All time low video analysis

Song and Video

Poppin’ (champagne)

has a separate story and the band playing

humour, through the use of characters and costumes (story characters are the band members

lots of girls

humorous dance

club theme, 80s costume, white suit and glasses

Song and Video

Six feet under the stars

Competition theme

Humorous people auditioning (including members of the band) such as Michael Jackson, cheerleader, scout leader etc.

3 judges, a girl, 80s man, another man (humorous)

Band performing song although is still in the story

Girl judge walking towards the camera with fan blowing hair (cliché, cheesy)

Girl goes to give the trophy to the band but turns to the scout leader and gives it to him

Song and Video

Dear Maria, count me in

Another modern club theme

Separate story and the band playing

A girl pole dancing, less sleazy however

Band also the characters in the story (humorous 80s)

The characters at one end of the stage and the real band at the other end both trying to get the girls attention

A monkey climbs up the pole in a nappy (humour)

The band front man and the character version of him come face to face and fight over the girl

The band gets the girl and the monkey in the end.

Song and Video

Coffee shop

Sports competition between the band and a group of young girls

Separate story and band playing

Band playing in different places, in a toilet and in a sauna, drummer miming the drums other with guitar

The young girl team are really good and the band are not good at all

Song by another band with similar video layout

Wheatus - Teenage Dirtbag

-separate story and band playing

-story of a nerd who likes a girl but she has a boyfriend who bullies him

-starts with the boyfriends car running over the nerds bike

-nerd gets pushed to the floor in a busy school corridor whilst the girl walks off with her boyfriend

-nerd sits on a table at lunch by himself with a sign saying ‘Loser’ behind him.

-band plays in a school sports gym which links the story and the band together also in a corridor with a crowd of people behind them dancing. The band also come into the story and plays at the prom

-ends with prom night and nerd is sat at table with 2 other nerds and girl mimes the song whilst walking over to him in slow motion

-ends with them dancing (happy ending)

-story is played by the lyrics of the song, also quite humorous.

Song Lyrics

Running From Lions by All Time Low

Get me out of this place, before I cause more damage,
a small price to pay for building houses out of matchsticks;
and when things get too hot, you've got me to blame for,
every fire that breaks out in every lover's name, {so...}

Don't forget, we've got unfinished business,
stories yet to unfold,
tales that must be retold,
and I regret not knowing when to put an end to all this madness,
keeps me wanting,
keeps me wanting more...

Sell me out I'm yesterday's old news,
phrases left on paper,
black ink bleeding through
the pages where we made our history.
Call me foolish,
I feel hopeless...

Running from lions, never felt like such a mistake
(Like a deer in the headlights)
Running from lions, never felt like such a mistake
(I won't know what hit me...)
Running from lions, never felt like such a mistake
(Like a deer in the headlights)
Running from lions, never felt like such a...
(I won't know what hit me...)

Don't forget, we've got unfinished business,
stories yet to unfold,
tales that must be retold,
and I regret not knowing when to put an end to all this madness,
keeps me wanting,
keeps me wanting more...



Rebecca

A2 Media Studies Coursework

A Quick Summary

For my Media Studies A2 Course I am making a music video and a digipak for a band. This will involve creating storyboards for the video, locating sets and actors, creating a shooting schedule, a shot list and audience research such as questionnaires and interviews.

The song that my group and I have chosen to use in our music video is Running from Lions by All Time Low.

Our idea for the music video is to have band shots and story shots running in tandem with each other. The story itself will be a romance between two teens that will be played by two members from the group and other actors will be friends of ours.

The cast list

Drummer - Ciaran Caruana

Singer - John Woodward

Guitarist - Josh Weld

Boy - John Woodward

Girl - Rebecca Hoggarth-Hall

Boyfriend - Matt Lishman

The Song



Rebecca