MUSIC VIDEO ANALYSIS

Frank Turner - Reasons not to be an idiot



1)
if you listened to the song with your eyes closed, you imagine it to be chilled out, you think of a band playing quite lazily - this is what the video is like

2)
the video follows a narrative slightly - we see the artist filming the video, how to the director is manipulating him to look the right way

3)
the star appears casual, not really bothered with what is happening

4)
slow pace, only about 26 shots in the first minute
quick shaky film, zooming in and out in the same shot
regularly pans around the see the director, then pans back to the artist
long shots of the 'performance', the artist, the band
keep cutting back to the same shot of the director pulling the artists face around

5)
this video is amplifying. the song is about how you should just calm down and live your life. This is shown through the video as the artist has enough of the director trying to change everything that he just walks off.

The video is definitely not illustrative, however, as we never see anything that directly matches to the words of the song


Sven E Carlsson's theory is that music videos fall into two groups: performance and conceptual. The video seems to be both. At the beginning, it appears completely performance, as the artist and his band are just stood there singing and playing their instruments. However, the camera then pan to the side and we see the 'director'. This is where the video becomes more conceptual, we are seeing the video being filmed, what the director is telling the artist to do. This makes the video interesting and different, as well as quite funny.