The Vaccines

Artsist: The Vaccines

Song: No Hope

Label: Oh Genesis, Marshall Teller and Columbia

	What is used?	Screen Shot	Why it is used?
Mise-en-scene
Props	Props: Bike, Not pad and pencil, flowers, dog Costume: Sixties/fifties style, greased back hair, lace top		The use of the fifties/sixties stylized costumes could have been used to make the characters look more youthful and innocent as this was the time in history when young people were starting to make in impact n the world by protests, rebellions and music.
Location	In this video the locations that are used are derelict, uncared for and old.  The video features an old dock, wasteland, country roads and a city center.		The song is titled ‘No Hope’ from the album ‘Coming of Age’ and features lines such as ‘I don’t care about anybody when I don’t have my own life figured out’. So the use of these run down locations give the theme of a lost cause and ‘No hope’ as if nothing can be done to revive them.
Characters	Young Boy: 14/15 Older Girl: 18/19 Band Members: Justin Young, Arni Arnason, Freddie Cowan, Pete Robertson		The story in the video is about a boy trying to impress a girl who is older than him so the characters are appropriate. The band members represent the men in the girl’s age group and by slapping him in the back of the head they show how both ends of the same generation do not get on. This narrative is very in keeping with the album title coming of age.
Lighting	Throughout the majority of the video, the lighting is bright sunshine. However the young boy is shown in sunshine and all the other characters are in the shaded areas such as under the arches of a building or inside their house.		Lighting, like many aspects of this video’ is used to highlight the innocents of the younger boy and of youthfulness and show the slightly darker part of life, adolescence.
Editing
Cuts	The story cuts between shot of the main character (young boy) and the lead singer (Justin Young) singing indirectly to camera. These two scenes do however cross each other as he rides his bike past the band. The opening shot of the video is also the final moments of the video.		Featuring the band in the video gives them the opportunity to show what the band is about and what they want in the video. The cut between the two scenes makes the video seem as if it is the story from the singer, Justin Young’s, past.  Using the opening shot twice gives the video a more rounded feel and raises questions in the viewers minds that are later answered in the video.
Transitions	There are no transitions used other straight cuts from scene to scene.		Transitions like fades or dissolves are often used to signify time passing but in this video this is achieve by cutting back and forth from the singer and the narrative making it seem as if it is his past.
Effects	The only effect used on the footage is the black and white filter.		The use of black and white, better highlights the lighting of the shots and obviously makes the video seem older as if it is a vintage film.
Camera Angles	In the video the majority of the story is told with mid to long shots, but the key parts of the story are close ups such as the girl smelling the flowers and the boy watching her. There are also point of view shots and shots taken from slightly above looking down at the singer (Justin Young).		The close ups of the boy and the girl shows how focused and eager he is to see her reaction and also emulates feelings of love. The high angle shot of Justin Young could represent an adult or parent talking down to a child or teenager, which again relates the theme of the album ‘Coming of Age’.