Analysis of Music Video

I'm going to analyse "The Pretender" by Foo Fighters. The genre of this song is rock. The conventions of this genre tends to be a band representing the song. The editing tends to be quick and face paced in order to match the beat of the song. The performers are stereotypical male and there are usual a variety of close ups and medium shots to show each member and their instrument.

The music video doesn't really contain a narrative; a majority of the video is mostly based on the band but there is an element of other characters. The editing of this music video follows the stereotypical conventions since there is plenty of quick, faced paced edits to match the beat of the song. The pace of the editing does become much slower towards the end where the song becomes slightly calmer and it doesn't have as many beats.

"I'm the face that you have to face".  The visual of this line is the singer being confronted with a line of people in official uniform. The shot used for this line was a wide shot; it's shows the line of people and the singer are facing each other, matching the spoken lyrics. The shot is has also used shallow deep to keep the main focus still on the singer. The visual and lyric shows some form of tension between them as it's clear that their opposite sides will clash.

The music video does match the typical convention of this genre since the editing is very fast paced and quick with in time with the beat; several shots and angles was used to focus on each band member.A frequent notion of looking was the male singer, presented through several medium shots and close ups. No iconography or record label was mentioned during the duration of the music video.

The music video: