Past student example - Viva Brother Still Here

http://vimeo.com/57132158

Viva Brother - Still Here

• Genre- Indie Rock
• Type- Performance and Concept video- Performance shows the boys singing as they walk down the street and shows a band session in a recording studio

Goodwins 7:

• Characteristics of the genre- Showing the band in performance, the grungy effect throughout the video, the normal clothed costume of the boys, long shots showing the band
• Close ups of the instruments and band members- Ordered by the bands record label
• Looking- The boys looking constantly toward the camera, focusses the audience toward them

Camerawork:

• Over shoulder- first shot - the boys turn to face camera
• Longshots- showing the whole band walking down the street
• Mid shots- showing the singers top half as he sings and walks
• Close ups- showing the band performing
• Extreme close ups- showing the mouths singing and the guitar strumming

Editing:

• Reversal- showing the whole video reversed at the end
• Fast pace- the boys walking down the street speeds up
• Slow pace- straight after the fast pace to bring the clip back to neutral speed
• Colour manipulation- at the firework emporium in time with the beat
• Pixelation- of the middle finger, making the video shown on TV
• MTV logo- constantly in corner of video, as if it has been recorded from the TV like a proper video

Mise En Scene:

• Location- Bury St Edmunds- local indie urban location
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• Costume-Normal clothing - jeans, shirt and denim jacket
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• Props- instruments in the recording scenes