A2 Media - Research

The video begins with a whole shot of the band, the band is also mostly sillowhetted at this point. Right at the beginning the whole movement of the band itself is very quick and fast paced, not only this but the edits are very quick as well, the way that the camera almost instantly jumps from the singer to the guitarist to the crowd or the drummer. this is the sort of style and look that me and James are hoping to achieve, by filming multiple shots from many different camera angles in hope to try and be able to jump quickly from one band memeber to another. Also visable is the way the guitarist, singer and bassist are stood together in a ling of three, and they are shot either from the side or from the front to include the drummer as well. It is these types of shots which really set the atmosphere for the video, in the way that they show they band and make it obvious the presence that they have on stage and the presence they have in general in the way that they dominate the stage and know what they are doing and effect that we would like to recreate in our video. Futhermore there are multiple shots of the band "headbanging" which is a common metal theme and so obviously including this is very important. There is combinations between the music and the video whereby when the music appears to slow down a little bit as does the video where it goes into slow motion created a sort of suspended effect. Also at multiple points in the track there are points when the music has a sort of outburst effect at this point this is mirrored in sync with the video itself in that the band might jump or there might be a vast amount of quick cuts etc. Also another feature which is very important regarding the atmosphere of the music to the video is the speed of the edits, most importantly when the music tempo speeds up so does the cuts and edits, but at the beginning when the music is slower it is slower and less cuts. Also another factor seeming common is the way that the singer is focussed on when he is singing and he shot from multiple different angles, giving the idea of multuiple perspectives and the speed created when the camera appears to jump from one angle to another in the shot. Also in the video there are shots of the crowd moshing, which is something that shows the passion the fans have for the music which is very effective in the video itself. the idea of putting a crowd into the video would be something that could be extremely effective in creating the effects of speed to the video. Furthermore the element of excitation is added to the video via many aspects of the scene, mainly the shots of the crowd. In these shots which show us the crowd attending the concert we can see the raw passion the fans have for the band, the way the fans are acting in this promotes the band in itself making it seem like the band can really put on a good show for their audience not only does it promote the band itself showing off their stage athestics and their general presence as a group, it also highlights to the viewer whethere they are the type of person for that music. The quick and fast paced edits and the scenes of the crowd going crazy, the general energy of the band on stage, really cuts the viewrs in two. It cuts the audience from those who enjoy the music and dont, those who would go to a concert for Anthrax and be going crazy in the crowd. In this way the music video allows the audience to define themselves in regards to the music, if they are not a crazy and excited as the people in the video and the crowd then they shouldnt be watching it or listening to the music.