Judas Priest - Painkiller

The Video begins with rapid shots with silhouette's of people. The shots are all medium close up's or close ups. As more shots are shown it is now known that the band is there, and in some sort of warehouse, their equipment is present too. The sound begins immediatley and is diagetic, as it is in sync with the band performing in the video. The camera focuses on the lead singer, however does not dwell on him for too long, the rest of the band are given just as much of the spotlight. The most interesting thing about the video is the absence of colour, as it is shown in black and white, the notable exception being the lead singer's eyes at the beginning which are shown to be a solid glowing blue using extreme close up shots of his eyes we are given the impression that the video is meant to scare, or freak out its audience. The mise-en-scene is mostly an industrial warehouse or storage area, with pipes, and other objects in the background. This reflects on the image of Heavy Metal of an Industry-bred music form and a cold sharp sound to it. The band are all wearing some form of leather, associated with the band and heavy metal bands, a trend that was started by Judas Priest's very own Rob Halford. The song is both fastpaced and sharp, this constant bombardment of thrashing and beating is reflected by the extremely rapid transition from shot to shot and the number of shots present. At the end of the video the lead singer is shown whilst the shot changes, yet he does not, he stays in the foreground whilst the shots change around him, this is due to the rapid succession of shots between him and different shots of the warehouse, making it appear if he is omnipresent. This focusing on the lead singer after the beginning of the video shows his importance as the song progresses.

Twisted Sister - I Wanna Rock

The video begins with a classroom full of teens, who are not under control whatsoever, when a teacher enters the room he instantly goes berserk. The teacher represents authority, when the band appear on screen they begin to humiliate him by throwing him though the ceiling. This anti-establishment behaviour appeals to the rebellious nature of teenagers.
The band itself is dressed eccentrically wearing makeup and the lead singer is wearing a wig, despite being male, this however was accepted at the time, being the 80’s.
The teacher throughout the video tries to halt the efforts of the band to perform, this constant assault also represents the attempts by society to constrain the band, perhaps the genre in general.
The opening shot is a long range shot of a classroom where students are in disarray.
The second shot is a tracking shot of the teacher starting on his feet and then zooming to his head to show his facial expressions and agner at the chaos of the class. When the band finally appears it is a medium shot of the band, this then quickly changes to another shot, shots of the band and teenagers all cheering to the band and singing the song are shown. Multiple medium to long shots of the band performing are shown, altogether the shots place emphasis on the band and their connection with the teenagers (representing their audience) and with eachother they are better off. Their isn't much sound other than the song present in the video, with exception to diagertic sounds such as the teacher shouting at the beginning (which has to be noted that when the song began his dialogue stopped). The only other diagetic sound is one scene where the teenagers are banging their heads against lockers in tune to the music.

Overall the video serves as a metaphor for the band leading their audience out of the restraints of the current music industry and being rebellious. Heavy Rock/Metal at the time had this image and the video re-affirms this image by portraying rock in the form of the rebellious children and the authority/establishment being personified by the teacher. At the time rock was viewed as having negative affects on society by both the public and the government,