The narrative is linear since there are no flashbacks. There is a story about a woman who was being held captive by the customers and Kavinsky comes in and confronts the and saves the girl. The genre of this music is electro house or House. There is no lip synching involved in the music video. There is no multi image there is no rythmic editing in the music video but given that the name of the song was Odd Look the video was relevant with the name. This song is from the album OutRun which has a story. It is about a young man who crashes his car in 1986, killing himself but then he reappears as a zombie which makes electro-house music. There is the establishing shot showing the Halfway House Cafe which is a classic diner seen in the 80s. This creates a sense of nostalgia. In addition, it is set in the night which creates a dark and gloomy atmosphere for the audience. There is also low-key lighting which indicates that danger lurks in the night. The car is red the colour red connotes blood. The reason as to why a red car was intentionally chosen because it is hinting that something morbid will soon happen. It can Also suggest that the driver is a villain since his face is concealed in darkness. This is a close up of the mysterious driver observing what is going on from his car. We are still unaware of whether he is a protagonist and antagonist, a motivated cut follows up and it shows the POV of the woman's behind. This represents the dominant stereotype that men are impure, perverted and later in the video, the caucasian woman is held against her will. Which represents the stereotype that males are stronger than women and the woman is seen as a damsel in distress. Then the mysterious man enters the diner. He is portrayed as the knight in shining armour as he faces off against the man but you can witness that he is not human as he feels no pain after being shot by a gun and been hit by a glass bottle. After defeating the villains, the girl rescued by the mysterious man and is taken into his car and the video ends there.
God Dethroned - Poison Fog
There is no narrative. It is a performance music video because there shots showing the band God Dethroned. It often cuts to a burning building and excess smoke which represents the poisonous fog. There is also a close up on the guitarists performing their guitar solos. There are extreme close ups on the male guitarist's eyes and mouth to show that he is metal screaming and his eyes to suggest that his power and dominance. Which supports the dominant stereotype that men are doninant and powerful and beastly given the metal screaming in the video. Later in the video, it then cuts to a graveyard which represents lost souls. In my opinion, I think it links to the explosion you see in the beginning of the video and all the humans that died in the building. The song is also about human violence through the history and the brutal life can be.
Breaking Benjamin- Diary of Jane
The scene begins with the remains of an old household. The video is about a girl who wakes up in a bathroom and approaches the mirror only to find out that all the mirrors in the house are gone. Then she comes across a room full of mirrors. When sees her reflection in the mirror she gasped and then cuts to a grave with the female's name engraved which was Jane. Jane was wearing white. The colour white connotes light and purity. The fact that the girl wore a white dress in the video means that she was a spirit roaming the house but we didn't know that until the end of the video. Low key lighting was consistent in this video. Panning was used in this video to show the surroundings.
Avenged Sevenfold- Beast and the Harlot
The video was set in a stripclub, the reason being is because given that the title is Beast and the Harlot and the word harlot means prostitute. The scene begins with a stripper walking into a stripclub. There was a boy holding a lollipop and looking at one of the dancing strippers and it cuts to the boys leg and you could see that darkness is crawling up his legs which may represent that his spirit is tainted by darkness making him impure. There is also another scene where a womans us being taken by darkness since she had no pupils and the darkness was crawling her face. This video refers to men being beasts and women being harlots hence why the scene is set in a stripclub.
Avenged Sevenfold- Beast and the Harlot
The video was set in a stripclub, the reason being is because given that the title is Beast and the Harlot and the word harlot means prostitute. The scene begins with a stripper walking into a stripclub. There was a boy holding a lollipop and looking at one of the dancing strippers and it cuts to the boys leg and you could see that darkness is crawling up his legs which may represent that his spirit is tainted by darkness making him impure. There is also another scene where a womans us being taken by darkness since she had no pupils and the darkness was crawling her face. This video refers to men being beasts and women being harlots hence why the scene is set in a stripclub.
Darude-Sandstorm
The genre of this music is electronica. There is an establishing shot of a man sitting on a staircase and the camera pans, showing us a building of which the escaping woman is is holding a brief case but is chased by two agents. There are visual effects such as slow motion. The observing man warps several times. However he appears unseen as the pursuers could see him but he could see them. The woman holding the briefcase had more of a dominant role in this video because she was the target. There was rythmic editing as well.
TFK - War of Change
The genre of this song is rock. This is a predominantly a performance music video apart from the shots showing women wearing black. There was rythmic editing. They put white powder on the instruments to create a smoke effect which creates a black and white atmosphere/ monochrome. Quick cuts and slow-motion was being used in the video. Low-key lighting was used in this video to create a chiaroscuro effect which was fitting and they pulled it off effectively. The colours black and white were used together to create a sense of nostalgia in addition to the costumes the women were wearing, some of them were wearing masks.
Breaking Benjamin- So Cold
The video begins with an establishing shot showing a man wearing black which connotes death, emptiness, and despair. The next shot is of a man being punished since there was a match on action showing a man holding block and his legs are shackled. There is also a scene where a woman is holding a rose close to her heart. This gives the idea that the woman may be the wife of the man who is going to be killed. In this video the woman is represented as helpless and dependant because the man was the breadwinner in the relationship and he was providing for her now without him she will end up going through pain and anquish. The man was represented as a victim and impure and guilty which supports the dominant stereotype that men are corrupt, evil and demonic.
System of A Down- Chop Suey
This is a performance music video meaning that there is no narrative. There were a series of jump cuts in the video but it was used effectively and it suited the video. Men in this video are represented as wild energetic, and beastly. There was also rythmic editing and visual effects such as the medium close up shot when the singer and the guitarist went through each other as if they were poltergeists meaning noisy spirits in german. In my opinion, the discontinuity used in this video means that the intended audience doesn't want to think they like fast-paced action they like to be rough.
