Textual Analysis

The Fray – Over my head ( Cable Car)

Mise-en-scene

• Setting - High school /boarding school
• Stone stairs, corridors, and lockers
• Costume – uniform, badges (connotation of genre), band in normal clothes
• Props – classroom objects, poster, tables, blackboard etc, band equipment
• Lighting – natural lighting
• Lyrics written on blackboard
• Artificial lighting – when bands playing

Camera angles

• Extreme long shot – opening sequence (school)
• Group shot – shows school boys in classroom
 Head and shoulder shot/close up – shows boy singing
• Medium shot – lead singer at piano
• Close up – band equipment
• Group shot of band
• Point of view shot- playing piano
• Over the shoulder shot – looking into sixth form room
• Two shot – school friends
• Tracking – boy walking down corridor

• 360 degree panning
• Birds eye view - crowd

Sound

• The song
• Boys singing

Editing

• Straight cut – classroom to the band
• Cuts back to the classroom
• Fast cuts
• 180 degree rule
• Effects e.g. fade out

Representation

• School – being young
• Looking back on the past
• Leaving classroom – as music builds up
• Intimidation
• Switching places in the video, (lead singer/boy) piano playing
• Friendship
• Loneliness/struggles through school
• Happy playing piano
• Memories
• Dreams/aspiration