The Music video for this song is
a performance type as it features the band members and there is no narrative
throughout. The video again is in black and white and has a short amount of
dialogue before the song starts playing.
In the first scene of
the video it is set in a radio studio, this shows that the band has status as
their music is being played on the radio where there is a mass audience waiting
to listen. In comparison to some of the other music videos in which I looked
at, this video doesn’t follow some of the codes and conventions as much as ‘7
By Catfish and the bottlemen’ this video doesn’t have a cheap budget feel to
it. The video does however reinforces the stereotype that bands of the indie/
alternative genre come from a middle class background.
The image on the left is a above is a close up of
two of the band members. Majority of the video is filmed from this angle, the
effect of this is the members are in clear view of the camera performing, doing
what they do best. In the video we
notice the band is wearing a lot of dark colours connoting to something being
bad or dangerous, implying that this band is ‘badass.’ The shades also
represent this bad boy attitude. A very 1950s style with James Dean
similarities. We all know that James Dean has iconic style. The video for this
creates the impression that the band themselves want to have this iconic image
that fans will remember them by. I find
the video goes against what Giddens says about the relationship between the
lyrics and the visuals as I find there is no connection what’s so ever.
The camera work is very much
handheld bringing the band and the audience close on a personal note. The lead
singer is very much always looking directly down the camera as if he you wear
seeing him live and he is singing to you.
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