Music Video Analysis (2)

Nickelback - How you Remind Me

This is a mixture music video

Camera:

-close ups to show facial expressions

-long shots of the band performing

-pan shots are used when the man looks for the girl, it shows the change in lighting and shows the girl disappearing from sight 

-they look directly down the camera when performing

-pan to show his confusion 

Mise en scene:

-dark clothes represent the rock band and connotes sadness as they are singing about missing a former lover.

-low key lighting until the women appears then everything lights up as he's glad to see her. The lighting changes at the end when the man is in high key lighting showing he doesn't need the girl anymore.

-props (band equiptment) used to emphasise the performance 

-theres a crowd which also adds to the atmosphere of the performance

Editing:

-cuts beenween the performance and the narrative

-shot reverse shot between the man and women showing his realisation she isn't really there

-fades between shots to reinforce its not reality 

Sound:

-the music track is the only sound used in the video, he uses the performance as a way to address the girl and forget about her 

Lyrics:                                                                    Analysis:

Never made it as a wise man         
I couldn't cut it as a poor man stealing            (he doesn't like his life)
Tired of living like a blind man                  
I'm sick of sight without a sense of feeling

And this is how you remind me
This is how you remind me                         (she makes him feel bad about himself, reminds
Of what I really am                                    him of his imperfections)
This is how you remind me
Of what I really am

It's not like you to say sorry
I was waiting on a different story                (he knows she won't make him feel better, doesn't
This time I'm mistaken                                expect anything from her anymore) 
For handing you a heart worth breaking
And I've been wrong, I've been down,
Been to the bottom of every bottle
These five words in my head
Scream "are we having fun yet?"

Yeah, yeah, yeah, no, no
Yeah, yeah, yeah, no, no

It's not like you didn't know that
I said I love you and I swear I still do                        (His love for her is destructive)
And it must have been so bad
Cause living with me must have damn near killed you

And this is how, you remind me
Of what I really am
This is how, you remind me
Of what I really am

It's not like you to say sorry
I was waiting on a different story
This time I'm mistaken
For handing you a heart worth breaking                    (Repeats, like a cycle) 
And I've been wrong, I've been down,
Been to the bottom of every bottle
These five words in my head
Scream "are we having fun yet?"

Yeah, yeah, yeah, no, no
Yeah, yeah, yeah, no, no
Yeah, yeah, yeah, no, no
Yeah, yeah, yeah, no, no

Never made it as a wise man
I couldn't cut it as a poor man stealing

And this is how you remind me
This is how you remind me

This is how you remind me
Of what I really am
This is how you remind me
Of what I really am

It's not like you to say sorry
I was waiting on a different story
This time I'm mistaken
For handing you a heart worth breaking
And I've been wrong, I've been down,
Been to the bottom of every bottle
These five words in my head
Scream "are we having fun yet?"

[3x]
Yeah, yeah, are we having fun yet?

Yeah, yeah, no, no.