7. Textual analysis

Not afraid - Eminem

This music video is quite different from the one my production company has decided to work on although it could be compared to send a bit of the same message as they are both about the life of the artists.

Editing
Throughout the first half of the video there are just lots of short clips showing small aggressive acts by the performer, the quick editing makes the audience aware of how aggressive the performer is. The quick editing may also be a way of showing confusion in his life as the storyline is about Eminem having thoughts of suicide.
Mis en Scene
This video as in the other video I made a textual analysis of starts with the singer on a rooftop, but has a different meaning, in this video the performer is evaluating whether to jump, but can also mean the same as in the other one, that he managed to get to the top. All the way throughout the video Eminem reaches 'dead ends' such as the top of the roof, or the end of a road where it just goes straight down, or the wall in the basement he sings in, in the end of the video he breaks throught the wall, and jumps over the edge of the road, what happens is he flies right back to where he was in the beginning of the video.
Sound
In the beginning of almost every sentence the camera changes angle, the shots also switch to the beat in the music. There is no diegetic sound in this music video except for the voice of Eminem
Cinematography
In his basement it is very dark, which may mean his life at the moment, what he is trying to do is break through "the bubble" which he does in the end when he punches the wall down and walks out to the light.