Bittersweet Symphony

Song

• The song is about life in General. Its about the way he sees life and the reality of life

• Its also about his feeling which looking at this video he has none.

• This song or video is about the ups and downs in life

Song

• Mode of Address

The singer is talking to the audience wile reflecting on his life.

• Genre

The Genre of this song is Pop Rock.

• Voice

The artist sings the song in a calm tone of voice.

Performance

• Is the singer singing in the video

The singer is singing in the video and there are no dancing shown in the video.

• Conventions of a live performance

There are no conventions of a live performance in this video.

Performance

• How does the video relate to the performer’s star image/persona expectations

This video relates to performers star image because he wants to be portrayed as fearless and care free. He looks very indifferent from other people bumping into people.

Video: technical aspects

Camera Angles- The camera focus on two type of shots. A shot of his back and a shot of his face. Those are the two main shots.

Mise-en-scene

• Mise-en-scene- Road traffic site, busy road, casual clothes, grey skies, multi culture society, cracks in pavement- shows cracks in his life, walls in a straight line- doesn’t move for no one apart to look for himself in the mirror, shops, tramps, reunited with his band- to show that he changed his life and has people meaning he is not alone, before he walks he stops and stares, looks down and then walk, lack of respect for life, natural lighting/ daylight

Technical Aspects• Medium shot of someone’s feet walking

• Camera tilts up slowly to reveal artist

• He stops moving but camera keeps tracking back, moving.

• A person walks in to the camera frame. He starts walking. Doesn’t look left or right, just walks care free and almost got hit by a car

• Conventions of a normal street, load work

• Parked cars, shops and natural lighting

• He doesn’t move and walks straight into people

• Medium shots of his feet showing that he is walking in a straight. He only stops to look at himself in the mirror reflecting on his life

• Tracks back- nearly got hit by a car

• Close up shot of women

• Shot of his back-showing him walking with his band.

• No emotion or expression on his face

Editing

• The editing techniques featured in the video include

Fading in- Some of the characters fade into the shots.

There pace is normal and in some shots time is manipulated so that it looks continuing

Lyrics

'Cause it's a bittersweet symphony, this lifeTry to make ends meetYou're a slave to money then you dieI'll take you down the only road I've ever been downYou know the one that takes you to the places where all the veins meet yeah,

• No change, I can changeI can change, I can changeBut I'm here in my moldI am here in my moldBut I'm a million different people from one day to the nextI can't change my moldNo, no, no, no, no

Well I never prayBut tonight I'm on my knees yeahI need to hear some sounds that recognize the pain in me, yeahI let the melody shine, let it cleanse my mind, I feel free nowBut the airways are clean and there's nobody singing to me now

He feels free

• No change, I can changeI can change, I can changeBut I'm here in my moldI am here in my moldAnd I'm a million different peoplefrom one day to the nextI can't change my moldNo, no, no, no, noI can't changeI can't change

He’s thinking whether he should change or not change

Contradicting himself

• 'Cause it's a bittersweet symphony, this lifeTry to make ends meetTry to find some money then you dieI'll take you down the only road I've ever been downYou know the one that takes you to the places where all the things meet yeah You know I can change, I can changeI can change, I can changeBut I'm here in my moldI am here in my moldAnd I'm a million different peoplefrom one day to the nextI can't change my moldNo, no, no, no, noI can't change my moldno, no, no, no, no,I can't changeCan't change my body,

He wants the audience to feel the way he’s feeling

He wants to change but he can’t

• no, no, noI'll take you down the only road I've ever been downI'll take you down the only road I've ever been downBeen downEver been downEver been downEver been downEver been downHave you ever been down?Have you've ever been down?

Wants the audience to feel his pain

Voice

• The singer sings this song with no emotion or care about anyone. He says what he is feeling and he doesn’t look focussed. His actions relate to the tone of voice that he is using

• The vocals does not sound distinctive and he sings from personal experience

• It has a lot of impact on the listener because he reflects to the personal experience of the listeners life.