The music video starts of with a small paragraph of writing. Writen in white writing on a black background the insure it will catch your attention. The writing tells us that on may the 2nd +3rd Blink 182 were given money by a production company to make thier music video, this is what they did with the money . This tells us straight away that this will be a jokey video as they have mis-spent all of the producers money. The forst shot is of the blink 182 van driving around the corner and parking up very fast and dangerously. You can tell its the bands van because of the band logo on the side of the van. They get and approach the camera. The main singer talks to the camera telling us how he is going to cash the check that the producer has given them and how they are going to have fun with the money. The band is dressed in all black tacky shirts with necklaces and hats on , they look like thay are just out with friends , not going to cash a huge check to make a music video for the producer.
The music starts of with the band playing there instruments in a very small and narrow room , the room is covered in a silver paint so it looks very shiney and new. The band is jumping around having fun. The whole of this small scene is filmed with a fish eye camera wich limits our view of the band. The scene after that is the guitarist of the band getting out the van and giving random constructor workers dollar bills, they look in disbelief and happiness as they he gets back in the van and drives away very fast . The next shot is of the lead singer just throwing money out of the window showing that money is clearly no obstacle in making this music video. The next scene is of the drummer sitting in what looks like a very expensive chair in the back of thier van counting a large amout of money. The next thew scenes are of the band members running around handing out dollar bills to random people stuck in traffic , they also are sticking dollar bolls in peoples window wippers. After that it cuts back to the small studio they wer in at the beggining except this time the guitarist is dancing like a nutter, i like this because it shows that the music video wasnt really planned iy was just improvosed.
The next scene is back to the three band members on foot giving out money to random shoppers, some are smilling and willingly taking the money and some are refusing to take it without even a smile on thier face. i like that they put that scene in because it shows that there not all actors, they actually went around randomly and some people thought that it was just a big joke. The next scene is my favorite because it would be actually amazing if it happened, it everyones biggest dream! They make it rain money . They are sitting on the roof of a shop with boxes of money and they just throw it down onto the street to seee the reaction of random people walking past. The shoppers rush in excitment as the money floats down and people begin to snatch and grab what they can. i think they were brave to film this part because there was no way on telling what some people may have done for that amount of money. Also i think the fact that they are doing all of this on top a adult books and videos shop is funny because places like that are considered dirty and wrong to go to yet people are running and pushing themselves forward in the houndreds.
The next scene is of the band playing in a very large venue, which to me looks like a university. They are playing in fron of a huge crowd of jumping fans. In this scene they are not jumping around as much , they are alot calmer and wearing glasses. I think they may be taking the mick out of other boy bands. The next scene is of them pulling up outside an alley way and they get out and try to lure a homeless man into thier truck with dollar bills, he eventually gives in to temptation and gets in. The ban looks worried and confused as to why they put a homeless man into the back of thier van but thier plan comes clear in the next scene. They take the bum into a fancy looking place and get a complete makeover, new suit new haircut and teeth cleaned. I cannot think of a reason why they did this , i think it is just because its funny and being random and spontanious is what this film is about. Whilst the bum is geting the makeover the band members give the two ladies the famour blink 182 haircut which is bassically all of the top of your hair shaven off and the back and sides are left as they are. This haircut is a trademark of Blink 182 and is in a thew more of thier videos.
The band continues to take the bum out for the day so for a laugh they take him to a strip club , as he looks like he is having the time of his life the band members are talking to the strippers and asking them to do somthink for them, after seeing the money they say yes and follow them to the van. when they get to were they want they get out and start cleaning a car and mowing a random mans lawn. This is a big surprise to the fat man. Like all the other things they have done in this music video this was not planned and is all random.
The next scene is of the band members piking out a car at the used car show. After dumping a big pile of dollar bills onto an employes lap they quikly pick thier car and drive away. They drive to a electric shop and start piking out televisions. After piking the televion they want they help the man take it off the top shelf. Shortly after one of the band members runs up and starts destroying it with a baseball bat. The man looks confused and annoyed untill the band give him a pile of cash.
After that scene is a nother great scene were the band members go to a tropical bird shop and buy ywo crates of doves, the symbol of peace and love. They then set the birds free and they pretend to cry and hug eachover. I like this scene because it felt like they were taking the mick out of how people get so emotional over freedom and love. The next scene is another part that feels like it was just improvised , not planned. The drive to a skatepark and loads of kids run up as the band members are giving away free shirts and signed skatebords. They ride away whilst the kids are doing trick with board and still smilling because they just me the band.The next shot is off one of he band members spitting in the camera as if to say these are my cameras now. The next scene is of the band members paying two boys to try and jump thier van with the skateboards, and they do . The reason i like this scene is because like all the rest of the film it feels so improvised and random. After that is just a thew scenes of them destroying thier instruments and driving around fast and dangerously , crashing into cones and going up the curb. Acting tlike they dont care about the consiquences.
They next scene is one of the band members paying a bunch of constuction workers . it then cuts to a scene were the construction workers are piking up one of the cars they bought with the money . the crane pulls it vey high in the air untill they finally let go of it. I like this scene because it just shows what money can buy.
The last scene is of a plane flying over the city dragging a sign sayin " take of your pants and jacket " which is the name of the album.
The reason i chose this video to analyse was because of the comical sie to it, they took a producers money and miss used it. They were ment to make a music video but because they filmed what they done with the money insted of making a planned video it turned out better thatn what they could have probably made instead. The other reason is because this is the type of band i would like ours to look like and be like .
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