Combichrist- Throat Full of Glass- Lighting and Mise-en-scene

   Today I am going to look at the Lighting and Mise-en-scene used in Combichrist's "Throat Full of Glass" video.


  
Here is the full video...

Lighting

  

   The lighting in the video is quite low key lighting throughout, but the peoples body's are lit up very well. For example, at the beginning of the video the lighting is very dark except over the stripper and the lead singer, they are lit up well.

  

 Furthermore, during the part where the "deal" happens the lighting is very low, portraying the shady things that are happening. This is a convention of the genre.

Here is a picture of the lighting during this part...

   However, during the Mexican Stand off at the end of the video the lighting is quite high key. This is used to allow the audience to get a full and good view of what is happening in the scene. Here is an example of the lighting.

  The grey/ shady look throughout is created via editing. The colour is graded to look grey but also a filter is applied to make the shots look old and like the "film" is scratched which is a really cool affect.

Mise-en-scene

  
The Mise-en-scene used is very conventional in ways but not in others. For example the male costumes used are very conventional as the look dirty and grimey in plain clothes. In contrast to this, Goodwin's theory of Voyeurism towards women applies to this is video which is rare in the genre. The women are dressed provocative manor. The props used are things like alcohol and guns which is also rare in the genre but the same symbols and imagery is given off.