Analysis of past student music video

'Stuck' by Canopy Climbers

Narrative
In this student music video, the narrative is evident, and adds to the success of the video. We firstly see two youthful males drinking cans of alcohol in public. After this, we see them chasing an individual, to which he later gets beaten up, and is left alone. Throughout the video, we see the character that was beaten up training his boxing maneuvers in the gym, implying that he is trying to 'toughen' himself up. In the latter part of the music video, we see the boxer being confronted by the character that beat him up, only to be given an apology, as throughout the video, this individual has been thinking about what he has done, and has regretted it.

Transitions
The transitions used in this piece are suitable and effective. Throughout the video, cuts are used to show the fast paced occurrences that are apparent in the video, such as the violence, the running and the arguing. However, other transitions could be used, as a variety of them was scarce. As the narrative suggested that time passed a significant amount, cross fades, or fades could have been used to portray this. 

Settings
There are several settings used in this piece. This is effective in this text as it shows a variation, and allows us to see the passing of time in terms of the narrative. We see the characters in a field, an urban street and a house, amongst other places such as a bonfire. This is good because it allows the audience to distinguish the different surroundings the characters are in, and this compares to their behavior in the narrative.

Shots Used
In this text, there is a variety of shots used for different effects. There are low angles used on the antagonists of the piece (the characters that beat up the other individual) to show their dominance in the performance, however when the antagonist is confronted by the victim, an eye-line shot is used to show that he is now equal to the other character, and no longer dominant. 

Representation
The most evident and fundamental representation in this piece is the idea that teenagers and youths are frequently making silly decisions without thinking about them. This is shown by the idea that they beat up and individual, and throughout the video they are seen regretting it, showing their lack of thought process for the consequences. 

Conclusion
To summarize, this student music video uses different shots to portray different characteristics of each individual, as well as a strong narrative to convey a point. In addition, the music video relates somewhat to the lyrics of the song, and includes different settings and costumes, therefore making it look like a professional music video.