Arctic Monkeys Short Music Video Analysis - Leave before the lights come on

Codes

• Clutching hands = code for saviour
• Crackle on screen - film like - reminds the audience it's a music video

Conventions

• Actors
• Jump cut
• Graphic match
• Point of view high angle shot
• Band not featured - more about their music
• Ends where it begins (sort of)
• Establishing shots
• Close-ups
• Realistic mise en scene
• Edits = Quick/Sharp/Awkward
• Hand held camera