Camera Shots, Angle, Movement and Composition
For the majority of the music video, most of the shots are fairly straight on mid shots. This is very similar to the Metronomy video as most of the shots in that were also mid shots. However there are also some close up shots and some mid to long shots. I think the use of mid shots connotes how they want it to be simplistic so its focused on them and not on things going on around them. This simplicity can also be seen in the angles of these shots as nearly all of them are straight on and also in the composition, as most of the time they are positioned very close to the centre of the screen. This can commonly be see in music videos of the same genre.
However, I think the amount of shots and in particular jump cuts, give it a very fast pace, and therefore make it feel slightly odd and quirky.
The camera movements are also very limited as there are only a few quick pans during some shots. These quick pans reflect the speed of the music during those shots.
Editing
The most obvious kinds of editing is the use of jump cuts. Jump cuts are used a lot all the way through the music video. As well as this, slow motion is also used quite a lot. I think the combination of these two editing techniques helps create a very quirky and edgy feel that is very common in music videos of the same genre such as the Metronomy music video. The transition of shots doesn't seem to be anything special, but instead just lets the other kinds of editing create the quirky feel.
Mise-en-Scene
The costumes of the band never change from the plain and simple clothes they are wearing at the start of the video and the set never changes from the grey background either. The combination of these two things give a simplistic feel possibly because they think making the music is the most important thing.
However, if you look at the props used, a completely different feel is given, seeing as the props used are hearts on strings and various tablets and pills. This connotes something is slightly wrong amongst the normality that the other things are connoting.
Andrew Goodwin:
The main way the visuals respond to the music is that the shot changes or there is a jump cut along with the beat of the music.
The different parts of the music like the verses and choruses, have no real difference between them, which shows this music video maybe goes against what Andrew Goodwin said about music videos. However I do think that the visuals emerge from the music. I think because the music is slightly quirky and strange, then an odd music video is required.
This music video doesn't follow any narrative at all really as most things that happen are completely random, which means that this is a disjunctive music video as none of the things going on in the video relate to the lyrics. However, I think it would be difficult to make this music anything another than disjunctive due to the amount of variation in lyrics and lack of sense or narrative in the lyrics.
The kind of image this band is presenting definitely fits in with other music videos they have done as they all the similar strange and quirky feel to them which I think is also typical to music videos of other bands of the same genre.
The main notable type of editing is the jump cut which is used frequently throughout the whole video which connote a slightly strange and odd feel which I think is definitely a motif of this genre of music.
The most significant shot type in this video is the medium close-up, which is pretty much the only shot used. I think this connotes quite the opposite of the jump cuts as this connotes a feel of simplicity.This is also complimented by the mise en scene because the set is just a grey background that never changes, and their clothes are fairly plain and also don't change. However, these may just be simple and plain so there actions can be seen more clearly .
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