Analysis of Tellison - Edith

Tellison music video, Edith follows a narrative about a cat that has died related to the main character. The band are shown throughout the video quite plainly in plain white suits and ties performing for their audience which follows a typical convention of an indie/alternative rock music video. The main character in the blue superhero mask (top left) is wrestling people to try and win the trophy to make his cat proud. This narrative of the music video is quite random and doesn't always make sense throughout but the audience can find this quite humourous when he is fighting the different people and when he looks at the cat picturre (bottom right). Comparing this to a video like The Wombats or Mumford and Sons, The Cave video, this Tellison music video seems quite strange and unique and is set in one particular location unlike The Cave which involves the band travelling around on mopeds. The facial expressions from the band shows the audience that they are involved in the fight and are there with them so they aren't just performing as a band they are individual characters. Constant close ups of the instruments such as the guitars and drums shows the audience that they are real and what to show them what talent they have. Also long shots are used at the beginning and at the end of the video to show the similarites between the progress in time of the video and how they all compare to each other as one band. Before the video ends there is a mid shot of a shrine in which the main character has created for his cat, even though the lyrics may be talking about a girl it shows the change in meaning which the lyrics can hold and shows the main character as an obsession with his cat, Edith. Tellison Edith, links with the indie genre because Tellison aren't as well known as other bands such as Two Door Cinema Club, Mumford and Sons etc. This is because indie bands are mainly independent which is the reason why their work is so unique and different from pop music and rock music. Putting it inbetween these two genres shows the audience how different they are and how they represent themselves as a band or artist as becoming a different genre by the conventions they follow.