Foals

Spanish Sahara

Content

• The content of the music video include the main artist from the Foals finding a dead animal and travelling miles to sacrifice it and hoping to ‘burn’ away the memories. This type of narrative will be useful for both male and female audiences as the narrative is very general; both males and females can relate to the song.

Style and length of editing

This opening image is a fade-in medium shot of mountains covered in snow. This could have been used so the image clearly and slowly forms in the audience mind; this creates a peaceful atmosphere.

Mise en scene

This mise en scene of the main character in the black coat which could be used at warmth; black soaks in sunlight. This could be used as a sense of identity as black coats don’t usually have a label attached or associate with a certain social group; this therefore widens audience. The mise en scene of the man dragging a dead animal in a plastic bag leaves the audience with many questions unanswered. This can help me in the planning of my music video as I can use mise en scene to build a story to the audience.

LocationsThis mountain location isn’t a location that the audience will aspire to. This would make this artist ordinary as the audience will be familiar with this location and not aspire to it. This goes with Dyer’s Star theory about the paradoxes. The star is simultaneously ordinary and extra ordinary. This will help me in the making of my music video as I will include at least one of these paradoxes that will cause the audience to feel like they can relate to the artist due to their location.

Camera shots/ angles

The low angle-head shot followed up by a close up, reflects status as if he was looking up at the man, showing how the video is about him. Goodwin states that “the demands of the record label will include the need for lots of close ups.” This video provides close ups for the audience to recognize the artist more. This can also be used to show the artists emotion to emphasize the lyrics in the music video. This will help me in the planning of my music video because I will know to include close ups and mid shots to show what the artist is about.

Characters

The only character in this music video is the artist. Having only the artists in the music video is useful as there will be no distractions and the audience will notice them more. So it will be useful for me to include the artists alone because being new artists, they need the full attention.

Colour and lighting

Soft colours are used with natural lighting. This is useful because the artist can gain sympathy from the situation. This can be useful in the planning of my music video because I can use soft or harsh colours to present a certain mood for the audience.