During our research we
looked at a large number of videos of the genre so we could gain more knowledge
of the conventions and codes of the style. Myself and Sam looked at one
particular video, Before I
Forget by cult American metal band SlipKnoT. It is the
third single from their 2004 album Vol 3: The
Subliminal Verses. It was listed as AOL's top metal song of the decade.
"Before I Forget" borrows certain elements from a much older Slipknot song
"Carve", which was recorded before their self titled album. The reason we
researched the song was that the video has a lot of techniques and camera shots
that we want to use in our video.
The video is famous because it is the first
Slipknot video that shows glimpses of the member's faces, which is extremely
critical because the band are famous for wearing masks on stage and in their
music videos. The faces are shown in subtle ways, leaving a narrative enigma;
there are shots of noses, eyes and mouths, as well as instruments and masks
lying nearby.
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Instrument close-ups
used intermittently. |
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The band's masks cast aside for
the video, leaving a narrative enigma as to who's who and what they look
like. |
The parts from this video
that we feel have influenced us and made us want to replicate in our video is
the close-up shots of the instruments and the narrative enigma left as the
camera never entirely focuses on the band members themselves, although we will
all by in group shots near the end of the video. We won't shoot the whole
performance for the video in this way, but we will use a few shot types like
this and distribute them evenly to each member.
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