1. Analysis of Nickelback ‘How you remind me’!
Mise-en-scene
There clothing represents the
genre of the band in the music
video, they are wearing dark
clothing that shows the band is a
rock band. Also the clothing
represents the type of song it is,
the song is about the main
character missing a former lover
and the clothing shows how he is
feeling, dark and sad. Black clothing represents the bands
The lighting in the video shows genre of music, rock music.
the genre of music the band is, a
rock band, and the type of song it is. There is a lot of
low key lighting in the video, but when the girl
approaches the man the light
becomes high key because he is
happy when he’s with her. Then
when she leaves there is low key
lighting because he is sad.
Whenever the man thinks he
sees the girl the scene has high
key lighting and when he
realizes he hasn’t seen her the
scene has low key lighting. At
The lighting in the scene shows high key
the end of the video it shows the lighting when the woman walks in
woman in low key lighting and because the man is happy to see her.
the man in high key lighting
which shows the man has realized he doesn’t need the
woman anymore.
The setting is a dark room, possibly the characters
house/flat, this shows the character hasn’t left his
room and likes to be in the dark because he misses the
2. girl, this represents the genre of music, rock, and the
type of song it is.
The props in the scene shows the genre of music the
video is representing. There are guitars, drums,
drumsticks, microphones and a necklace, all these
props represent a rock band and show the genre well.
There are guitars and drums in the background which shows the genre of the
band, the props show the band is a rock band.
Sound
The man and woman do not speak there is only the music
playing, the band are in the scene and are on stage in front of
an audience as if they were playing the song there. The
music is therefore non diegetic in the scenes where it is just
the man and the woman and the music is diegetic when the
band are playing in front of the audience.
Camerawork
The camerawork used shows the type of genre the song
is and the mood of the song. Rock songs are usually
about pain or loss and the camerawork used shows
these emotions very well.
3. There are a few close-ups of
the man’s face when he
realizes he only imagined the
girl and it shows him looking
sad and disappointed which
matches the genre and style
of the song and band.
At the start of the song there
is a mid shot of the lead singer
singing the lyrics, then the
camera starts zooming out
This is a close-up of the man looking sad
and reveals the rest of the when he realizes he has imagined the girl
band, the shows the video is and hasn’t really seen her.
about a rock band because it reveals the other band
members playing their instruments.
There are mid shots and close ups of the other band
members playing their instruments which shows the
song is a rock song. They many different camera angles
to keep the viewer interested and so that they don’t get
bored. There are angles such as; canted angles, low
angles, high angles, shots from above and master shots.
This is a mid shot, high angle of the drummer which shows the band is a
rock band.
There is an establishing shot at the beginning of the
scene when the man is sitting in the room, this shows
4. his surroundings and shows he is alone in a dark room
which represents how he is feeling and the mood of the
song.
Pan is used often when the man looks to see where the
girl has gone and realizes she isn’t really there, this is
used to show the change in lighting and the way the girl
disappears from sight.
Editing
Editing is used in the video, it is used to keep the
viewer hooked by changing rapidly to different camera
angles different scenes to keep the viewer interested in
the video.
There is a lot of cutting in the scene, the camera cuts to
different scenes and camera angles, this is used to keep
the viewer interested because keeping the same
camera angle would be boring and the viewer would
get bored. The video cuts from the band playing the
song, to the story in the video where the man is sad
about losing his lover and keeps seeing her
everywhere. This is used to show the audience that the
band is a rock band and to show the story behind the
song.
Shot/reverse
shot is used
when the man
and the woman
are looking at
each other in the
rave, it shows
his look of pain
as he realizes
she is not there
after all and he is
This is the shot of the man looking at the woman, this is
during the editing process, shot/reverse shot.
5. imagining her, this relates to the song well and is a
good representation of the meaning of the song.
