Gallows - Staring At the Rude Bois (Draft)

Gallows - Staring at the Rude Bois

Gallows are a British punk band with very loud and aggressive style songs, the video for staring at the rude bois, is a mainly performance based song, with a small amount of narrative. Which is a fairly common feature in rock videos, however what’s different is that this happens early on, where as it is normally towards the end.

The video starts on with Frank carter (lead singer) walking through a train yard at night singing the star to the song. The abandoned and dark area fits in with the bands them. During the early narrative the camera changes from medium close ups, to close ups while he sings, though he never makes eye contact with the camera. He eventually ends up climbing into a carriage where the rest of the band is.

The video at this point becomes very intense, as the audience are also in there jumping around to the music. The camera shot becomes incredibly shaky, like it is being shot handheld, the cuts are very short, and a very large amount of close ups are used. This fits in with the intensity of the video. Along with this a lot of close ups on the instruments being played is shown, which is a very common aspect of the Rock/Punk genre. By using these techniques they are making the video interesting to watch along with listening to the song as it fits together

The lighting in the video varies, sometimes it is very dark, fitting in the with area, however in some of the intense parts of the songs a strong white light is shone on the camera adding to the intensity, a harsh red is also seen in the background, tinting almost the entire video