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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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