Red Hot Chili Peppers Textual Analysis

Red Hot Chilli Peppers “Can’t Stop”

• The “Can’t Stop” has many common features of a rock music video

• For example it has a lot of band performance involved and also has a bit of humour which is sometimes seen within a rock video.

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CameraworkThe band members are often seen in mid shots or mid long shots, which shows that each instrument and band member is vital ton the group and each instrument is needed as much as the other.

However the singer is shown in more close ups which suggests that the lyrics are very important to the song

Mise en scene

The band are wearing casual clothes and some topless which is very common in rock videos as it portrays the image of an everyday person

The setting of the video is a warehouse with various humorous objects in it and the band members perform funny actions with many of the props involved in the video.

The video also shows the other side to a rock video which is the glamorous side, because of the bright lighting.

The lead singer is also seen in a unusual tent coat and in a large bin bag dress which shows the humour and also eccentric glamour involved with rock and roll.

Editing Also slow motion has been used during the guitarist’s solo to dramatise the situation of the polystyrene blocks falling on him which also create a funny image.

For example the backing singer has been edited to be in three bins at the same time whilst he is singing.

Editing has been used to create a funny effect.