The Artist
'Wolf Alice' are an English four-piece alternative rock band from North London, consisting of Ellie Rowsell (vocals, guitar), Joff Oddie (guitars, vocals), Theo Ellis (bass), and Joel Amey (drums, vocals). They released their debut single "Fluffy" in February 2013, the "Bros" single followed this in May. In October 2013, they released their debut EP 'Blush'. Their second EP Creature Songs was released in May 2014 on Dirty Hit Records. On 24 February 2015 they released the lead single "Giant Peach" from their debut album 'My Love Is Cool', which was released on 22 June 2015, also via Dirty Hit Records. 'My Love Is Cool 'was released in the US on 23 June 2015 via Dirty Hit/RCA Records. The single "Moaning Lisa Smile" charted within the top 10 of the Billboard Alternative Songs chart, peaking at number 9.
The Record Label
Dirty Hit is a British record label, formed in 2009. The label was set up by James Oborne, Brian Smith, and former England footballer, Ugo Ehiogu. Dirty Hit is distributed by Universal Music Group.
Narrative
The music video follows the friendship between two girls, showing them playing together and messing around. In this way, the visuals match the lyrics and therefore meaning of the music: 'Bros'. The narrative follows the girls playing games such as 'knock down ginger', messing around with trolleys, climbing trees, roller blading and running around.
Mise en Scene
Setting and Location
The music video is mostly set in a nearby park to the girls' home in a fairly small town. All scenes follow the girls in and around this area; on the streets and garages. In this way, the music video is perhaps an attempt to recreate a sense of nostalgia as many people will have experienced a similar friendship.
Costume and Make-up
The two girls in the music video are wearing casual jeans and check shirts/hoodie along with converse. It can be interpreted that these girls are perhaps wearing more 'masculine' clothing and in this way it could be reflecting the title of the song, 'Bros' which in turn relates to how the term is generally used for boys. The clothing also displays how they are children and in this way are often portrayed as care-free, not paying much attention to their appearance, but just throwing on clothes in a matter of minutes as to not waste any time and therefore have more time to play.
Lighting and Colour
In general, there is use of high key lighting, although this is sometimes darkened by the English weather, however, this works for the music video since it is set in England, for the English band. The key key lighting complements the light-hearted tone of the music and in this way reinforces the innocence of the girls relationship. There is also quite a lot of yellow throughout the music video which again reflects the joyfulness and innocence of childhood relationships.
Camera Work and Editing
The majority of the music video uses shots which are medium close-up and in, reflecting the closeness of the two girls' relationship as well as creating a connection between the audience and the characters in the music video. Also, to ensure that the narrative music video would not appear jarring, there is use of straight cuts throughout the video, in this way, this helps to ensure the narrative flows and is hence easy to follow.
The Record Label
Dirty Hit is a British record label, formed in 2009. The label was set up by James Oborne, Brian Smith, and former England footballer, Ugo Ehiogu. Dirty Hit is distributed by Universal Music Group.
Narrative
The music video follows the friendship between two girls, showing them playing together and messing around. In this way, the visuals match the lyrics and therefore meaning of the music: 'Bros'. The narrative follows the girls playing games such as 'knock down ginger', messing around with trolleys, climbing trees, roller blading and running around.
Mise en Scene
Setting and Location
The music video is mostly set in a nearby park to the girls' home in a fairly small town. All scenes follow the girls in and around this area; on the streets and garages. In this way, the music video is perhaps an attempt to recreate a sense of nostalgia as many people will have experienced a similar friendship.
Costume and Make-up
The two girls in the music video are wearing casual jeans and check shirts/hoodie along with converse. It can be interpreted that these girls are perhaps wearing more 'masculine' clothing and in this way it could be reflecting the title of the song, 'Bros' which in turn relates to how the term is generally used for boys. The clothing also displays how they are children and in this way are often portrayed as care-free, not paying much attention to their appearance, but just throwing on clothes in a matter of minutes as to not waste any time and therefore have more time to play.
Lighting and Colour
In general, there is use of high key lighting, although this is sometimes darkened by the English weather, however, this works for the music video since it is set in England, for the English band. The key key lighting complements the light-hearted tone of the music and in this way reinforces the innocence of the girls relationship. There is also quite a lot of yellow throughout the music video which again reflects the joyfulness and innocence of childhood relationships.
Camera Work and Editing
The majority of the music video uses shots which are medium close-up and in, reflecting the closeness of the two girls' relationship as well as creating a connection between the audience and the characters in the music video. Also, to ensure that the narrative music video would not appear jarring, there is use of straight cuts throughout the video, in this way, this helps to ensure the narrative flows and is hence easy to follow.
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