Music Video Analysis

Right at the begining of this video there is a close up shot of a guitar, straight away this meets one of the stereotypical conventions of a rock music video. The lighting in the video is low wich could add to the tempo of the song being calming and slow. Together the visual and the audio work together to create a more relaxed mood to the song. The video seems to be located in a room in an apartment, this is not a stereotypical scene for a music video of this genre as they are usually set on stage or in a rural location. There are alot of close up shots in this video of both the instruments and the band themselves. This could be to introduce the bands appearance to the listener. We can see from these shots that the band are wearing clothes that would be expected by this genre and that their style is similar to others of that music, for example their hair is longer. The lighting in this video is very low, again i feel that this is to add a mood to the song and to help support the audio. Also this message is given by the lyrics, 'There are ghosts in the walls and they crawl in your head through your ears' this makes us think that the song is negative and picking out on the darker points. The camera shots throughout the song are mainly close up shots showed for a relatively long time making the editing and shot changle less frequent i believe that this is to match the tempo of the song and the lyrics.