Analysis Of Rock Videos Three - 'The Diary Of Jane' - Breaking Benjamin

Cinematography
This music video is a very dark and dull video with not many bright shots. Because of this there is a lot of negative energy and dark feeling being released when you watch it. A lot of these shots are fairly slow to medium paced with a handful of some faster paced shots. A lot of tracking shots were used in this music video, especially in the first few beginning shots of the sequence. There are no special or camera effects used in this video but the fact that the surroundings are very dark and the shots are placed in a dark area gives the effect that a black and white filter may have been used. Also when the camera focuses on the band there is a deep depth of field and a lot of focus on the band members.

Sound
This is newly recorded song which would have been recorded in an expensive recording studio using state of the art equipment with all instruments recorded at separate times. This can be told by the fact there is no microphone spill and the fact that you can't hear any tape reel noise so this wasn't recording on a 4/8 track and the clarity of the instruments is also very very clear and they all cut through the mix. There is no added audio effects in this video as the main focus is the song and no other dialogue is needed.

Mise En-Scene
This video has been filmed in what seems to be an old house surrounded by forestry and is in a dark place with no other surrounding buildings. The inside of this house is very bare and dim as there is not artificial light to help brighten up the rooms with only the help of natural light through the windows. This helps with the negative energy effect. Also the band members have their instruments which we clearly see them using when the camera is focusing on them. The female actress in this video has a big role and uses many props such as a bath tub and various home furniture around the house.

Editing
The editing in this music video has been done perfectly with no mistakes or glitches anywhere. All the camera shots and transitions have been fluent and spotless and the lip synchronisation has been edited superbly. Every drum stroke has been on the beat, every lip movement has been on time, every strum of the guitars has been in synch and every footstep and camera transition was to the beat of the song.

Performance

All the people in this music video were professional as everyone stayed in role and kept the performance energy high and sustained suitability for the roles they have. The majority of the people in the video are the band members as we see them performing the song in one of the rooms in the dark house. They play with such energy and they use all their skill and in depth knowledge of performance to give the best musical performance any band can give in a music video. The only non band member is the female we see throughout the video, she has an important role and keeps herself in this role during the entire video and also uses extreme amounts of energy in the duration of this video.