Song: Centipede
Year: 2012
Genre: Electro House
The song starts out with a voice over from an unknown person, a man in a suit walks around as if he's preparing for something. The video uses a narrative enigma to conceal the identity of the man. The man smokes a cigarette and carrying a canister of poison gas. A transition is used where the man walks past and the next scene slides into play. As the beat kicks in the man bursts through the door with a flame-thrower and flames burn in his glasses. Lighting and fire special effects are used as the man burns the centipedes with his flame-thrower. Colour overlays are used and sparks fly out of his lighter. The screen cuts in time with the wobbles of the bassline as a woman screams as she sees more centipedes. The camera pans and flashes occur as the man tries to kill the centipedes with an axe. The woman is bitten by a centipede and dies.
The man then inhales the poison gas and starts to writhe around in his chair. He appears to turn into a centipede and then collapses onto the floor and the video fades out. This song is an example of a dis-continuity style of editing due to various transitions and flashing effects. The pace of editing is very fast and at times hard to follow. During drops in the song the speed of the edit becomes a lot faster.
What we took from the video:
- Colour manipulation
- Narrative enigma
- Cutting to beat
- Dis-continuity editing
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