Music Video Analysis

Eminem -Stan

Colour –
very dirty and dark – dark green, greys, blacks, navy blues, browns – reflects the poor standard of living Stan lives in.

Camera –
First shot (through window) – we enter in on the scene – the viewer is helpless to prevent what happens, just like Eminem…..it’s not his fault
Over Head Shot – we are looking in on the scene – nothing we can do to prevent it
Vertical Track Shots – from the bedroom to basement – reflects the two sides to Stan’s life (His girlfriend and his obsession with Eminem). Shots go from top to bottom to reflect that Eminem is more important to him + going down connotes a demise, how his obsession will ultimately lead to his downfall
Movement – lots of circling of Stan – reflect his unstable mental state? Lack of movement for shots of Eminem himself to reflect his sanity
Low angles of Stan – menace + mental state

Mise-en-scene -
Rain – depression, demons
Lightning
Black and White – Memories, in the past, can’t change it.
Photographs – star image, self projection, unattainable fame
Mirrors – trying to find a part of Eminem in himself

Chemical Brothers – Star Guitar
Un-illustrative – there are no words to be shown, but there are some links between the images and the music. For example, when the tempo of the track slows down, so does the movement of the train as we pass through a small village highway. Furthermore, for a specific melody, another train passes, with this image being repeated whenever the melody appears in the music. In addition to this as the different sections of the track come through(intro, ‘chorus’, verse, middle eighth/break) a new setting will be introduced.

The video is predominantly shot in the daytime, although at one point the time shifts to night-time and then back to daylight to reflect the elongated synth.
The video is neither narrative or performance based, although you could argue that it is telling a story of a train journey. The position of the camera, at an angle to the window would also infer that the camera is standing in for a character looking out of the window.