This powerpoint is an analysis of two music videos from two different genres.

1. Music video analysis
Sanjana Nahar

2. Conventions Used
Range of camera shots/angles - close ups of band playing instruments and singing.
Clear performance style is shown.
Use of genre conventions such as the instruments used and the costumes that are
worn.
Twenty One Pilots - Lane Boy
Busted - Meet You There
Range of camera shots, such as high angles, tracking shots, zooms and close ups.
Performance is shown throughout the video.
Set in two different locations.

3. Camera work
The camera focuses on the band member who is singing and either pans left
or right to show the area around them. Sometimes is shows the singer with
one of the other members in the background - these shots usually have a
shallow depth of field. A two shot/wide shot has been used to show two
band members, and a wide shot or long shot has been used to show all
three members. There are also several close ups of the piano that James is
playing and of the guitar that Charlie is using, helping to convey the
generic conventions of pop rock/pop punk music.
Busted - ‘Meet You There’
Twenty One Pilots - ‘Lane Boy’
The camera’s main focus is on Tyler and the two people in the
white hazmat suits behind him. With straight cut shots to Josh
playing the drums. The clips of Josh last approximately two
seconds before reverting back to Tyler. There is a high angle
looking on Tyler when he is singing the second verse, almost
victimizing him, showing he is almost of less importance,
however the camera angle soon changes back to eye level ;
then showing a wide shot that includes Tyler and the two in the
hazmat suits. The camera zooms into the two suits and zooms
back out to show the band on stage performing to a crowd. Long
shots and wide shots have been used to show the crowd
participating. The camera then tracks Tyler as he runs and
dances across stage using a long shot to show as much as
possible, whilst also including quick shots of Josh playing the
drums, using both close ups and mid shots and also shows the
audience jumping up and down.

4. Editing
Straight cuts have been used entirely throughout the music video. There is no pattern to the transitions.
The video starts with James, then cuts to Charlie and then to Matt, although this order changes as the
video progress. At 3 : 21, the words : #MeetYouThere appear on screen, and cuts to black at 3 : 25.
Twenty One Pilots - Lane Boy
Straight cuts are used to link the scenes together. The clips go from Tyler to Josh - these are edited
quickly and last about two or three seconds. After 2 : 44 the cuts become more rapid and jumpy, the
cuts almost go in time with the beat of the music. After the song ends, the screen fades to black.
Busted - Meet You There

5. Sound
The beginning of the music video is the studio version of the song, and then 2 minutes into the video, the sound
changes and the live version of the song can be heard. Near to the end of the video whilst on stage, about 2:06,
Tyler speaks although we cannot hear what he is saying ; instead there are subtitles shown on screen so the
audience is able to see what he is saying. Then, after he finished speaking there is a single drum beat and you can
slightly hear the crowd cheering. When the song is coming to an end, Tyler finishes dancing and has his back to
the audience which you can then hear cheering loudly.
Twenty One Pilots - Lane Boy
Busted - Meet You There
For this music video, there is just the instrumental sounds of the piano and acoustic
guitar ; there is no other type of sound that is heard within the music video.

6. Genre
This is a video for a pop-punk/pop-rock song, it contains some characteristics of the genre, such as
the use of instruments of the guitar and piano also show this. Also, the video is purely set in a studio,
it helps to show the performance aspect of the video. Moreover, the clothes that the band are wearing
help to show the newer mature look of the band.
Busted - ‘Meet You There’
Twenty One Pilots - ‘Lane Boy’
This is a video for an alternative ‘rock’/hip-hop song. This becomes apparent through the
music that is heard and then through the crowd jumping and dancing along. This is also
shown through the consistent beat heard through out the video, and even through the
clothes that Tyler and Josh are wearing, such as the dark clothing, however Tyler
challenges this convention by wearing a flowery kimono.

7. Narrative
The story that is shown within this music video is that fame and success (shown characterized through
the two people in jumpsuits who have the words written on their chests) can often have control over an
artist, and often the fame and success of an artist's career can control what music the artist produces ;
they produce music for the audience/fame/success instead of for themselves. The video shows this
through Tyler falling to his knees/crouching on the ground in front of them. At the end of the video
‘fame’ and ‘success’ are kneeling with Tyler still standing, showing that he has control over them and
he decides what he does with the band’s music and career.
Twenty One Pilots - Lane Boy
Busted - Meet You There
This video is a studio performance of the song that the band had originally recorded/performed
in 2003. It shows the band’s comeback. It not only shows the band whole again, but it also
reintroduces the band to its old audience but also to a newer audience and generation that may
or may not have heard of them. This is essentially the band’s comeback song, even before
releasing their newest single ‘Coming Home’.

8. Performance
Busted - Meet You There
The performance within this music video is the main focus. As the video’s location is set in a
recording studio, it helps to set up that ‘vibe’ too it. The video is made to show the band’s re-
recording of the song and helps to show that the band is back and that they are still the same
band from back in 2005.
Twenty One Pilot - Lane Boy
The performance in this video in mainly shown in the last minute or show, the main focus is on
Tyler with the two people in jumpsuits, this tells the main narrative of the music video. This
performance section in the video helps to portray the meaning behind the song.

9. Representation
Twenty One Pilots
In this Josh is represented as the typical drummer within a band, he isn’t shown to be doing anything else.
The two people in the white jumpsuits represent society and the music industry, shown through their ways
of ‘controlling’ Tyler as he walks around and dances. Tyler, is representing himself and Josh as the band
showing that they won’t allow the industry to control what music that they produce.
Busted
In this music video, Charlie, Matt and James are represented differently to what they used to be. In this
video they are represented as being professional recording artists - shown as they are playing/recording in
a studio. They are also shown to have matured from their previous years, they aren’t jumping around and
running about like they used to do in their previous music videos, also there changed dress sense shows
how they have matured as they used to wear things like long shorts and colourful t-shirts with parts of their
hair dyed, instead they have an older, more mature look to both their outfits and them.

10. Institution
A music institution are the companies that fund and create the music videos that the consumer audience watch. These
particular institutions are better known as record labels. A record label is a brand or trademark that is associated with the
marketing of the music recordings and music videos.
Twenty One Pilots
Busted
Twenty One Pilots’ record label is Fueled By Ramen. Fueled By Ramen LLC is an American
record label that is distributed Atlantic Records (and Warner International). The label was
founded in 1996 in Gainesville, Florida. The label usually signs artists of different rock genres
such as Paramore and Panic!At The Disco.
Busted have been signed to three record labels : Universal Island
Records, Sony BMG Music Entertainment and Warner Music
Group.

11. Values and Ideology
The idea behind the song is that it is the rebuttal of the idea that a band should stay within its ‘lane’ and keep producing similar
sounding music. Tyler uses the song as a platform to say that he and Josh will not be defined by their early music. In regards to
the music video, Tyler had said that the two people in the jumpsuits are almost controlling him, and he is being forced to ‘obey’
them and is ‘choreographed’ by them. This music video seemingly addresses the audience itself, thus breaking the fourth wall,
especially shown through the use of the line ‘They say stay in your lane boy, lane, boy. But we go where we want to.’ Why
people fall down to fame and success
Twenty One Pilots - ‘Lane Boy’
This was the first song that the band had performed together again, ten years after their split, the song is their first new
recording in 12 years. ‘Meet You There’ is meant to be the return/comeback of the band. The re-recording of the song
helps to show the maturity of the bands physical look and their vocals. It could also show that as the band have matured,
their audience have also matured during the twelve year hiatus. Also, the re-release of the song can also introduce the
band to a newer generation who may not have heard of the band before, therefore expanding their audience. Also, this is
the song that they had used to help announce the comeback tour in 2016 ‘Pigs Can Fly’. The hashtag #MeetYouThere,
could be the band’s way of addressing their audience to meet them ‘there’ - with there in this context being the concert. ’
Busted - ‘Meet You There’