Textual analysis of “Malevolence condemned to misery”.

Textual analysis of “Malevolence condemned to misery”.

 

At the start of the music straight away the video demonstrates genre characteristics of a hard-core metal band. This can be seen from the Mise en scene of items of clothing that they wear. They have branded clothing which are associated with the hard-core metal scene. They also wear skinny jeans short shorts and trainers. They edit it by flicking between two scenes using parallel editing of a house party and a gig. The gig is significant as live music is a large aspect of the hard-core metal scene.

The camera uses a low ISO to create a low exposed shot to furthermore enhance the hard-core metal feel of the video as Goodwin outlines in his rules of a music video theory.

In the video band members and fans are seen wearing the merchandise of the band displaying the bands name and also artwork similar to which appears on the album cover. This gives a link between the music and the visuals.

There are a lot of hand gestures to his head as the song is all about how he feels about society which gives us a relationship with the video and the lyrics further enhancing the meaning.

At the breakdown parts of the song the camera using fast camera movements and a mixture of close ups and wide angles show the fans “pitting*”  they are notoriously brutal in this type of genre as a way of people expressing themselves; asserting dominance and really about having fun to the music.

Another part of the video that represents it as a hard-core metal band is that all of the people in the video are head banging which is a very recognisable and associative feature in the rock genre.

*pitting- pitting also known as mosh pitting is  a style of dance whose participants push or slam into each other. It is most associated with “aggressive” music genres.