Pillar of Salt - Analysis 1

This is the music video for the Thermals' song 'Pillar of Salt'. It is going to be used as inspiration for my music video and is also a favoured band of the band members of which are going to be in my music video. As well as giving me ideas for the looks of the band's costume/appearance, it also gave me the idea to have the video filmed and contained within one room and having multiple different things such as balloons and things happening. Another idea this video gave me is the shifting of the band members forwards and backwards which can be accomplished byfilming two clips from the same static camera and cut editing them together.

This video also shows elements of band/rock star culture which is just the band having fun and not playing music. This brings an element of humour into the video which i also hope to recreate.
 The cinematrograpy consists of fast paced editing along with cuts to the beat and very fast still rotations. This coincides with the rock/indie genre of the song, which also matches the the genre of the song i'm using.

The video takes place exclusively inside a plain white room, with a clock-in ? on the wall. The band clock in and begin playing. The camera is static and therefore the room and the shot remains constant wide shot of the room, exposing the band not in great detail. The band then move closer to the camera and furher away as well as doing various other things like riding a bike through the room and being on a cross-trainer. The significance of the white room is that white signifies a blank canvas which is later soiled and defectedby the band. However they use many different items including paint at the end, and leave the room covered in coloured paint. I think this relates to a piece of modern art and how modern art can be anything, and isn't for most people. This further asserts their position as in indie band.