Analysis of Misery Business by Paramore

As we are doing the song Fences by Paramore as our chosen video, we have decided to do an anaylis of Misery Business by Paramore.

This is to get an idea of shots and effects that Paramore use in their own videos.

The link below is the video of Misery Business.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQnwQ6JtySc

The video uses a lot of long shots and medium shots in the performance sections which I think works to effect and would look good in our own video. The video has fast paced shots that change to the beat and none of the shots go on for more than 1 second. This will be good to use in our own video as Fences is also a very fast paced song.

Misery Business uses a lot of different camera angles to create a variety of shots. An interesting camera angle was the dutch slanted angle which was used in the performance section. There was good use of tracking and zoom in the storyline section which I would like to use in our own video.

The mise en scene in the video is realistic and the set of a high school works well.

There is a variety of effects in the video such as the change from colour to monochrome in a flash like way. There are also sections where Hayley Williams, the performer, holds onto the camera and shakes it whilst singing into it which works well. She also wipes the camera at one point as if it is someones face which works well as you see what is happening from the characters view which is similar to an over the shoulder shot but more intrusive.

The following images are some shots from Misery Business by Paramore.

I like these shots as they show a variation as to what the video involves.