RUDIMENTAL – WAITING ALL NIGHT

This is a low budget made video used to narrate the uplifting story of a bike rider (bmxer) losing his leg and eventually having it amputated. It follows the journey of him in a car accident to be able to ride his bmx again.

HOW THE CAMERA HELPS ILLUSTRATE

» SHOTS USED: CLOSE UP, LOW ANGLE, HIGH ANGLE, LONG SHOT

» The close ups are mainly focused on his amputated leg to stress his condition to the audience here they feel empathy where the industry who created the video are likely to get a mass audience. The close ups are mainly shot on the main character ‘Kurt’ who has been involved in a car accident. Here the audience can build a relationship with this character.

» The low angles are used to capture him at his sad moments so this can give the audience a sense of empathy as they looking down towards him.

NARRATIVE, CONCEPTUAL OR PERFORMANCE

» I would argue this this music video is a narrative. The beginning establishes a group of bike riders, riding around and one member is involved in a car accident. The camera follows the member through his time in hospital, recovery, BMX house parties, more recovery involving workouts and walk practises to the final scene when he is able to ride a BMX again.

» The lyrics are very repetitive. The main lyrics that are attracted in the audiences minds are “tell me that you need, tell me that you want me” and “waiting all night”. It can be argued that the lyrics don’t illustrate the visuals as such but after a few views of the video there is a moment of realisation that the patient involved in this accident is waiting to ride again and he wants and needs to be able to use his leg again in the ways he used.

APPLYING TO GOODWIN

» This video does have a sense of voyeurism because of the narrative being uplifting. Even though it’s a low budget product the audience have reacted positively. This has received an on going of 21,777,961 views on the popular video site, YouTube.

» Rudimental specialise in electronic sound that are famous for having conceptual videos and narrative. Electronic videos are recognisable for their sound not the artist, so in a way it could be said that the music videos in this genre is for performance.

Dyer’s Theory

» Dyer’s theory does contrast with visuals of this video because there is not a star. The character that is being captured at many close ups is an ordinary person, we get this idea from costume of the individuals in the video also the scenes of the house parties are activities that the majority of the American population do. In the genre of electronic its less likely for the artist to be shown in the video as they are more serious in the music industry than the pop genre because most of their videos aren’t always to promote their image but to promote their music and make people think of the concept of the song. In the video “waiting all night” the audience are offered a verisimilitude because there not imitating the main character but connecting to him because of his narrative.

WHY I LIKE THIS VIDEO?

» Like most songs of this century, you hear the song before the video is released, I have an interest in the genre of electronic and other genres such as soulful house, deep house and reggae. Once hearing this song I did enjoy it so I was looking forward to what the video was going to offer. The main reason this video is one my favourites is because of the narrative and its inspiring moral. Every time hearing this song on the radio or on a music playing device I instantly imagine the video.

» The catchy lyrics contributes to the sound of the song. It can be argued that the lyrics contradict but also illustrate the narrative. The lyrics; “I’ve been waiting all night, for you to tell me that you need me.. Tell me that you want, tell me that you want me”. It could be said that these lyrics personify his leg telling him that he needs his leg back and he really wants it back.