Textual Analysis 4.

Artist: Twenty One Pilots

Song: Guns For Hands

Genre: Alternative hip hop/ alternative rock

Mise En Scene:
The music video is very simple and only includes the two band members throughout the whole video. The set looks like a typical bland white set with hardly any props. From the start you can guess that the man on the left is the drummer as he is stood in front of the drum set and the man on the right is the lead singer and plays piano. At the start of the video both of them put on a balaclava, this could mean they don't want people to see who they are when singing. However they both take them off when they start performing. Throughout the music video the scene or place never changes and the background stays white, it seems like they want you to think they are on a film set and nothing too professional. Later in the video they wrap tape around their faces, again covering up so they can't be seen. However as the lead singer progresses through the song he slowly removes the tape around his mouth. It seems both band members are hiding something by covering they're faces.

Editing:
The video is fast paced and has a lot cuts throughout, this fits in with the pace of the song. Like many other music videos when the music becomes faster the cuts become more frequent and the music video becomes a lot faster. A mixture of close ups and two shots are used to show what emotions the band members are going though and it also helps show the lead singer lip syncing to the song with close ups used when he sings into the mic.

Target Audience:
In my opinion from the music and music video the target audience would be mid to late teenagers from the fast paced and simple nature of the video.