Analysis of Foo Fighters ‘All my life’!

BY LUCA ABRAHAM!

MISE-EN-SCENE!• The props used in the scene represent the genre of music the

band are, they are a rock band. They have guitars, drums and microphones which show the audience that they use these instruments to create the music playing.

• The lighting used at the start of the song is used to introduce each band member, there is a beam of high key lighting on the lead singer and he starts singing and playing a steady beat on his guitar, the rest of the band are in low key lighting. Then when the other band members start playing the whole band is in high key lighting to show they are all playing at this point. There are different lighting effects used during the video, at one point the whole band are in low key lighting and they’re silhouettes are on a red background.

• The setting is a stage in an arena, they use different backgrounds including a red background, their album cover and their band logo, these are all used to promote the band’s upcoming album. The setting is used because band’s usually perform in arenas and use these types of backgrounds in their shows.

• The clothing the people are wearing shows the band are a rock band, the lead singer is wearing, a t-shirt, skinny jeans and converse shoes, he also has a long haircut which is a stereotypical rock star haircut. The other band members also have rock type clothing and the drummer has a no t-shirt on and has long hair because he is head banging as he plays the drums.

Here the light is on only the lead singer because he is the only band member playing his instrument.

Here the drummer is hitting drums with drumsticks

SOUND All the sound in the video is coming from the

instruments and the lead singer singing, therefore all the music in the video is diegetic, the people can here the music. This is used to show the band performing the song as if they were live, this is a good look into how the band would be live. The lyrics show the band is a rock band because the lyrics talk about the singer getting to a “prize” which is a usual topic that rock bands sing about, others include, pain, loss, achievement and gain. The singer is singing into a microphone and is being projected through amps which are also connected to the instruments, this also shows the viewer that the band is a rock band.

CAMERAWORK• Close-ups are used in the video often, a close up is used near

the beginning to show that the lead singer is singing, they show a close up from different angles such as, high angle, low angle, canted angle and from above to keep the video interesting and not making the viewer bored of the same camera shots.

• A master/establishing shot is used at the beginning to show the band members all together ready to do the song on the stage, this shows the viewer straight away the instruments and that the band is a rock band.

• Mid shots are used to show the lead singer singing and also playing his guitar, this shows the lead singer doesn’t just sing.

• It seems that the camera on the stage is handheld because it is moving around a lot on the stage, this may show the viewers what the video would be like if they recorded it live.

• A high angle shot is used at the beginning to show the lead singer standing alone with his guitar in a single beam of light, and showing the rest of the band in darkness, this shows the lead singer is the only band member active at this point in time.

EDITING• Cutting is used a lot in this video, it is used

often to keep the video interesting, it changes to many different camera angles such as, high angle, low angle, canted and from above, and also changes to many different shots such as, close up, mid shot, long shot, two shot and extreme close up. If the video did not have cutting then the video would be very boring.

• Fast paced editing is used to also keep the audience interested, the camera movements are sped up to match the pace of the music and to keep the audience interested.

• Fade is used from when the band enter the stage to the close up of the lead singer starting to sing, this is used to show the darkness in which the rest of the band are in and the beam of light which is on the lead singer.