Music Video Analysis 1
Skillet – Comatose
This video is for the song Comatose by Skillet and is classified in the Christian/Alternative Metal genres. The video was produced by Skidd Mills and was created on the 21st of October 2008. The song was released by Ardent, Atlantic and Lava record labels. The video is set at a live gig with the band on stage. The costume that the band are wearing is mostly black, however the keyboard player is wearing white, and the drummer is wearing black and white. The type of clothing they are wearing is casual, and I think the singer and guitarist are wearing trenchcoats. The props used in the film are instruments, amps, microphones, cables, floodlights, camera booms. The singer moves his hands from the microphone to the air to emphasise the lyrics, while the guitarist moves rapidly around the stage. All members of the band do something to stay in rhythm; the most popular is head banging. They do this to make it look serious, and make them look unbeatable. The lighting is artificial, and comes from spotlights, floodlights, and other types of lights. The colour palette is a bluish tinge, and quite dark, except for 1:59 when the colour changes to a mix of green and yellow with the rest in black and white, making it unsettling, like a dream. It then changes back to the bluish tinge 2:09. The camera techniques used in this video are sweeping actions to the stage, on a boom, with a few static shots in mid and long. There are approximately 110 cuts in the video, mostly fades, but some cuts. Most of the cuts were on beat, no graphics.
The singer was lip-syncing, he was singing to the audience, and demonstrating musicianship. The target audience are teenagers going through the suicidal phase. The music video would be shown on tv channels such as MTV, Scuzz, Kerrang, and is also on a live CD/DVD.
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