Music Video Analysis: Rodeo Massacre

This music video is for the song "The Game" by Rodeo Massacre. This video is made entirely in stop motion animation using photographs of the band members and creative use of various props.

Camera Techniques:

• medium shots, band central to the frame with the woman in the middle between the two men, creates symmetry in the frame

• dutch angle frame, tilted, adds dynamic, unconventional, more interesting, less polished

• focus switched from foreground to background, artistic use of blurring

• long exposure used to blur lighting, this particular part (image below) abstractly used to represent guitar strings and timed with the guitar in the song

Editing:

• photos cut together at different speeds depending on which part of the song is playing
• photos that are put together to show fluid movement, as it it were filmed, are cut very quickly together, probably at a 24fps (frames per second)
• multiple shots used on screen at once, tiled together, makes the frames more exciting and layered

• band members lip sync to the song, edited in time with the music, to do this in stop motion they would've had to remember the mouth positions for each sound in the words and hold like that for each picture to create a seamless impression of singing

Mise En Scene:

• items of clothing are used as various props, stop motion used to make it look as if they have come to life
• vintage style is themed throughout the band and the video
• the song is remenisent of old style rock music and the band wear old fashioned clothing, very unique and alternative
• old film grain textures used over the footage, gives the video a vintage look, matches the style of the band