The first shot of this video is of a pressure cap stating the pressure in container, it then quickly swaps to water leaking to a pipe and then the band members, this is ironic as the name of the song is pressure and it has different props that relate to the title. When the band come into shot, we have a shot of the 2 guitarists strumming in a what looks like abanded warehouse type building, it then swaps to a high shot of the drummer starting to play the drums.
The shot goes to the whole band playing there instruments, head banging to the rhythm of the song, this happens for around 2 seconds, before having a midshot of Hayley Williams (singer) head banging with the drummer in the background, then swapping to the guitarists in the same way. This creates a very hectic effect as all the shots are short and quick, which is a very interesting effect to add, and I would defiantly use if I use a fast paced song.
The shot then changes to a man opening a door being told of my what we believe to be is his boss, or employer, the shot then cuts and the singing begins, we see the top of Hayley Williams head, and the drummer clearly, the camera then tilts down onto Hayley’s face and she is looking directly at the camera. The shot changes again to a model suit and you can see the model sitting getting ready to have her photos taken, the shot changes again, to the model at a different pose, again keeping all the shots in this section very short and quick, the shot changes to another position the model is in, the cuts to a midshot her face and upper body.
The shot changes back to the bad, with a close up of Hayley singing, this then zooms out and the whole band can be seen, the camera pans round right to left, and then zooms in on Hayley’s face again, the camera swaps to the drummer hitting both symbols and then swapping the shot back to the original boy getting told of by his employer, however this time, it is continuing after he got told off and he walks forward down a small kitchen putting on his hat.
The camera then swaps back to the group, close up of Hayley’s face at the begging then cutting to the whole band, however one of the guitarists is not in shot, a slow panning motion is done, and the camera then swaps back to a model sitting down, however the panning is still taking place to create a smooth transition effect. A close up is then seen on the models face, she is looking unhappy.
The camera once more swaps to a close up of Hayley and the music is building up, quickly it cuts to the drummer doing a run on the drums and then back out to see most of the band in shot the music has become heavier and the band is now head banging again. The camera then quickly swaps back to the model looking unhappy, it is a midshot again and the model reaches into her bag to pull put a silver object, the camera zooms in on the object, and we realise the tit is chocolate, a close up of the models mouth is then shown and she is about to bite into the chocolate, however a women s hand grabs the chocolate, a over the shoulder style shot is used, seeing this women, shaking her head and taking the chocolate away, this is used to show that stereotypically models cannot eat food like chocolate as they need to be as thin as possible.
The camera then swaps back to the band, however it is only of the 2 guitarists and the drummer and is in slow motion type, the guitarists are jumping around and you cannot see their faces clearly. A midshot of the one guitarists is then shown, with him head banging vigorously and playing the guitar, a close up of Hayley’s is shown once more, of their singing, this then swaps to a two shot of her and one of the guitarists, the camera quickly changes to the first shot area of a pressure gage, however the needle is going up showing the pressure is building, this is going along with the song and is used to show that the lyrics and video are meant to go together
The shot then goes back to Hayley Williams face being on a close up and alternates between a close up of her face and midshot of the members in the band head banging and playing there instruments, the shot then changes to the model sitting back down, and people walking past her, quickly changing back to a extreme close up of Hayley’s eyes just seeing the microphone in frame. A midshot of the drummer is then played, and a long shot of the band is show, it then quickly goes back to a midshot of Hayley singing and the guitarist in the background.
The shot changes once more to the man at work, filling up a cup with what looks like a chocolate ice-cream/milkshake drink, a close-up of Hayley’s eyes and face are shown once more, and then a shot of the man walking with the drink is played, however he walks straight into his boss, at this moment the camera then changes to a long shot of the band with all of them in the shot, the pressure gage is then shown and then a pipe and Hayley’s face again, this is all down extremely quickly, the shot then changes back to the worker and the boss, with a close-up of the drink and then a 2 shot of them both in frame, the boss looking very angry a close up of Hayley is again shown and then back to the worker frying chips, a close up of the chips are shown then the shot has been zoomed out seeing smoke everywhere, then cutting to the boss once more again looking very angry.
A close up of Hayley’s eyes are then seen again with the mi still in shot, the camera cuts back to the worker with the boss yelling and him walking away, the shot then changes to a close up of Hayley’s face again, this time focusing on her mouth. A close up of the worker shaking his head is then shown and quickly back to a quick shot of the drummer, a very unusual effect is then used on the shot of the guitarists, it is like a single frame at a time and then a black frame and so on so it looks extremely slow but the tension is building up, this is at 1:23 in the video, it then slow s down and when they hit the floor the camera shakes as if they were moving the ground around them, a close up of Hayley’s face is then used again and quickly the camera then cuts back to the pressure gage still building up a pipe just starting to leak is then shown, before going back to a midshot of Hayley, with it slowly zooming in on her face.
The camera then cuts to the guitarists lifting his guitar up and doing a fancy move, then a close up of the other guitarists face, then back to a zooming close-up of Hayley Williams face. we then see the model women once more, this time a side view of her face and shoulder, and her picking out some cloths, the shot then changes to her holding the cloths to her and looking in a mirror, a close up of Hayley’s face is then seen again, then to a two shot of the model and another women in front of the mirrors as if the camera was where the mirror was and the other women shaking her head, a close-up of Hayley is then shown again, then back to the the other women picking the cloths she thinks the model should wear, a close up of Hayley’s face is shown halfway through the picking of the cloths shot and then again straight after it. A pan of all the band members are used and the camera then stops on Hayley, the camera then swaps back quickly to the model in front of the mirror and a close up of the model sighing is then shown.
Once more a close up of Hayley’s mouth is then shown and a slow motion shot of one of the guitarists, quickly swapping to a panning shot of the drummer, and then a midshot of a guitar player head banging.
The camera then swaps to a man taking food back to the original man at the beginning and then swapping back to the whole band head banging , before finishing of a midshot of Hayley, then back to the man then back to the band with one of the guitarists jumping in the air. The camera then changes to show the man and the employer arguing, and the man leaving his uniform and walking out of the establishment.
The camera then quickly changes to Hayley’s face again, being a close up, but seeing the drums in the background. Then to the pressure gage building up again and back to the water pipe begging in to leak. Before going back to a zooming close-up of Hayley singing and grabbing her hair. The shot then changes to the man walking to an area, before the camera then quickly cuts back to Hayley’s eyes and face, the drummer is then seen in a midshot of him doing a run, and then a zooming close-up of Hayley is shown again, before swapping to a side view of this. The man is then scene in a midshot looking through a window, the model is on the other side shaking her head being surrounded by makeup artists. Quickly changing to the man mouthing “come on” and the women saying she can’t. The man raises his figure as if to say one minute then runs out of shot, the pressure gage is then shown, going into the red area, and the water pipe again is shown.
The shot then cuts to the man pulling on a fire alarm , the shot changes to the pipe that then releases lots of water like a sprinkler around the area it is, the camera then shows Hayley and all band mates getting wet because of this, but they carry on singing and a midshot of Hayley is used, a Random women is then shown ( believed to be one of the makeup artists) getting wet due to a sprinkler before the camera changes once more to the band specifically the guitarist getting wet but carrying on. A close up of Hayley is then shown again with some band members visible in the background, we then cut to a shot of the makeup artists running off and the model sitting there, and then once again back to a close up of Hayley singing in the water, then back to the model sitting there and back to Hayley singing, then a shot of the two guitarist doing a trick and the black single shot frame technique used again , a close up of the drummer is then shown, then back to a close up of Hayley then a midshot of her with the band.
The pressure gauge is then back into shot before the camera quickly cuts to the band in the water again, with a montage of shots of the members in the band playing there instruments and head banging. The camera then changes to the original boy telling the girl to come on. Her getting up out of the chair and a close up of hr grabbing his hand. A close-up of Hayley is then shown again and then a midshot of the whole band, swapping quickly to the pressure gage going back to zero and then ending of a pan of the band standing there soaking wet fading to black.
In conclusion this video is extremely good, it has lots of shots of the main singer and the band, which will get them more known as it shows there talents off, and also that there is a story line behind the lyrics and the video of how people are living with too much pressure and they can’t always cope, the music fits the video very well with certain points being very well placed like the “feel the pressure” lyrics always being when we see the pressure gage. The weird, single frame to black frame repetition is also very good and interesting something I would definitely think about using in my video, I also like the layout of the video where most times, when the band is scene, it goes back to a close up of the singers face to show the emotions behind the singing. Overall i thinking this is a exceptional music video that was very well planned out.
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