Cannibal Corpse-Make Them Suffer music video analysis

This video uses all of the micro elements to the advantage. Through cinematography, there are alot of camera shots, showing that in this video, they go by the beat as well as going by the literal lyrics. The video is a half narrative and half live performance based video. The video has equal shots of all band members, either all together in a long shot or all individual using medium shots. The only parts of the video which uses extreme close ups is the narrative parts of the video, having extreme close ups of the actor's eyes or hands. The eyes to show his reaction to waking up in the room, to show his tiredness, to show his fear and to show his stress of being held in the room by himself. His hands are also shown to show his stress and his fear, but also his failing attempts to escape from his prison.

The pace of the song is very fast, the instruments almost acting as though they are in a war, the drums representing guns, the singing to represent the screams of the anguished, the bass representing the low grumbling of the ground when the tanks roll over and the guitar representing the echoing sound of victory in the distance. The editing also matches the speed of the song, involving alot of jump cuts.

The main colours of the music video are black and blue, black representing the type of band; tech death metal, and the blue representing the man's waiting and suffering. Whilst the band is playing, they are surrounded by smoke, showing the speed in which they are playing. There are flashes of light, which could possibly represent the call of death, the light representing the light in which those who are dead must walk through to reach purgatory, to be judged on the sins they have committed and to see if they have forgiven themselves for their past sins.