Monday 26 September 2011

Research Video 3


Four Year Strong - It Must Really Suck To Be Four Year Strong

Four Year Strong is an American rock band from Worcester, Massachusetts, formed in 2001. The group consists of vocalists and guitarists Dan O'Connor and Alan Day, bassist Joe Weiss, and drummer Jackson Massucco. They have released Three studio albums with the latest, Enemy of the World, released on March 9, 2010. Their fourth album 'In Some Way, Shape Or Form.' is set to be released on November 8 2011

In this video, the artists have used various different people to lip sync their song, this is very effective because they are all dressed up differently and stand out. The very first shot is a medium wideshot of a guy stood against a wall with loads of graffiti on, this may give the audience an idea what type of people will be featured in the video. This video is mainly perfomance even though you see other people performing and not the band until the very end. All the way through the video it is the same shot all the way through, a tracking shot.  All the other people in the video who are performing are dressed up as American superheroes, luchadores which are mexican wrestlers or represent famous people.  The majority of the people in this video are male with the exception of a few females. Also i have noticed that there are very few people from different ethnicities. The band have used various props in this video such as microphones, guitar hero guitars, a blown up guitar and various different outfits. Throughout the video, gradually more and more people start to join the walk through the city. At the very end, all the people stand together and you finally see the band perform  with the guitar props. When the people sing to the band and raise their hand, it looks like they are worshipping Four Year Strong.

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