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The Struts: Put your Money on Me: Deconstruction The Struts are a British alternative rock band. They are influenced by the glam rock icons of the seventies, the Beatles, Oasis, Led Zeppelin, the Kaiser Chiefs, Queen and AC/DC. This is their debut video, released 1 st June 2014. The video is targeting viewers who enjoy old school rock’n’roll and who enjoy interesting and unconventional videos. The video was directed by Rhys Frampton. Camera: The entire music video is shot with one camera, and in one take. This is strange because most music videos use the traditional method of a variety of shots; this technique of filming one take is difficult because so many things could go wrong. Someone could miss their cue, someone could trip over etc. But using the one take means the audience isn’t distracted by cuts and transitions, moving their focus away from the music. Also the entire video is filmed using a camera dolly, adding another element to the video. This is a difficult shot to complete successfully as the camera operator has to make sure the

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The  Struts:  Put  your  Money  on  Me:  Deconstruction  

The  Struts  are  a  British  alternative  rock  band.    They  are  influenced  by  the  glam  rock  icons  of  the  seventies,  the  Beatles,  Oasis,  Led  Zeppelin,  the  Kaiser  Chiefs,  Queen  and  AC/DC.    This  is  their  debut  video,  released  1st  June  2014.  The  video  is  targeting  viewers  who  enjoy  old  school  rock’n’roll  and  who  enjoy  interesting  and  unconventional  videos.    The  video  was  directed  by  Rhys  Frampton.  

Camera:  

The  entire  music  video  is  shot  with  one  camera,  and  in  one  take.    This  is  strange  because  most  music  videos  use  the  traditional  method  of  a  variety  of  shots;  this  technique  of  filming  one  take  is  difficult  because  so  many  things  could  go  wrong.    Someone  could  miss  their  cue,  someone  could  trip  over  etc.    But  using  the  one  take  means  the  audience  isn’t  distracted  by  cuts  and  transitions,  moving  their  focus  away  from  the  music.      

Also  the  entire  video  is  filmed  using  a  camera  dolly,  adding  another  element  to  the  video.    This  is  a  difficult  shot  to  complete  successfully  as  the  camera  operator  has  to  make  sure  the  

camera  does  not  shake,  the  focusing  and  the  changing  framing.    By  using  the  camera  dolly  the  video  has  a  sense  it  is  always  moving  forward  and  keeps  the  viewer  interested  in  the  action  on  screen.      

The  most  noticeable  camera  technique  in  the  video  is  the  speed.  The  video  was  originally  recorded  at  a  higher  frame  rate  with  the  song  playing  faster  and  the  band  performing  at  the  same  speed.    Then  in  post-­‐production  the  video  was  slowed  down  to  the  same  speed  as  the  song.    The  result  is  a  strange,  dream  like  quality  to  the  video,  allowing  the  audience  to  see  each  detail  of  the  video  and  understand  the  song’s  lyrics  more  easily  as  the  lead  singer  mouths  them.  

 

Editing:  

Editing  is  extremely  minimalist  in  this  video  as  the  entire  video  was  done  in  one  take.    But  I  think  the  fact  that  there  are  not  cuts  bar  for  the  titles  means  the  viewer  has  more  time  to  connect  with  the  band  and  what  is  happening  on  screen.    Also  because  the  video  has  no  breaks  it  makes  the  audience  feel  like  they  are  actually  there  with  the  band  because  we  see  life  without  cuts  and  transitions.  

 

Sound:  

The  only  sound  that  can  be  heard  in  the  video  is  the  record.    This  connotes  to  the  audience  that  the  video  is  not  real  and  is  dream  like.    This  makes  it  more  

interesting  for  the  audience;  and  adding  in  the  slow-­‐motion  and  zany  content  makes  the  video  an  exciting  experience.  

 

Mise-­‐en-­‐scene:  

Throughout  the  entire  video  the  only  light  source  is  natural  light.    The  video  is  set  outside  meaning  the  easiest  it  is  the  easiest  light  source  to  use.    The  light  is  evenly  spread  across  the  frame  meaning  it  is  easy  to  watch  and  does  not  have  any  shadows  affecting  the  visibility.      

There  are  lots  of  costumes  in  this  video  worn  by  the  extras  following  the  band.    The  band  is  dressed  as  they  normally  would  day-­‐to-­‐day,  in  comparison  to  the  fans  and  extras  that  are  following  them.    A  majority  of  the  extras  are  wearing  clothes  that  are  similar  in  style  to  the  band’s  outfits  but  there  are  some  extras  that  are  wearing  outfits  that  apply  to  the  lyrics  of  the  song  and  which  apply  to  the  theme.  Examples  being  the  cards  and  dice  either  side  of  the  frame  as  well  as  the  manager  and  agent.  

 

Representation:  

From  the  video  the  band  is  represented  as  fun  loving.    This  is  shown  through  their  expressive  performance  and  the  fact  they  are  running  with  the  camera.    They  are  also  represented  as  zany  because  of  the  content  in  their  video;  e.g.  costumes  worn  by  extras  and  the  ending  of  the  video.  

 

Aspects  I  would  like  to  use:  

I  really  like  the  one  take  aspect  of  the  video  but  I  do  not  think  it  would  work  for  the  music  video  we  would  like  to  create.    The  camera  dolly  is  really  good  at  keeping  the  video  flowing  and  I  want  to  use  this  in  our  video  as  I  think  it  is  a  simple  but  effective  tool.    The  slow-­‐motion  style  is  really  exciting  and  appeals  to  me.    It  would  be  interesting  to  use  it  in  a  section  of  our  music  video  to  show  our  capabilities  as  film  makers.