Burn the witch by Radiohead

Camerawork

  • Two shots
  • Panning down to man
  • Establishing shot of bird
  • Panning in on community 
  • Long shots
  • Close ups of mayor checking watch
  • Panning in on village model
  • Close up of PCs expression
  • Long shot of masks
  • Close up of girl 
  • Panning away from statue
  • Panning away from scene

Editing

  • Fade to black - used to show progression of time
  • Fade to black at the start 
  • Cuts to aid continuity 

Intertextuality

  • Bakery - live in Wickerman 
  • Narrative
  • Stop motion - childlike, idyllic, same, non threatening, comfortable, perfect, nostalgic
  • Band are absent
  • Opening and closing shot of bird singing
  • Radiohead fans strongly in touch with politics 
  • Music video suggests xenophobia 
  • Animal masks - the wicker man 
  • Connotations of being hot - wiping forehead

Sound (lyrics)

  • 'Stay in the shadows' - ignore suspicions 
  • 'and if you float you burn' - witches
  • 'Do not react, avoid all eye contact' - don't attract attention
  • 'Sing a song of sixpence' - nursery rhyme, idyllic
  • 'We know where you live' - can't escape
  • Red Crosses - plague
  • Gallows - hanging
  • 'abandon all reason' - cult

MES

  • Tradiotional costumes 
  • Secoundary cousins
  • Colourful costumes (artificial)
  • Model village
  • Animal masks
  • Maypole
  • Mayor - represents society
  • Setting - idyllic
  • Props - watch, house, gardens
  • Bird symbolises societys ignorance
  • Repetiton of red - blood
  • All characters the same - society
  • Show contrast - police officer in black and white and others in colour
  • Proxemics - PC in centre always
  • XXX bottle
  • X on houses
  • Wide frame - fits in everyone 
  • Flowers
  • All characters white and same - racist cult

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