nine frame analysis of "you stupid girl" music video

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Page 1: Nine Frame Analysis of "You Stupid Girl" Music Video

The music video for You Stupid Girl by Framing Hanley opens with this translation, although at this point it is unknown why. The video cross cuts between the narrative and the band playing in a room. Although the full band is playing together, we never get a full band shot. Here, the camera pans around the lead singer in a medium close up with shallow Focus. The band are all wearing casual clothes. The shot changes to a low angle shot showing the lead singer, Kenneth Nixon, in a lift, he seems serious about something, while staring at the bottle of champagne in his hands. His costume is seen to be smart casual. Kenneth then knocks on a door and a cross cut of medium close ups initiates, showing a conventionally attractive woman answering, the woman seems to have a slight cunning side.The woman is dressed in a formal dress, showing that these two are definitely having a date. The shot then changes to a shallow focus into deep focus of the woman pouring the champagne while Kenneth looks out of the window. The shot changes to a close up of the woman pouring an unknown substance into one of the glasses and giving it to Kenneth.

Page 2: Nine Frame Analysis of "You Stupid Girl" Music Video

The video then changes to medium close up of the two toasting and having a drink together, before Kenneth suddenly falls to the floor dead, from poison. As the woman is smiling we see her suddenly drop to her knees clutching her chest, hinting largely that she has also been poisoned. She falls next to Kenneth in a shallow focus. The video ends on a close up of the Champagne bottle, showing that it is the same drink as at the beginning, “Kiss Of Death”. Showing that Kenneth was planning this whole thing all along.