Analysis: Road To Nowhere

This is a preliminary shot. This suggests that the video will take a narrative approach.The setting does not seem particularly interesting, and the building appears to be in an arid desert-like landscape, linking to the idea of 'nowhere'. The sky is completely blue, connoting infinity, which also links to the theme of the song.









This shot has clearly been done with a steady cam holder thing. Using one of these might be useful for my own video. The mise en scene in the film is specifically uninteresting. The clothing can be described as normal, which links to the lyric 'nowhere' as this clearly isn't anywhere you would have heard of. Furthermore, this links to the style of music used in this clip. The props used enhance the normalness of the clip. To add to this, the lighting is neither high key nor low key. This shows a white gospel qoir which links to the music in the clip. The fact a 'white' gospel qoir is used links to the white middle class background.

Actually I'v decided to go through it in a video but am reluctant to get rid off everything I've just put; so here it is: