Numb – Linkin Park
Editing has been used in the music video
for ‘Numb’ by Linkin Park in order to show a passing in time. This has been
done by the use of time mapping. This makes the audience feel as though the
protagonist is portrayed to be lonely and dislike as throughout the sped up
scene she is not seen talking or interacting with anyone as the long shot isolates her. This idea is further
developed, as mostly all the camera shots of the girl are high angle shots.
These shots give the girl very little power as they
connote that she is always being looked down upon by society for whatever
reason.
The symbolic codes of the video include her
costume; she is denoted as wearing dark clothing,
which would be stereotypically described as
gothic. Stereotypically gothic clothing gives the character a much darker and deeper persona, which she is singled
out for. Her feelings about this issue can be connoted through her lack of
facial expression, and also the application of her
makeup, as she is quite pale. Her pale motionless face leads the audience to
believe that she appears dead but furthermore it has
the symbolic meaning that she appears dead inside.
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