King For A DayPierce The Veil Ft. Vic Fuentes

OverviewThe video inspired by ocean 11 was a well made video which gained great momentum in the alternative scene. The song which is about getting pushed pass breaking point really portray the corruption and injustice people face. Though a bit exaggerated in terms of plot it really emphasises the lyrics.

Genre CharacteristicsThe song follows the characteristics of rock video. You see the typical thrashing, head banging scene throughout the performances scene and it cuts in the narrative which is a bit unorthodox. They cut these scenes in time with the beat to the music. All the cuts are straight cuts which are quite clean yet abrupt which is another characteristic of rock video’s.

Mise-en-sceneThey are very stereotypically dressed, skinny jeans, vest (band merch) and snapbacks. Their guitars are unorthodoxly painted. The setting of where the band plays is a DIY skate spot etc. Throughout there are costume changes for that scene of the story. There are close on this to emphasise the bands prescience early on and continue to enforce this throughout with their clothes and instruments.

Video and lyric linksThe song itself is all about being pushed to breaking point and people reacting to this. They portray this by showing workers who rob a bank where they worked due to a corrupt bank manager. "you want a martyr, I'll one" and this is clearly represented in the song the word being pushed to breaking point and the two workers forming a plan of justice. Also towards the end “Imagine living like a king some day” is sung as champagne is popped open.

NarrativeThe narrative is really well brought into the video. They bring it in but don’t take away from the performance elements nor the artist themselves. They do this by getting the artist to play character in the narrative. They video is inspired by ocean 11 and they try to being theatrical to show this. They have a little intro at the beginning which really helps emphasise the story line.

Representation of the artistThe artist is still sticking to their typical rock look, however the story helps represent them as being more moral. They are trying to show how people are pushed to breaking point and how you use this to get justice.

ColourTheir a filter put on the video which numbs the colors this makes the office scene seem even more dull and put greater emphasize on the scenes with colours. This could be to show a clear difference between the dull boring life and their more enjoyable part of life. It could also help enforce that due to their life being so dull they don’t assume anything is wrong when little anomalies occur.

Intertextual referenceThe video is inspired by ocean 11 a comedy film in which they rob a bank. You can see the link at the end where after the whole bank is robbed in such a serious manner but the guns were water guns. This clearly appeals to a rock fan base it isn’t too serious.