Music Video Analysis

Black Sabbath - Loner (Gothic)

• Dark
• Fan involvement 
• Engrossed
• Tour performance clips
• Crowd control
• Instruments
• Slow
• Confident
• Cult like movements (head banging and fongerpointing)

The shot I decided to screen shot is a long shot. This shot shows the relationship between the band and audience. The shot shows live tour clips.

The long shot shows the connection between black sabbath and their fans. 

This shows the huge audience enjoys and maybe worships the music. (From the cult like finger pointing and head banging.)

The video shows a successful band who have a massive following. It shows them as confident performers who have been in the industry for a long time, so know how to control a crowd. The personality comes across as moody, depressive, dark and sorrowful. I saw these personalities from the slow song and movement that came from the band and also the quiet movement-less crowd.

Crowd shows dedication and control as they just sit quietly and enjoy the music.

American Idiot - Green Day (Skater)

• Plain
• Colourful (green paint/water)
• Energetic 
• Loud 
• No involvements from others
• Confident 
• Band performance 

Close up shot to show the American flag. No members of the band, green day are involved within the shot I have selected, but I decided to screen shot this part of the music video as it showed relevance and meaning.

I felt the shot showed the American flag. (Relevance to the song title and lyrics) also by the flag being green it represented the name of the band. 

The video shows personality from the quite plain video. You're directed mainly to see the green American flag, this shows being slightly reckless as they are changing tradition and normality (from the traditional and average flag). From the video you can also see them being energetic, this could see them as young, free and control.

Avril Lavigne - Hello Kitty (Scene)

• Loud 
• Confident 
• Colourful
• Wacky
• Weird 
• Flamboyant 
• Energetic 

This shot is a medium camera angle. The shot shows all the different elements which Arvil Lavigne lyrically sings about in her song.

The shot shows many colourful props which have relevance to the song. 

Hello kitty is a world wide brand, which started and mainly focused on in Japan. The Japanese dancer in the background show the meaning towards that in the song.

The personalty that is coming across from this video is a care free attitude, of someone who likes to be different and doesn't care about opinion. It shows Avril as being a wacky and weird person, this could be seen differently by different types for people. From example either being cool or being a freak, due to liking something out of her age range.

N-Dubz - Strong Again (Chav)

• Movement
• Staged 
• Chavy
• Rough 
• Disinterested
• Crowd are quite emotionless

The shot shows a bird eye view angle within the music video. By using a birds eye view it allows the audience (viewers of the music video) to see a large selection of what is happening in the video. It shows how the band are the main focus and how the dedicated fans surround the fans in a swamp like manner. It can show the band are popular with huge a huge following.

The personalities seen are a group of confident young friends who want to be seen as reckless. They have a cocky and care free attitude. From the way they act it can be seen they feel to be above the law. Part of the video shows ungratefulness, that they believe they deserve to be in the lime light and have fame and fortune.