Friday, 18 June 2010

Panic at the disco analysis

Lighting
The general lighting of this music video is very dark to signify the element of sins and tragedies as the titles say. it also dipicts two sides to the singers face giving him a split personality type feel, the lighting from the doors and windows is very direction so that it appears to be very light and bright outside but inside the light is dimmed.
Costume
The costume of the main singer is a circus showman’s suit which would signify that he is the main person in this video, as a “ring master” as it were.
The extras (dancers in the background) are also wearing circus attire and also have their faces painted as if they were clowns. Circus clowns are commonly associated with mischief and doing stupid things which fit with this video perfectly.
The bride is wearing a traditional bridal dress where as the groom is wearing a black suit and black tie so this would either mean that he is the bad person in this or its more like a funeral he is attending and he is mourning over something.
Camera angles
The first shot we see of the singer is a close up on his face, which is ever so slightly hidden which gives an element of mystery to this person.
When we see the bride and, there is a two shot to show them on equal sides, then an extreme close-up on the lips when they say “I love you” this is to emphasise it in a obvious way to the watchers.
Close up shots on this video are very common because it has to emphasise what the characters are feeling in an obvious way so the listener/watcher doesn’t have to think too much about the video because it is set in an obvious way.
The camera angles change constantly to suit the tempo and urgency of the music in the video.
Mise en scene
The mise en scene of this video clip is telling the story of a bride who is cheating on her fiancée, it is set in a small chapel like location this reinforces the wedding idea, as i have said previously there is also a circus element to this making it seem very stupid and outlandish to, also as I emphasised before this coincides with tragedy as well because clowns cause mischief.

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