Textual Analysis 3

You Me At Six - Bite My Tongue

The genre represented in this video is again, punk rock. This is shown by the use of costume within the mise-en-scene as all band members are wearing dark clothing and have dark hair. An artist from outside the band, Oli Sykes from Bring Me The Horizon, who is featured in this track also has many visible tattoos which are a typical stereotypical element you would see on a rock singer. I can link this to Tessa Perkin's theory of stereotyping since I have perceived Oli Sykes in a certain way due to his tattoos. Throughout the video there are many quick cut edits, this represents and reflects the rock genre due to the volume and tempo of the music. The use of a handheld camera in the video links to the lyrics of the song 'I wanna hate every part of you with me, I can't hate the ones who make me'. This is because it shows the point of view of the band members who are performing the track in the video, since the lyrics symbolise anger and frustration.

The setting of the video is a dark recording studio where the band perform the track. A close up shot of the lead singer at the beginning of the video shows him looking directly into the camera which could suggest that the track is aimed at someone in particular. It cuts from this shot to close up shots of long thick black wires which are all tangled up, there are also close up shots that show his band members attached to these wires. These wires have negative connotations of control and could possibly suggest that the band is being controlled by the music. This video doesn't tell a structured story and the narrative is unclear, therefore it could be seen as an example of an abstract music video. However, this video does contain the conventional elements of performance by the members of the band with their instruments which you would normally see with a track belonging to the punk rock genre.

Oli Sykes is initially introduced by a close up tracking shot of his feet in the shadows, this shot  is brightly lit from the far right of the shot which could suggest that he is coming from the outside and shows that he doesn't belong to the band. This is also shown as he is always shot on his own and never with the lead singer or the other members of the band. After this tracking shot there is a mid shot of Oli Sykes which doesn't show his face, this has connotations of him being quite dark, mysterious and different. The lyrics could be talking to him as through the use of cinematography he is being shown as an antagonistic figure. Until he starts singing in the track, he is only shown through  tracking  or close up shots which show parts of him for a second at the most. This use of cinematography represents him as a mysterious figure.