The thing I like most about this video is the clever use of editing, it is too the beat and gives an interesting dynamic to the song. I also like the use of slow motion and the flashes of colour used. I think the style of this video is one I would look to use for my own music video.

Bloc Party's Video For Octopus opens with the sound of yawning and sighing and a Medium shot of the drummer, however the sound is not synced with the drummer. This shot went on for 0-5 seconds till the song kicked in. From five-second to six-seconds the next shot is a close up of the guitarist playing guitar cut and then speeded up and repeated several times edited to the beat. This contrasts heavily with the yawing at the beginning of the song. The fast editing style used in the second shot and throughout the video is appropriate to the genre of the band (indie Rock).

The next series of shots are bright block colours that flash on the screen from between six-seconds and seven-seconds before going to the next preformance wide shot of the drummer cutting to the beat of the same shot but with a slightly different zoom. the background of the video has a sparse industrial/ grunge feel. Decaying paint is style heavily associated with grunge. other then that there is not much else other then piled up amps, this is also something used heavily in rock music video.

This is then followed by several more quick shots of flashing black primary colours. After this there is a close up low angles shot of the guitarist playing guitar, once again juddering backwards and forwards in time with the beat of the music. close up shots are Typical of preformance videos and are part of the codes and conventions.

 

The prefomance shots are once again broken up by shots of flashing colour before returning to a close up of the guitarist playoing guitar but from a different angle. this shot is repeted several times and spead up so it is in time with the music.