Elements like Mise en scene, editing, camera shots/movement and sound create a language that tells something to the audience about what they are watching/seeing/listening to. I have applied these elements to the music videos we have looked at as a group, and see how they tell a something to the audience. I have analysed:
Kodaline: High Hopes
The 1975: Robbers
Jake Bugg: Seen it all
Alt J: Breezeblocks
The Neighbourhood: Let it Go
Bastille: Bad Blood
Alt J: Breezeblocks
Mise en Scene: The mise en scene in this video is very plain and casual and perceives the right tone of a casual home and normality. The clothing is dark, connoting that what is happening between the couple is wrong and bad. The couple are most of the time framed together, and when they aren't, the man is the one whom is mainly framed on his own connoting the idea that he is the dominant one and strong one and doesn't need anyone, this reinforces the stereotype that men are the dominant sex. The woman is rarely framed on her own, connoting that females are weak and she is the weak one in this relationship and cannot live her life without her partner. This is a typical element of domestic relationships- the man/woman tend to make their partner feel they can't be with anyone else etc. and can't do anything without them. The breezeblock is what holds the female down dead in the bath, meaning that the breezeblock has negative connotations resembled with death and matches the lyric, 'hold her down with soggy clothes and breezeblocks' Also he grabs her a lot pulling her back close once again matching the lyric, 'She may contain the urge to run away'. The lighting is very low key thorughout the video, once again connoting that what is happening in this household is wrong and dark. Also at the very end where he is walking out of the door, the outside is much brighter, high key lighting compared to the low key lighting in the house connoting that the outside world is safer, but also where this man lives a lie as it covers his true self. The facial expressions on the couple are consistently changing, but most of the time their is anger, hurt, scared and sadness upon their faces. Just by seeing their facial expressions, one gets to engage more in the narrative and what is being told.
Camera Shots/Movements: Close up on man crying and woman in bath, this establishes that he has something to do with what has happened to her and the wedding ring emphasises to the audience that he was in the wrong and one will feel an anger/hatred towards his character as one does not do this nasty stuff when in relationship. There is also close ups shown on feet and hands when fighting which creates a sense of fight and urgency, this makes one feel much closer to the action and feel more of how they are fighting. There is more than one close up of the wedding ring which once again emphasises the relationship and how wrong this situation is.
Editing: Man and woman edited together like at start when in bath, this establishes relationship alongside the close up on the wedding ring. Non linear narrative, everything is edited backwards which gives it a uniqueness, it also gives the story in a unique way. The non linear editing/narrative also gives the sense of urgency as hair is blowing around, things are being smashed and 'unsmashed', being replaced etc..This editing also creates a sense of confusion and can also lead to enigma as one knows the result but does not know how it all started etc.
The Neighbourhood: Let it Go
Mise en Scene: The lighting in the video is consistently black and white which are binary opposites used to show the contrasting emotions. The high key white lighting shows the women living a supposedly happy life doing typical, stereotypical female roles but then this is contrasted when there is an edit to a black low key frame where the women are showing very negative emotions connoting that they are not wanting to live the typical, stereotypical roles of women. By creating these binary opposites, the audience feel sympathetic and empathy towards the female, especially females can associate with these women more than male audience members as this video is mainly perceived from a woman's point of view. The mise en scene is very consistent throughout the video as the women are all typically wearing the same costume - dresses, aprons, make up etc. these are very stereotypical female costumes. These costumes also make the women look like house wives whom are supposed to be serving their home and cleaning it. The make up on the women's faces is pristine in the white frames but then in the dark frames, their make up is running down their faces. This emphasises the fact that they are angry and upset with their lives creating more sympathy from the audience as we are seeing much more from their emotions. The women are also shown with domestic items like brooms, dusters, ovens, kitchens etc connoting that this is the place that women belong. The low key black frames also create enigma as one does not know what the woman is going to do as when someone gets angry, they act irrationally. 
Camera Shots/Movements: The camera most of the time stays in one position especially in the black, low key frames. This connotes that the women feel stuck in this place and roles and they cannot escape, once again creating sympathy. Also by staying in one position, one can see more of the emotion from the women. Sometimes, the camera jolts now and again to emphasise the falseness of these women's lives. Also, the camera focuses on certain aspects, for instance the camera focuses and does close ups on the domestic items connoting that women should do the cleaning and cooking and sometimes it focuses on certain parts of the women's body like her legs, shoulder etc to connote that women are objects to admire and use sexually.
Editing: There are not any straight cuts connoting that these women's lives are false and is especially shown by the white, bright edits meaning there is no verisimilitude. But the majority of straight cuts that are used are to edit to the black, low key frames creating verisimilitude connoting that this is real. Also near the end there are many fast straight cuts and the frames show things with negative connotations connoting that this is in fact their real life, attitudes and feelings and that the white, high key frames are just a facade covering the truth and what society expects of them.
Overall: The elements are mainly used to create sympathy towards the women and also make up the genre as the 'Indie Rock' genre mainly uses low key lighting and relationships which are used in this video. But there is not the typical iconography of smoking, alcohol etc. This video also gives negative views on society and men as the video is shown mainly from a woman's perspective and the men are shown as lazy and especially when they are eating the money at the end.
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