Narrative
The music video ‘Jesus of Suburbia’ seems to tell the story of a young man who falls in with the wrong crowd. The character is seen at a party toward the beginning, and the first part of the actual song seems to be fitting for the scene it is setting. As the video progresses, we see that the man seems pretty isolated from the group of people he thought to be his friends; he is shown walking around alone a lot, and argues with them. His mother, also, seems to be quite dysfunctional; she drinks a lot, and even goes so far as to put out a cigarette in her son’s dinner.
Camera Angles
‘Jesus of Suburbia’ by Greenday features many varying types of camera angles throughout in order to give the video an edgy feel. A lot of side-angled shots draw attention to things just to the side of the characters, bringing to focus the surroundings and settings. Close-ups and big close ups make the characters’ eyes look bigger, making a big feature of them; they tell a story in themselves, really. When the shots become long or medium long shots, I think that we are supposed to be focusing on the background, mainly; such as when the ‘lead character’ is standing with his so-called friends.
Camera movement
The movements of the camera seem to be mostly jerky in this video, perhaps to show the inner turmoil of the young man, or to show the effects of alcohol and/or drugs, maybe. The zoom is used to draw attention to individual features upon a character or, for example, the writing on the walls in the cubicle in the music video. A steadicam is used when the young man is walking about the convenience store in the video; I think that this is to show that the man doesn’t particularly care what anybody else thinks of his actions, seeing as a stereotype has probably already been placed upon him because of his age and social group; he might as well act out, right?
Sound
With regards to the actual music, it appears to change depending on the circumstance which the character is in, and several different riffs are used during the piece; for example, an upbeat one for whilst the character is ‘partying’ and a more down-toned one when the character is isolated, etc.
Colour
There isn’t really much to say about colour, to be honest; a lot of greens are used throughout. However, ‘feature colours’ are used to emphasise different things in the background, etc, for example; the bright red wig one character wears, or the dark eyeliner which makes a feature of the main character’s eyes.
The music video ‘Jesus of Suburbia’ seems to tell the story of a young man who falls in with the wrong crowd. The character is seen at a party toward the beginning, and the first part of the actual song seems to be fitting for the scene it is setting. As the video progresses, we see that the man seems pretty isolated from the group of people he thought to be his friends; he is shown walking around alone a lot, and argues with them. His mother, also, seems to be quite dysfunctional; she drinks a lot, and even goes so far as to put out a cigarette in her son’s dinner.
Camera Angles
‘Jesus of Suburbia’ by Greenday features many varying types of camera angles throughout in order to give the video an edgy feel. A lot of side-angled shots draw attention to things just to the side of the characters, bringing to focus the surroundings and settings. Close-ups and big close ups make the characters’ eyes look bigger, making a big feature of them; they tell a story in themselves, really. When the shots become long or medium long shots, I think that we are supposed to be focusing on the background, mainly; such as when the ‘lead character’ is standing with his so-called friends.
Camera movement
The movements of the camera seem to be mostly jerky in this video, perhaps to show the inner turmoil of the young man, or to show the effects of alcohol and/or drugs, maybe. The zoom is used to draw attention to individual features upon a character or, for example, the writing on the walls in the cubicle in the music video. A steadicam is used when the young man is walking about the convenience store in the video; I think that this is to show that the man doesn’t particularly care what anybody else thinks of his actions, seeing as a stereotype has probably already been placed upon him because of his age and social group; he might as well act out, right?
Sound
With regards to the actual music, it appears to change depending on the circumstance which the character is in, and several different riffs are used during the piece; for example, an upbeat one for whilst the character is ‘partying’ and a more down-toned one when the character is isolated, etc.
Colour
There isn’t really much to say about colour, to be honest; a lot of greens are used throughout. However, ‘feature colours’ are used to emphasise different things in the background, etc, for example; the bright red wig one character wears, or the dark eyeliner which makes a feature of the main character’s eyes.
- jessica.
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