Analysis: Sum 41 - Fat Lip

The genre of Sum 41 - Fat Lip is pop punk

The cinematography in this includes lots of long and mid shots so that the camera can catch the crowd, people and the band in the shots as well as capturing the action. Unlike typical conventional pop punk videos this video does not feature close up shots of the instruments being played which is usually seen in most pop punk videos.

There is lots of editing within this music video and cuts from one shot to another quickly so that the music video captures lots of action as there is lots going on in this video. The video mostly cuts from the band to the crowd and then to different things and actions happening at the skate park / location where this video is being filmed. The video will cut from a performance video of the band preforming and then it will quickly cut to another area within the location it has been filmed showing different kinds of action taking place. The majority of the action filmed apart from the performance clips of the band playing are mostly of the audience or the band messing around and having a laugh and a 'good time' which is conventional of a pop punk music video.

The title of the song is "fat lip" which doesn't relate to the narrative or music video, although it could relate to the lyrics of the song as the lyrics give the connotations of stubbornness and sulkiness which "fat lip" could be a metaphor for this.

The music video is mostly made up of a performance video and from my point of view it does not include a narrative which is usually conventional on most music videos out there. This shows and suggest that sum 41 are going against the typical conventions of a music video in this way.

As most music videos this includes many close up shots in the cinematography so does this one and there is many close up shots of the lead singer singer and it also includes many close up shots of the other band members playing there instrument.

This music video connotes youths having a good time which is what the majority of pop punk videos like to connote conventionally.