The Strokes - Reptilia analysis

The Strokes - Reptilia

The Strokes are another band quite similar to Odd Shaped Head. However, they are American and they rose to prominence in the early 2000s. this particular song was released in 2004, a couple of years before Odd Shaped Head came into being.

This video is all performance based. It features many close-up shots of the band members playing their instruments and not much else. There is no narrative to the video at all and every shot is to do with the performance.

Throughout the video, only the front-mans face is shown clearly. Shots of the other band members faces show them looking away from the camera and are slightly out of focus and unclear.

The frontman is the only band member who's face is shown clearly throughout the video.

Every single shot in the video is a close up shot and there are no shots of the band as a whole. Also, cuts are used throughout the video and there are no other transitions used in the video. Towards the end of the video they cut through shots very quickly.