Textual Analysis (2)

The Enemy - It's Not Okay

The opening of the video is in black and white and you can see a male figure and face from a side set back angle in which he flings his arms wide and that's when the beat to the music kicks in. We then get a medium close up of the drummer playing as he is opening the beat to the song with this instrument. The instruments the band are using are white and silver this makes them stand out from the black background and the light reflects off the instruments. The band are wearing a full black outfit this blends in but enhances there faces.
Next, is a wide shot in which we can see the band spread out along a stage with their instruments as they all join in the opening beat to the song along with the drummer. The camera shot has a slight tilt as though you are looking at the band from a lower point alike seeing them on stage and it establishes there status. A close-up of the drummer is used but is in utter darkness so we cant see any facial features apart from his drums through the light reflection this is a clever visual effect.
Later a wide establishing shot is used as we can get to establish the environment which looks on bear ground as we can see lit up building in the distant background. The use of lightening is used behind the band where we see a big ball like of light which helps to establish the bands whereabouts and what they are actually doing. With the next beat the camera tracks across to the right where we get a slightly closer view of the band and also its dimmer for a second as the artists back is blocking the light. This causes excitement visually through lightening and the fact the change of angles adds creativity and makes the video more interesting.
A variety of extreme close ups, medium shots, close up and wide shots are used within a further sequence to add camera creativity and different angles so you can see all sides and aspects of the band. The same lightning is used in these sequences which enables they band to stand out from the black background.