9 frame analysis

The video I chose to do my 9 frame analysis on is the song Forgiveness Denied by Aeon. The first photo is an over the shoulder shot of a priest looking at a book with religious connotations. I chose to analyze a video which is half narrative and half live because it can explain a hidden story behind the song. If I can't do this however, I will create an all narrative video. The shot of the vicar suggests that something is about to happen to him. Him looking at a book of religious association suggests that religion holds a major role in the story.

The second shot is a close up of the singer's face. In technical death metal videos, they do tend to use a lot of close ups of the singer's face, as it it supposed to show the anger and aggression that the singer uses to speak his words.

Next is an extreme close up of the guitar being played. They also tend to use a lot of these to emphasize the speed the band plays at.

The next shot is a side preview of the vicar reading the book and a young man walking past the window. This shows that the vicar is completely unaware of the young man and is not expecting his visit. The next few seconds after this shows that the young man is there to torture the vicar and to kill him.

There is then a low angle of the guitarist, showing his dominance and how his guitar playing is the main part of the song.

There is then a profile shot of the band. These shots are typically found in music videos of this genre.

Photo number seven is a tracking shot of the young man walking towards the vicar. The fact that they are following the young man's movements shows his power over the vicar. This is also used to show the reaction of the vicar, showing his weakness towards the young man.

Picture number eight is an extreme close up of the young man's foot standing on the vicar's glasses. This is a representation in that the shoe represents the young man and the glasses represent the vicar, meaning that the vicar is about to be tortured and killed by the young man.

The final photo is the vicar being tortured. He is in a dark room, creating a sense of isolation and increasing the feeling of fear. The vicar looks as the has already been tortured. He wears a chain around his neck, suggesting that the vicar is now a prisoner and paying for his own past sins.

The colour palette of this video is light, which turns to dark, showing that even though the most kind people will eventually have their past sins catch up with them.