Muic Video Analysis

In order to decide whether to inclube band performance, narrative or a mix of the two I shall look at three different music videos from within the genre I am making mine for to see the effect each option has and to hopefully generate some ideas along the way. Each video can be viewed by following the linked title.


Children Of Bodom - In Your Face

This first video is entirely band performance. Fast editing is used to match the fast tempo of the song and post production effects such as simulated camera shakes and odd exposure effects are used to try and create a peice of visual interest and to try and portraay that the bands music is powerful. Despite this the video does feel very repetitive and does not have much value for rewatches. I do like however how they give each band member a few seconds introduction at the start of the video (just them posing with their instrument not playing), this may be something I would consider incorperating into my video.


Lamb of God - Redneck

This video includes narrative and band performance. The narrative rather cleverly is a device which explains why the band are performing rather than them just being on a random stage. The narrative has a humourus undertone and is visualy rich meaning you have to watch the video at least three times to see everything. The production cost and the size of the crew and cast make this scale of video out of my reach though, although it proves that a narrative/performance mix is definatelly more interesting than plain performance.


Arch Enemy - We Will Rise

I very much like the dark styling of this video and some of the closeups of the lead vocalist have a very dynamic feel. Again this video is a narrative/performance mix as the lead singer of this particular band is female, highly unusual for the death metal genre, therefore they are flaunting their USP by including the performance.

I am stuggling to find any death metal videos which have pure narrative. This is partly to do with te fact most metal bands, especially their front men, are egotistical. Ultimately this means if I were to make a purely narrative video the audience would most likely regect it as it is not what they are used to seeing.


Dimmu Borgir - Sacriligeous Scorn

Although this band is a different sub genre of metal (melodic black metal) the video is still worth a mention. The video features the band members and the narrative is based around them but we do not see them playing their instruments (although some lip syncing for the vocal), therefore this is the closest to pure narrative I have found. The video also apears to have been shot entirely on green screen interestingly. This shows that flashy locations do not need to be sourced necessarily and means the band can be in places which would normally not be possible or do not exist. I intend to use at least some greenscreening for my music video as I like the creativity it allows