANGLES

THE VIDEO SHOWS THE FRONT MAN PLAYING GUITAR SINGING AND IS SHOWN THROUGH A VARIETY OF

CLOSE UPS AND MID SHOTS FROM DIFFERENT ANGLES TO ALLOW THE AUDIENCE TO SEE IS FACIAL

EXPRESSIONS TO THEN INTERPRET HIS EMOTIONS. THIS IS THEN INTERCUT WITH "PULL-IN" SHOTS OF

VARIOUS PEOPLE INVOLVED IN MUNDANE ACTIVITIES, PORTRAYING THEIR DIFFERENT SITUATIONS . ALL OF

THE PEOPLE ARE SHOWN SEEMINGLY STARING INTO SPACE ABSENT-MINDEDLY, THINKING ABOUT LIFE.

EDITING AND TRANSITIONS

THE VIDEO CUTS FROM THE FRONT MAN SINGING TO A SLOW MOTION ZOOM IN ON A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT

PEOPLE WITH DIFFERENT LIVES AND SITUATIONS. THE TRANSITIONS ARE QUICK AND THEN SLOW RIGHT DOWN TO

FOCUS ON THE PERSON AND THEIR FACIAL EXPRESSIONS. THE EDITING IS CONSISTENT THROUGHOUT THE VIDEO

EMPHASISING THE MEANING OF THE SONG.

MISE-EN-SCENE

THE FRONT MAN IS PRESENT IN DIFFERENT LOCATIONS ALL LOOKING RATHER RUN DOWN, FOR EXAMPLE THE FIRST

LOCATION WHEN HE IS IN A ROOM, WITH RUBBISH AND CD’S ALL OVER THE FLOOR, WITH JUST A MATTRESS AND A

BLANKET REPRESENTING HOW THE SONG RELATES TO HIM PORTRAYING THAT HE IS HAVIN A BAD TIME. THE OTHER

PEOPLE IN THE VIDEO ARE ALL IN A RANGE OF LOCATION DEPENDING ON THEIR SITUATION. THE USE OF THE MISE-

EN-SCENE HELP REPRESENT THAT DIFFERENT PEOPLE ARE GOING THROUGH DIFFERENT THINGS AND SITUATIONS.

REPRESENTATION

THE VIDEO REPRESENTS EVERYONE AROUND THE WORLD HAVING DIFFERENT STRUGGLES AND FACING

DIFFERENT SITUATIONS. THE CLOSE UPS OF THE DIFFERENT PEOPLE THINKING PORTRAYS THAT JUST HOW

DIFFICULT LIFE GETS, IT WILL GET BETTER. THEY PORTRAY HOW THE SONG RELATES TO EACH INDIVIDUAL IN

DIFFERENT WAYS AND FOR DIFFERENT REASONS.

DOMINANT IDEOLOGIES

THE DOMINANT IDEOLOGY IS THAT EVERYONE SHOULD REMEMBER THAT EVERYONE IS DIFFERENT AND THAT

THERE IS ALWAYS SOMEONE WORSE OFF THAN YOURSELF, SO YOU SHOULD MAKE THE MOST OF WHAT YOU

HAVE GOT- SHOWN IN THE VIDEO AND IN THE LYRICS.

HOW DOES THE VIDEO FIT THE GENRE?

THE VIDEO RELATES THE GENRE OF PUNK ROCK AS IN ROCK VIDEOS, THE BAND ARE USUALLY SHOWN

PLAYING IN THE VIDEO WHICH IS DONE HERE AS THE FRONT MAN IS PLAYING, SINGING THE SONG

PORTRAYING HOW THE SONG RELATES TO HIM.

AUDIENCE RECEPTION

THE AUDIENCE WILL BE AUTOMATICALLY THINK ABOUT HOW THE SONG RELATES TO THEM AND THEIR LIVES.

GREEN DAY FANS WILL ALSO ENJOY THE VIDEO AS THE FRONT MAN IS PRESENT, ACTING AS A SIGNIFICANT

PART OF THE VIDEO. THE SONG AND LYRICS ARE ALSO OPEN TO INTERPRETATION DEPENDING ON THE

SITUATION THUS IT WILL ALLOW ANYONE TO RELATE TO THE SONG/VIDEO.

USED & GRATIFICATIONS

THE VIDEO IS CREATED FOR BOTH ENTERTAINMENT AND TO SELL THE SONG. THE VIDEO WILL ATTRACT A

WIDE AUDIENCE AS IT ALLOWS PEOPLE TO RELATE TO THE VIDEO AND THE SONG. ALSO, THE FACT THE SONG

IS ABOUT ISSUES THAT COULD EFFECT EVERYONE IN DIFFERENT WAYS MEANS THAT ANYONE CAN ENJOY

AND RELATE TO IT, MAKING IT APPEALING TO MANY PEOPLE.