Eminem - Stan Analysis

Editing
-Straight cuts
-Fades to and from black
-Fades between different storylines or locations
-Cross cuts
-Cut to a beat

Lighting
-Realistic lighting (ambient?)
-All quite low lit
-Lighting in basement is dimmer
-Lightening??

Colour
-Dirty, dark, green tinged --> poor standard of living
- Black and white --> memories, fame

Mise-en-scene
-Lightening --> danger, 'horror movie'
-Rain --> doom and gloom
-Mirrors --> reflections on past, what he wants to be
-Photographs --> Memories, fame, obsession
-Grimy Bathroom -peeling paint, dirty etc

Camera
- 'beauty shots' of Eminem
- Voyeuristic shots --> through windows, frame within frame in car
-Vertical tracks
-Horizontal tracks
High angle - viewing scene objectively, not there
-Circling and low angles of Stan - focus

Costume
All quite chilled out, not too dressed up...reflects class of society and surroundings

SFX
-Lightning
-Rain
-Car into water
-End with the window
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Representation
-Obsession, violence and aggression are seen in the video but not actually by Eminem - less violent for him
- The real celebrity life - obsessive fans, has the same problems as normal people (girlfriend issues) etc

Narrative
-Informal realtionship between stan and eminiem, funeral, dido and stan relationship, obsession

Audience

-Young, teenage audience to mid-20s

-eminem and dido fans