I decided to analyse Hey Monday's performance and narrative video for I Don't Want to Dance. I really wanted to look at performance aspects and although the band is not all female, the instruments are the same and the genre is similar. The video is predominantly performance with a strand of narrative, in which the vocalist's character arrives at the band's gig with a boy and becomes annoyed with him when he tries to make moves on other girls.
Camera and Lighting
- There is always a lot of movement, often jerky and hand held rather than smooth and even. For example, pans in all directions and swoops
- A lot of CU beauty shots of the lead vocalist with band out of focus
- Lots of LS of the band and CUs of instruments
- Lens Flares are used
- The narrative aspect is completely handheld POV shots
- Although in a dark empty car park, the band is very well-lit
- Confident, emotive, energetic
- Actions with lyrics
- All members of band never stand still
- Jumps
- Exaggerated lip-sync
- A lot of space in set up to walk around
- Move according to music
- Band interact with eachother
- Narrative aspects come through in verses
- Choruses are almost completely performance
- The final chorus cuts between the two a lot more
- Choppy editing throughout
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