Throughout the video it is as though the camera is looking through the eyes of Rockwell walking around his house. This builds tension for the audience as you don’t know what is lurking in there or what’s going to be behind the corner. The video contains some creepy props which we could think about doing in our video. For example, when he turns the shower on and the blood comes out and he has dead creatures on his walls. We probably wouldn’t use these exact props but we could use something similar to represent the dead and zombies. We again liked the make up used in this video. Although it isn’t in the video all the time, it is very effective. Rockwell sees ‘people’ in his house although it is not clear whether they are actually there or whether he’s seeing people. They are wearing make up to give them a spooky, creepy effect.
Mise en scene:
Make up:
He uses a few locations in his video which link together perfectly. He uses what the audience perceive as his house, and then a window opens to where we can see a grave yard as if it’s in his garden. This gives his video the perfect atmosphere for the song, which is the effect that we want to create.
Goodwin’s Analysis –
This video has not many key characteristics from the genre. Rockwell is considered to be motown/pop, where the key features are performance, dancing, etc. However this video is purely narrative.
The lyrics in this video are mostly illustrative, as his vocals match what is happening. For example in the first chorus he sings ‘I always feel like somebodies watching me’ where the camera focus’ on some sort of dead animal on the wall looking at the camera. Also, when he sings ‘can the people on tv see me’ it is as though the people on tv are actually looking at him.
Props looking at him:
People looking at him on the tv:
They’re are a few close ups in this video of mainly props which show the importance of them and they’re effect in the video.
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