Gallows - Staring at the Rude Bois

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 theme. During the early narrative the camera changes from medium close ups, to close ups while he sings, because of the close ups you see all of the aggression in his face, which makes the video more believable as it fits the song. And by looking directly at the camera as well as the audience the idea that the viewer is there is fortified. 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, almost to make the audience feel as if they are there, within these cuts there are a large amounts of close ups or medium close ups. 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, showing the skill of the band members, as well as getting them involved with the audience in the carriage, by doing this they make the video very entertaining.

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. Adding aggression through the lighting almost brings even more intensity to the video.