Music Video Analysis

Bullet For My Valentine are a metal core band from Bridgend in Wales. The band currently have Four releases and are working on a fifth in Singapore now. The first of their releases was a self titled EP which they released in late 2004. Then in 2005, the released their debut album called "The Poison". then due to the main vocalist (Matt Tuck) having medical problems with his vocals and his throat, it took them 3 years to record and release their second album "Scream Aim Fire" in 2008. and finally in 2010 the band released their third album named "Fever" and due to Matt Tuck having a side project of another band (Axe Wound) with some other friends who are also in different bands, then another album from Bullet For My Valentine is not anticipated until maybe late 2012 or in 2013. The video I will be analysing is "Hearts Burst Into Fire" from their third release and second album "Scream Aim Fire"



Alter Bridge are an American rock band that were formed in 2004 in Orlando, Florida. It consists of lead guitarist Mark Tremonti, bassist Brian Marshall, and drummer Scott Phillips, all of whom are also members of Creed, alongside lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist Myles Kennedy, formerly of The Mayfield Four and the frontman of Slash's current solo project. Tremonti named the group after an actual bridge that used to be located in Grosse Pointe, Michigan, near his former home on Alter Road.
The band currently have three releases consisting of the first album named "One Day Remains" in 2004, the second album named "Blackbird" in 2007 and finally their latest release that they named "AB III" in 2010. The song i will be analysing is from their third album and is the second track named "Isolation"



Rise to Remain are a London based metal band. The band have made appearances at Download Festival, Sonisphere Festival and have extensively toured the UK and Europe. The band have released three EP's, the majority of which have been "viral" releases, via their Myspace. The band have been praised by magazines, such as Metal Hammer and Kerrang!, with the former releasing a scaled-down version of their first nationwide-release EP, "Bridges Will Burn". They have received radioplay through the likes of BBC Radio One and Total Rock, as well as having their music videos regularly rotated on Scuzz and Kerrang! TV. The band was voted "Best New Band" at the 2010 Metal Hammer "Golden God Awards", an award decided by 400,000 votes across the globe, and the 2010 Kerrang! Award for "Best British Newcomer". On 16 March 2011 they signed their first major recording contract with EMI records, which was accompanied by the launch of their website and a free single download entitled "The Serpent". Their debut album, City Of Vultures, was released on the 5th September 2011, nearly a year after they had started work on recording the album. It was produced by revered metal producer Colin Richardson and Carl Bown.
The video i will be analysing is the third song on their full length album "City Of Vultures" and is named "This Day Is Mine"

In these videos, the first few seconds and clips are images of the bands setting up and getting prepared for a performance and then once the song properly kicks in, they show clips of the bands performing at a show/gig they have just been shown setting up for in the first few seconds/clips. Within these videos, they include lots of different clips of the bands performing in lots of different angles and shots including close ups, long shots, two shots, mid shots, groups shots and lots of other different shot types. They all include a lot of differnt shot types due to having loads of cameras set up everywhere in the stadium/gig that are no noticable by the other cameras so that they are able to get this wide veriety of shots to keep the videos less repetitive and more interesting. and keeping with the theme of the videos, they have shown the setting up, then the performances and then at the end of the songs, they have shown themselves thanking the crowd for their support and them walking off stage etc. So they have all kept with a kind of story line of coming to perform, setting up, performing to the crowd and then leaving. In this video, they also include a lot of mini home made clips/videos that show the life style of the band while they are on tour including clips of them with fans, getting tattoos, practicing, exploring the different places they go to while on tour, them with friends/girlfriends and all other different personal/home made clips.
These music videos are relevent as i am thinking about doing one just like these, that will show a band consisting of me, and some friends setting up to play a song together, then perform it to the camera and then show us leaving the room just like these videos show. I also like the idea of putting the whole video in black and white for either the whole video like Bullet For My Valentine do or just put the home made clips as black and white like the other two videos by Rise To Remain and Alter Bridge.