Research Main Task- Timed Analysis - Welcome to the Black Parade (My Chemical Romance)

Welcome to the Black Parade (My Chemical Romance)

I have chosen this video to do an analysis on as on a personal note this song linked in with the collective identity myself had as a young teenager. The song we are doing is about stereotypic youth and some of the different identities that youth find themselves apart off; and this song links with the identity myself related to at a younger age.

0:00-0:03- The editing of this shot starts with it opening as a circle which gets bigger as the camera zooms in on the shot. The shot shows a man laying on a hospital bed with machines around him. There is also a nurse by his side holding his hand. This suggest that the man is dying.

0:04-0:014- The single shot shows a close up of a TV which is in the hospital room. for the first few seconds the camera focuses on the man in the tbs eyes, then lips, before angling itself so you can see both but without zooming out of the shot. The man then starts to sing the first fews words of the lyrics.

0:15-0:16- A close up of the dying man back in the hospital. His features have not changed from the previous shot of him and the nurse is still in the position she was before. The only difference is the shot is more closer than it was in the previous shot of the man.

0:16-0:17-  A shot of a dystopian world, with a few ballons and what looks like is snow. It's made out that the dying man is already seeing where he will go after his death. All while the music is still very quiet (almost like a lullaby )

0:18-0:19- An extreme close of the dying man face. His eyes are looking upward which could symbol his ready to die.

0:19-0:20- A quick shot back to the man on the Tv who is still singing.

0:20-0:24: Two shots of the dying mans hands thatav re very blurry and then a focused in close up of the mans face.

0:25-0:27- Mid shot of the man singing on TV again, however this time toss of the nurses are in shot which means he TV is in the room and that the man maybe singing to the dying man.

0:27-0:30- 180 degree shot of the man laying on the bed, with the nurses and doctors around him, then him watching the TV.

0:30-0:34- High angled shot of the dying man holding his hand out the nurse by his bed, then it cuts to a low angle shot of the nurse taking his hand.

0:35- 0:37- Blurred but low angled shot of the nurses face.

0:37-0:45- Quick shots of them hospital staff, the dying man and the man on the TV.

0:46-0:52-More quick shots again, which end with an close of the mans face as the screen goes black.

0:53-0:54- Quick shot of the mans eyes turning black, which symbolises his now close to death.

0:55-0:57- Behind panning in shot of the whole room.

0:58-1:00- Two different shots of the man holding his arm up, the first is a low angled which then converses onto a high angled shot.

1:00-1:02- Shot of the man on the Tv singing again as the dying man keeps his arm raised up.

1:03-1:07- The music now because instrumental, and the shot has changed to a parade of people, all wearing black and some wearing masks following a parade float that holds the band and the man from the TV singing on it.

1:08-1:10- Long shot of the parade which is traveling between two walls of burned materials. 

1:10-1:15- The lead singer (who was the man on the TV) dancing to the instrumental. It has a few mid shots form different angles such as dancing him and to the side of him.

1:15-1:28- The lead singer is now singing, and it one long shot shows the parade still following the band, close up of the logo on the bands parade float and different shots of the band singing.

1:29-1:30- A close up of the dying mans face as he still reaches out to there band.

1:30-1:34- A long shot of the band of the float with the parade following him, then quick and close up shots of the band player playing. 

1:35-1;38- Quick shot of the dying man reaching up again.

1:38-1:40- The shots show that both men are reaching towards one another  and the tV then explodes.

1:41-1:47- Long shot that shows the hospital falling down, leaving the dying man in his bed still with the dystopian world around him and then parade walking towards him. The music pauses here for a second.

1:47-1:53- The music then becomes more upbeat and there are quick shots of the band playing

1:54-1:56- Long shot of the parade walking towards the dead man.

1:56-2:02- Mid shot of the main singer preoming, he keeps his eyes on the audience watching.

2:02-2:05- Behind shot of the dead man walking towards the parade willingly.

2:05-2:18- Various shots of the bandf singing (Close ups, mid shots)

2:18-2:28: Close up of the male singing before quick cutting to shots of the dead man wandering around looking rather lost.

2:28-2:29- Long shot of a women with her back to the camera dressed in Victorian clothing.

2:29-2:37- One shot shows the women still standing with her back to camera, the dead man appers in shot and looks around. He seems confused and is searching for confrontation of where he is.

2:38-2:48- The next shows have a low angled shot of the perfomance but also of the dead man walking towards the women. There is a extreme close up of her dress.

2:48-2:55- Quick shot of the drummer performing before cutting back to the dead man walking around the women who has now faced the camera and is revealed to be wearing a gas mask.

2:55-3:00- Long shot of the bands parade floating down the street.

3:00-3:04- :Panning shot of the dead man walking away from the women.

3:04-3:08- Close up of lead singer singing.

3:08-3:10- Mid shot of all the band standing still and looking into the camera.

3:10-3:14- Perfmace of the band, the shots are quick and have a black boarder as the shots change.

3:14-3:20- Black border shots of the band playing that quick cut into shots of the women or the man in the dystopian land.

3:20-3:28- Quick cut shots of each member of the band playing. Some are close ups and others are high angled shots. The next shot that is half a second is the dead man walking up some starers

3:29-3:30- Extreme close up which then cuts into a mid shot of the lead singer singing.

3:35-3:36- Extreme close up of the dead mans face.

3:36-3:38- Close up of the lead singer.

3:38-3:39- :Low angle shot of the dead mans shoes.

3:43-3:44- Close up of the dead mans face as he stares on in wonder as the parade walk towards him.

3:44-3:48- Mid shot of the guitarist and drummer before an close up of the singer performing and singing.

3:49-3:51- Long shot of the dead man walking towards the parade again.

3:56-3:57- Clos sup of the dead man which then disappears into a mid shot of him and two dead women standing beside him. The shot almost looks like they are posing for a picture.

3:59-4:01- Mid shot of the dead man again, however this time the band are seen standing behind him and the lead singer bends down tout something around the dead mans neck.

4:03-4:04- close up of the dead man with a meal around his neck.

4:05-4:11 -Various sots of the band such a mid shot os all of them and then shots taken from a left angle or right angle which show just some of the band performing.

4:11-4:12- Mod shot of the dead man and women again, the band is still standing behind them but we cannot see their faces. The victorian women from before also walks in front of the shot.

4:15-4:17- High angled shot of the pervious shot, however this time we only see the top of the bands bodies and the parade in the background.

4:17-4:22- Slow movement shot of the band perfuming, it could have been slowed down to create a dramatic affect or so it fits with that part of the music.

4:22-4:24- Close up of the lead singer in slow movement.

4:26-4:28- Long shot of the parade and float, which also has a air bloom with the bands name on and the song title floating in the background.

4:28-4:30- Long shot of the lead singer in slow movement bashing the microphone stand up and down.

4:32-4:35- Panning shot upwards of the dead man and women and half of the bands bodies. It is clear now that they are posing for a picture.

4:37-4:38- Long shot of the group posing for the photo as the black boated comes back around the shot.

4:41-4:43- Long shot of that agin, as the parade float away and the two women kiss the mans cheeks before walking off.

4:44-4:46- The dead man looks at his medal before looking behind him as the parade floats away.

4:46-4:54- Close in panning shot of the lead singer finishing the song.

4:54-4:57- Close up of the dead man kissing the medal.

5:58-5:02- Panning shots of the band on the float now standing still.

5:02-5:06- Long and high angled shot of the band once again standing still, however the lighting flickers and goes dark.

5:06-5:13- Long shot of the dead man walking away into the dystiopian world.

5:13-5:15- Black screen