Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Judith Observation


The above video is for the song "Judith" by the band A Perfect Circle. The beginning of the song starts with drums and the video corresponds to this by focusing at the start on the drummer. As the rest of the band kicks in the video pans out and focuses on the band as a whole, minus the singer Maynard. A pattern occurs when the song is primarily the guitars/bass. The video at these moments focuses on the guitarists/bassists. The camera never fully captures Maynards face. While he is singing the camera is primarily focused on his mouth. When another member of the band kicks in with supporting vocals the focus shifts to them. The video appears to be shot with only one major light source on the side. It almost appears to be an old aircraft hanger or something that is the location. The singular light source along with the fact that most of the members of the band are wearing black provide for a dark atmosphere in the video. The focus of the various cameras is usually the instruments that are providing the sound rather than the musicians themselves. When Maynard walks away from the rest of the band the camera doesn't follow him closely. Instead the camera angle switches and Maynard is walking towards the camera. During James Iha's mini-guitar solo the focus is not on him. Instead the cameras show Paz putting up her hair and Maynard taking a drink out of a water bottle. Throughout the video there are effects that are reminiscent of old film (blemishes appear on the screen). The camera is almost out of focus at times and is unstable and bouncy. Towards the end of the video there is the effect of being able to actually see the line separating the scenes like on a piece of film. At the very end the video cycles through the scenes like a piece of film winding down.
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