Music Video Analysis: 'What You Know' by Two Door Cinema Club

Two Door Cinema Club are an indie rock band from Northern Ireland. They formed in 2007 and have only began to recently make it onto the television and radio. The band is composed of band members: Sam Halliday, Alex Trimble and Kevin Baird. They are signed to French record label Kitsuné.



Camerawork
As in most music videos, the camerawork which has been used uses the conventional shots; long shot, mid shot, close up, extreme close up, tracking shots and pan shots. The video starts with a close up of the dancers feets and gradually zooms out to track a long shot of all the dancers in a line. Tracking shots are used regularly within this music video as the camera is trying to follow the dancers movements.

The band are constantly in the background playing their instruments, so the video is mainly performance. Below is the band playing in the video;

Editing

Similarly to blink-182's 'What's My Age Again' video, continuous editing is used throughout. This will be once again because it is the easiest option and straight cuts go well with the song because it is fast and upbeat. Transitions could slow down the pace of the video and I don't think that they would suit this song. The straight cuts go well the pace and lyrics. Towards the end of the video, CGI has been used which creates a good, different vibe for the video. On a black background, one shot has been taken but has been repeated many different times and each time delayed a little bit. Each cartwheel is in a different colour and it creates a good effect.

Mise en scene

Costume will have definitely been thought about in this video. Each member of the band is wearing clothing which would typically worn by the 'indie' genre. This is also something which helps you to define them into the 'indie' genre. The location which is being used is just a large white room which isn't necessarily typical of anything but it shows them well and the dancers have a large space to run around. There are many props which have been used but the main props are the instruments which are being used by the band members.