Amity Affliction Shine On - Music Video

Amity Affliction Shine On

Shine on

The music clip for Shine On, starts with a mid shot of the male main character opening a car, it then cuts to his girlfriend looking over, then back to him fiddling with the car. These shots were chosen as it doesn’t give a clear relationship between the characters but shows that they are together in the same place and time. It then has a tracking shot of the boyfriend walking over to the girlfriend as she says so that's it, and he throws his hand onto the side of the car and replying with yeah that’s it, and the girlfriend then saying we had to go back sometime. This shot is there to show that there is something more between them, without the use of dialogue, it is also to set up the story, the clip then cuts to another scene in the past and the music begins.

 throughout the video Joel Birch the heavy vocal is walking along with various different backgrounds, and Ahren Stringer the light vocals is driving in a car. Both are close-ups, and show how the artists are moving and on a journey, they way the characters are in the film clip.

 The next shot is the two main characters as children biking together throughout their neighbourhood showing how they were childhood friends. It then has a hard cut to the dad (of the boy) working on his car and drinking a beer. there is then a wide shot of the main characters as the dad walks over to the boy and grabs him while dragging him inside. The next shot is a close-up of the girlfriend stroking the scarring of the boyfriend, that is retained even into adulthood. This is a way of representing the abuse of the young boy, as well as the young love that the song is about. The next shot is a shot of the girlfriend sneaking into the boyfriends room, in order to represent the same thing as the previous scene

 After these shots, the video cuts to the present with the boyfriend packing a bag and writing a note saying that he’s leaving. Then the girlfriend sneaks in and they steal the keys. This is to show the two of them have stayed together and are planning to run away, tying into the start of the music video. After this. The next notable shot is a shot underneath the boyfriend, as he gives his old home the finger (out of shot) and the girlfriend looks up at him and smiles.

 The next scene is the motel scene, in which the characters have implied sex, this occurs in the breakdown, a time in the song similar to the bridge, this acts as a time to represent the characters growing up. Going from sneaking into each other's place to talk, and moving into more adult concepts such as sex and leaving home. The use of closeups, and not showing things makes it less gratuitous and more symbolic than it would rather be.

 The music video consummates with a continuation of the opening scene. With the girlfriend saying that we had to go back sometime, and then the boyfriend getting his bag and saying no we don’t as they both grab their bags and walk off shot.

 By Ryan