Video analysis of a similar artist

The Strokes - 'Reptilia'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RM2Ssne97ek

The title of this song ‘reptilia’ links to the part of the brain called the ‘Reptilian complex’ which deals with our emotions of love and hate, from this i think the song is about a mixture of emotions that he has experienced.

The whole video is a performance all in one room therefore the structure of the video is live also it has a lot of quick cuts to keep up with the fast pace of the song.

Even though the video is just performance there is still quite a lot of good shots, my favourite being it starts off with the neck of two guitars then splits to the three guitars and the singer, in four different blocks, all playing along i think it looks really effective. Another great shot is a foot playing the guitar from the front the foot isn’t totally in focus and it adds a slower pace to the song for a second which i think is really effective.

For the mise-en-scene you can’t really tell where the location is because the video consists mainly of close ups, the only props used are the bands instruments. They are all dressed casually in shirt/jacket and jeans however one man has a formal suit on making him stand out. There isn’t and special effects used throughout the video.

I don’t really like this video as there isn’t really anything happening however i do think the fast edits do help make the video better. The video doesn’t really show career progression of the band considering it is from their second album.

I think the strokes are a similar band to the arctic monkeys because although they are from America they fit in the same genre of the arctic monkeys which is alternative rock.