1. In the establishing shot we see a underfeed world champion
boxer with his arms up, the shot is darkly lit except the light
that is on him creating his shadow, the mise- on -sene in this shot
is limited and we can only see his gloves and boxing robe. The
following shot we see a ballet dancer doing a spin, with flower
falling and engulfing her, we associate this with victory and
winning, so we can presume she Is great ballet dancer. In the next
shot we see a mid shot of a man asleep and someone kicking the bed,
presumably his mother, this shows he has dreams of world champion
boxer. From the establishing shot,
2. In the next shot we see a girl waking up from her sleep
again showing that see is dreaming to be a professional ballet
dancer, we can also see in this shot that she is deph as they start
using sign language, the mise on sene I this shot is clean and well
lit, and creates a sense of purity, this compared with the man who
was on a matrices on a floor with rugs and no duvet showing his
status. In this shot we see the man carrying out the trash bin, and
he is again in running kit. The mise on sene, shows the high
lighting and a stereotypical lower class environment. With the use
of the long shot we can see the area that it is set within. In this
shot is the first opportunity that we see the band members for the
first time, they are lip sinking to the music that is in the back
ground, and using there hand movements to emphasise
3. As the video continues we see the strugglle these two fac in
order to reach there gols, in this shot we see a wide medium shot
where the man is getting beaten up. Following on from this shot we
can see the gatrest foot stamp this conntoes two things, the
naritive that we have just seen in the previous shot mixed with the
perforance of the bands members. In this shot we see the girl
struggling as she is falling down because she is being judged by
the other girls for being deaf, in the previous shot with the
guitarist, this again connotes that fact that life will kick you
down but you have to get back up.
4. In between these sences we have shots of the band members
within close ups of them playing in the ware house. In several
shots there are close up of the band whilst the they are playing
this shows and grabs the audiences full attention. The light above
connotes interrogation, also the sense of a purity A long shot of
the piano being played shows establishes were the band is.
5. In this shot we see a mid shot, of a runner this then cuts
to a shot of a championship boxer within the fighting in the ring
again showing he is thinking of the dream. The sene then cuts to a
this close up of the auditions sign. This shows they have both been
given a chance to shine to become championship. The sense then
shows us a mid shot of the judging panel, in the background and the
ballet dancer in the for ground.
6. The music changes to diegect at 3:10 for a few seconds, as
the music is then played throught the speakers to whicj the
aspiring ballerina hears. A mirror shot of the ballerina dancing in
the studio and the proffenssional ballerina is show, showing how
she has reached her goals. The video ends with shots of a
proffecional boxer and ballerina showing how they have achived
their dreams.
7. The final shot is of the band walking out of the warehouse
with the lights going out, the video cuts back to the end the music
fading out. c Convention genre meaning: Alternative rock pop rock
indie mixture between performance and narrative, the performance is
based mainly on the lead singers. The scenes in the narrative are
bright, for the sense of the performance and the characters at the
end it uses spotlights to show how important they are. Carlson:
Televised bard, the video tells the story of how two people are
trying to reach there goals this an electronic shaman, the video
uses slow motion when showing punches and the ballerina. Shore:
Simulated experience, as the audience can fantasize about becoming
a boxer / ballerina or achieving their goals. Clichd imagery as we
see images of the boxer and ballerina repeatedly classic story
telling motif, as it tells the story of people getting knocked down
as they are trying to reach there goals Goodwin: Thoughts beats as
the sound is in time with the edits. Narrative and performance.
Technical aspects as slow motion is used.