1. Music Video Analysis
Funeral For A Friend – Roses For the Dead
The video for ‘Roses For The Dead’ is of a non-linear narrative where it follows a young
school boy throughout the video.Over the shoulder shot has been used as he is walking,
making his way to his journey; the audience sees his world from his eyes.The roses outside
the front door symbolise death which immediately sets the tone of the music video and we
start to know what to expect. The male isbeing bullied along the way to his destination and
during this, the mother is introducedand she appears to be mourning.The mother has flash
backsof her son and watches home videos, allowing her to escape from reality. Meanwhile
the boy is in an empty room,emphasising his loneliness and isolationand makes his way up to
a balcony where helooks downat the view.The mother then gets increasingly upset, rapidly
pulling his posters down as the song pace gets increasingly faster which builds the
climax.This video follows a typical indie music video as the narrative entails a depressed
person, focusing on the emotion of both the character and song. However this video leaves
out the usual performance shots of the band, going against the conventions.
As the video goes back in time to reflect on the past, I thought this would be a key idea for
my music video; I will film the actress being joyful, happy etc. and will edit thoseclips to
make it clear that it was in the past.