The Stone Roses: Waterfall Analysis

This music video is entirely footage of the band in concert. This format may have been chosen so that this video can be watched rather than having to make the band play live all the time, for example on promotional television appearances.

A large number of close ups are used throughout this video crating a sense of intimacy between the artists and the audience. Close ups will have been advised by the production company as the audience want to see their favourite singers, guitarists etc close up rather than from a distance.

Camera movement is used in this video to create a dynamic high energy feel to accompany the music and keep the visuals entertaining. For example the camera pans left to allow the whole band to be seen in one shot, grouping them together to avoid splitting them up and confirming them as a group.

Post-production editing effects are used very effectively to split the screen into different sections meaning that at any one time there could be multiple screens to watch. This encourages repeat viewing as an audience will want to see every screen and not miss anything out.

Trevor Millum’s theory focuses on how men are presented. He suggests there are five groupings of how men are presented in the media; seductive, carefree, practical, comic, and catalogue. In this video the men are presented as practical, shown by their playing of musical instruments and their singing. They are active and are the subjects of the video which supports Laura Mulvey’s theory of how male characters are constructed.