The Who – My Generation Screenshot Textual Analysis

The music video begins with an establishing shot of the band ‘The Who.’ The camera then cuts to a midshot of a ‘guitarist’ appearing to hold his guitar above his head. The camera then cuts to a extreme close up shot of the bands name, by zooming in on the drum. The sequence pauses, following a diegetic sound of a ‘guitar, and drum being introduced to the video.

The camera then cuts to an establishing shot of a younger band. The establishing shot appears to be recorded in a black and white tint, emphasising ‘The Who’ have travelled back to the past, similar to a flash back of when the group were younger. Suddenly the camera cuts to a midshot of a former group singer showing to be in a younger generation. The short sequence is then followed by diegetic sound of the chorus being pronounced. After the camera then cuts to a close up shot of the leading performer face. This is established because due to the singers mise en scene, holding the micro phone, and the only person to have stylish clothing and hair.

The camera then cuts to a close up shot of the singer face. The shot appears to be in bright colour, displaying the mise en scene props such as the flowers in the males hair. This links back to a modern representation of the man as he appears to show is youth by placing bright yellow flowers in a crown around his head. We can also establish that the performers appears to be younger due to its non wrinkled face, and smart grey suit.

Finally the camera cuts back to a long shot of a guitarist. The guitarists appears to have converted back in to the present date as he appears to be older looking , due to his beard and wrinkled face, followed by the performers less bright and mature pale jacket.