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Real Media Artefact – Linkin Park Faint

Linkin Park’s song ‘Faint’ is purely a performance based video. In the video the band are performing at a concert with a huge crowd. The videos showcases and emphasises the talent of the band which is what Link park’s audience wants to see because the band are very skilled in the instruments that they play and fans want to be able to see them perform. So the video definitely caters to its target audience.

The camera angles in the video are very focused on the band. The camera will cut to a specific member of the band at a time. When a member of the band’s instrument is perhaps emphasised in the song, the camera will cut to that member. For example when the chorus begins, the drummer will hit his two crash symbols to start the chorus and as this is a very distinct sound in the song, the camera cuts to him. This is because viewers will want to see his talents as a drummer and this is best emphasised with this technique.Another camera technique is the constant panning across the stage. This is so that it still looks lively as they play which is synchronised with the song. The cuts also become more frequent as the chorus kicks in because it is quite heavy and fast paced so the camera reflects that. The lights at the back are enhanced in the editing stage of the production. They are made much brighter helping the silhouette effect. The lights might possibly be CGI too.

In terms of mise-en-scene all you see is the stage, the band, the crowd and the huge lights at the very back. The members of the band are viewed as silhouettes so there is no obvious fashion. However you can see that the drummer is wearing a hoody, which is associated with youths which, statistically, are their largest audience. Also the lighting at the back gets a lot brighter when the chorus kicks in and this happens suddenly when the drummer hits his crash, which is a very clever technique because it makes the whole video a lot more lively. Also the crowd are very lively. They are jumping and waving their arms around to the beat of the song. This could be used in the video as a promotional tool to try and get more people interested in going to see their concerts because people will see the huge crowd of people having fun and will want to be a part of that.

The colours that are used are Black and yellow. This is expressed through the band members Black) and the lighting at the back (yellow). This makes the band look quite mysterious. Linkin park’s audience might find this quite ‘cool’ and maybe relate to it. The fact that the band are wearing everyday wear makes them seem rebellious which also would appeal to their audience.