Fall Out Boy Analysis

Fall Out Boy - Analysis 

There are four different locations in this music 

video which makes it more realistic and gives it

a narrative which makes for a more believable 

music video. The first location is at the typical 

american girls house ready to be picked up for 

'Home Coming' . The second location tells the 

audience what the boy is throwing rocks at the 

window for and again to tell us that it's home -

coming and her 'date' or boyfriend is here to 

pick her up. The third shot we see is the boy 

and girl talking to each other making sure they 

both look good before they enter the building. 

Again this shows some realistic narrative about 

some high school teenagers. Then they enter the 

hall where the crowd and band are playing etc. 

Then it starts to contrast the genres of different 

types of people there. For example the pretty -

popular people, the nerds and geeks. This is 

shown through mise - en - scene for example, 

the kinds of clothes they are wearing and the 

way they portray there actions differently to 

others. The forth location are the boys in the 

toilets touching themselves up, for example 

there hair and smell etc. Which is rather 

optimistic because normally you have the girls 

in the toilets re-doing make-up, hair and scents. 

I guess this portrays that the boys are just as 

conscious about how they look as well as girls. 

Again showing realist narrative. Throughout 

the 4:38 length of the clip there are, 222 cuts 

which make corresponds with the BPM which

is about 1.8. Again making the video 

believable with the audio. The different kinds

 of shots show emotion and builds up the 

atmosphere for the song. The pattern of editing 

tells a story about what's going on and typical 

scenarios that would happen throughout a night 

like this. The music has some relevance to what 

is going on and the actions people are giving. 

For example, at 2:48 minutes in he says "Why 

don't you show me a little bit spine you've been 

saving for his mattress. This is referring to the 

girl dancing in front of the geeky looking boy. 

From this video I have learnt to try and tell a 

story with our music video because it keeps the 

audience entertained and watching....  and it does
help to have good actors, props and narrative to
go with your video because it makes it more
believable and fun to watch. Also try not to let
it all be about the music because in this video
they have people talking which makes it a good
story to go with the music video. Lastly to edit

in time with the beat and at relevant points. Try
not to make it jumbled because it won't be easy
to watch for the audience and this could lead to
music video not being as successful and hard to
watch. There are not really any jump cuts in this

video which doesn't make it look out of place or
un- believable.