Closing time by Semisonic

Mise-en-scene
1. In both the settings there is a lot of green, like the wallpaper and the paint.
  1. this links the two settings together and suggests that there is a relationship between the characters.
2. Lighting
  1. It is mostly artificial lighting as it is set at night, because it is closing time.
    1. However it is still quite light as they use lamps to light the settings.
3. settings
  1. Throughout the video there is always two settings on the screen.
    1. One side of the screen is for the woman and the other for the man
      1. The man is in a room which looks to be a recording studio, this shows him with the rest of the band.
        The woman is closing up a cafe which fits in well with the song,
4. Costumes
  1. They are wearing every day clothing that they would wear in the 90's.
  2. The woman is wearing a white coat, which idealizes her.
    1. It also makes her stand out as the other costumes are dark
      1. The man then puts on a beige coat which again makes him stand out.
5. Props
  1. The payphone and the other phone
    1. This at the beginning of the video links the two character together.
      1. It also establishes that they are looking for each other but even then miss each other.
  2. Instruments
    1. This shows that they are pop artist rather than stars as they want to be seen as being more serious than just as stars.
  3. the bike
    1. To transition between scene they use a bike as a way to show that they are travelling
about the song
1. It was released on the 10th March 1998.
2. It is a mixter of alternative rock,post-grunge, pop rock, and power pop.
3. It is a narrative and performance video as it is about the lead band member and his girlfriend trying to meet, but at the start he band is performing to the song.
Camera work
1. The shots are very long and they track the characters around the different settings.
  1. This means that there is a lot of pans and tilts to frame the charaters
    1. this is really effective as the audience feels like they are following the characters them self.
2. There is establishing shots of both of the two settings at the same time to introduce them both.
3. There is a veriaty of shots in this video as the video has very few cuts in it.
  1. They use close-up shots of both the characters to show how the woman is feeling and doing and to show the man lip syncing to the song.
  2. there is also a mid shot of the woman turning the open sign to a closed sign which is significant to the song.
    1. It also shows the woman closing up the shop using a mid shot to emphasis the signifcance of the "closing time".
    2. At the same time as this is happening there is a mid shot of one of the band members which means the audience will pay more attention to the woman.
  3. There is also mid shots of the band to show them as performers.
Editing
1. The shots are very long and do not have a lot of cuts as they are continous and only cut when the setting changes.
  1. This is very difficult as the they have to time both scenes so they fit in together at the right pionts.
    1. Especially for the phone part.
2. The vidoeohas a split screen that tell the story of two people at the same time.
  1. It is about a couple who are boyfriend and girlfriend who are trying to find each other but never do.
    1. They also move between the two split screens when they go to the others location.
3. To cut between scenes they pan to something and focus on that they then track it or pan around and then the audience then see the characters again
4. Paralle editing
  1. Throughout the video they are doing different things at the same time, and they just keep missing each other.
5. they use a bike to tranistion between some scenes, this makes it more fluent and create a soft transition.
what was good about it
1. I like the split screen as it shows the two stories at the same time.
2. I also like the way that they transition between the scenes as it is a soft transition and barely noticable

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