In this musical video we see many locations where Eminem seems to be conquering personal demons so these personal problems would create some exciting and symbolic settings.
EMINEM NOT AFRAID SONG VIDEO PROFESSIONAL
The director creates another element of continuity when all the shots link together with Eminem’s movement this makes the video look more professional and makes the video flow. In the video all of the transitions are straight cut. I believe the director would do this to create a sense of continuity, and it also creates pleasant viewings for the audience. Also we see numerous shots that are juxtaposed between the two settings at the start of the video. In this video the edits seem to be very fast paced, this is typical as the lyrics are fast in the song, so they need to run parallel. This adds the effect that he has recovered and comfortable finally. This I believe adds to the empathy factor, as the audience would feel sorry for Eminem as he has got to a stage where he thinks life is too much on the other hand he steps back from the edge of the roof and his posture shows he feels confident in himself. In addition the next location we see, Eminem is standing on a huge building close to the edge, and slowly creeping closer to falling off.
EMINEM NOT AFRAID SONG VIDEO PATCH
This I believe represents that he has got through the tough patch and seen the light, and now he is on his way to be ‘free’ in himself and to be content.
As the video carries on he throws a chair at the wall and a gap appears Eminem ends up punching his way through the wall and a blinding light shines through. This I believe would symbolise that he is in a place where he can’t get out.
This I believe makes the video captivating for the audience as they are intrigued to see how the story concludes.Īlso the locations in this song link with all the meaning that the lines create, for example we see in the first location Eminem is stuck in a small room that is enclosed by thick brick walls. Interestingly in this song it is shown as if it was a short story being told rather than just relevant words as all of the actions link up and sum up the conclusion at the end. In this song the lyrics aren’t directly linked with every shot, they are displayed through a more unconventional way. This song belongs to the Hip-Hop/Rapping genre. I chose to analyse this song as it has a very powerful meaning, as many of his songs do, and I thought the music video would be interesting to study. The first song I choose to analyse was Eminem’s most commercial song, ‘Not Afraid’ on his number one album Recovery.
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