Media

1. Analysis -
Pencil full of lead

2. The song ‘Pencil full of lead’ is by the
Scottish artist Paolo Nutini. The music
video and song was released on the 20th
October 2009. This music video is a
somewhat contradictory music video as the
lyrics do not relate to the music video, if
anything they are basically the opposite.
Also if the video were to be put into one of
Firth’s 3 categories of music videos it
would be performance. This is because the
video a rehearsal or a recording, with the
artist as the main feature of it.
The setting for this music video is inside a live
performance studio that is empty, therefore it is most
likely that the video is trying to show a rehearsal of a
performance. It features backing dancers and a girl band
throughout the music video as well the artist himself.
However there is a bit of twist to as he is in clay motion
form, unlike the rest of the people.

3. The location of this music video is in the same
place for the whole of the video. It is base within a
‘live audience’ studio, however there isn’t any
audience in the. This gives the impression that in
this music video they ae doing a rehearsal of what
the live performance would look like, meaning that
the video is a performance video (according to
Firth’s beliefs).
It also seems that as well as a practice for a live
performance that in the music video, Paolo Nuitini
is also being filmed for a music video. This is shown
in the first two opening shots of the video, the fist
being an ‘On Air’ light coming on and the other
being in a filming or editing studio.

4. This is a contradictory because Paolo Nuitini is singing
about basically having a good day and everything going
right. As the song starts and the rehearsal begins in the
music video everything is going well performance wise.
This could almost relate to the lyrics of the song as
things start of well. However when he is on the stage
rehearsing, which already has nothing to do with the
lyrics, and then things start to go wrong for him. Part
of the video that could be said is related o the lyrics is
when he starts to get a bit cocky due to all of the
positive thinking and lyrics, nut the soon ends.
“I got a nice guitar and tires on my car
I got most of the means and scripts for the
scenes
I'm out and about so I'm in with a shout
I got a fair bit of chat but better than that”
These are lyrics from one of the songs verses
and it is talking about all positive things such as
being in with a shout, but in the video he comes
are across bad events. The first of which is
when he gets slapped in his ‘Claymation’ face
after being a bit too confident with the backing
dacners.