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In You Me At Six's "Underdog" music video: 1) There is a variety of camera shots and angles used during the band's performance and narrative sections to keep things dynamic visually. 2) The mise-en-scene aims for realism, portraying the band on stage as at a concert and scenes like the couple at the cinema as they would be in real life. 3) Shots are cut together faster as the song and narrative tension increases, with one brief scene employing slow motion to exaggerate an argument.

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You Me at Six

In You Me At Six's "Underdog" music video: 1) There is a variety of camera shots and angles used during the band's performance and narrative sections to keep things dynamic visually. 2) The mise-en-scene aims for realism, portraying the band on stage as at a concert and scenes like the couple at the cinema as they would be in real life. 3) Shots are cut together faster as the song and narrative tension increases, with one brief scene employing slow motion to exaggerate an argument.

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You Me At Six - Underdog

In You Me At Sixs video, there is a lot going on in


terms of camera angles and shots suiting the music
genre. There is a lot of movement of the camera,
such as pans around the band members while
theyre performing and tracks in and out at certain
times in the video. The tracks are used instead of a
zoom in and a zoom out, making the movement and
cuts smoother. The pans only occur around the band
members, allowing you to see all the aspects of the
performance of the song. Highlighting the bands ability to play and create music.
During the narrative sections of the music video a variation of camera shots are used, such as long
shots, close ups, and tracks are used. A good example of a track can be found when the blonde
female and male are kissing, as the camera swiftly moves closer to them. This track portrays that this
creates tension in the narrative of the video.
There is an over-the-shoulder shot of the blonde
female in the bathroom, applying lip gloss,
which is contrasts with the shots of the other
female dancing. The shots of the blonde female
in the bathroom are all over the shoulder and
never change, suggesting she is a vain character
due to her always looking the mirror (in this
scene). Contrasted with the variation of shots
used of
the other female dancing, portrays the female dancer
character as strong. The combination of the multiple shots of
the dancer; close ups, medium shots and long shots.
Provides the viewer both the details in her dance such as
facial expressions but then cut with the long shots shows
what it is that she is doing.

The mise-en-scene for the video is fairly simple. The performance part of the video has a
verisimilitude effect as its set up just like it would be at a real concert, giving the audience a taste of
what itd be like to see them live. The video starts with silhouettes with red lighting, suggesting that
the song has a romantic theme. Then white lights on come and light up the members so you can see
who they are and continue with the verisimilitude idea of a concert. The band are dressed in mostly
black but the singer has a white t-shirt on, making him stand out. Theyre dressed in casual wear
suggesting they are relaxed, also portraying them as a band who enjoy what they do and are
comfortable with their image. For the narrative, it is portrayed to the audience that the male and
female wearing black were on a date as they were both dressed in smart casual clothes. The female
has had her hair and makeup done in a way that portrays
she made an effort for him. Its easy to see theyre in a
cinema during the kissing scene as there are plain walls,
dim lights and bill boards with film posters displayed,
advertising new films. However you cant see the film
posters inside, which means the video doesnt conform to
Gows intertextual reference theory. The mise-en-scene
overall is verisimilitude as the cinema, clothing, stage,
props and lighting are all what they would/do look like in real life, when you go to a concert or the
cinema.
The video contains one effect, but mostly cuts from
one shot to another. The cutting of the shots
becomes faster when the pace of the song picks up.
As well as when the narrative gains more tension.
When the female and male that are thought as
being on a date arguing, it appears that slow
motion has been used to exaggerate their
movements and the tension. This shot only lasts for
a few seconds, giving the audience the impression
that this is a small detail compared to whats about to happen. Up until the female in black starts
dancing the video cuts between the argument, the kissing scene, the blonde female in the bathroom
and the female in black crying. Making the concentration be on the dancing, portraying this as an
outlet for the female.

You Me At Sixs 2009 video for Underdog, falls under the following codes and conventions
produced by the following theorists;
Goodwin; Their video conforms to Goodwins theory about genres having their own music video
style and iconography. As punk is the genre and punk music videos often have live performance
included, which this music video does.
Lynch; For this music video it is a combination of both performance and narrative.
Gow; The music video conforms to the enhance performance theory as it combines both
performance and narrative.
Mulvey; You could argue that Mulveys Male Gaze does appear in this video, however not
constantly compared to other videos. Where you could argue the Male Gaze appears is when the
camera is aimed at certain areas on the female body (the female dressed in black) such as the bum
when she is walking towards the male.

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