1. The Hives
WAIT A MINUTE

2. Shot sequences
• The first few shots
are extreme close
ups of members of
the band, from
different angles.
There is a shallow
depth of field.

3. • The music video is very
simple with lots of
repeating shots. There
are no special effects
and just close ups of
the band singing at the
beginning. The camera
doesn’t move, yet the
band members jam
along to create
movement in the
video.

4. • The video repeats lots of the
same shots, which relates to
the lyrics of ‘wait a minute
now’ which are repeated over
and over. The main singer
doesn’t rock his head, but sings
the main lyrics, where as the
other two who provide the
backing lyrics are moving along
to the song.

5. Instruments
• Like the hate to say I told
you so video. The Hives
show themselves playing
their instruments in this
video. This backs up the
point of them being a live
band with an audience
who will be interested in
seeing them live. This is
typical of the rock genre.

6. Video Theme
• The style in this video is a lot
different to that of ‘Main
Offender’ and ‘Hate to say
you told you so.’ In those
videos, there is theme of
them all wearing suits and
smart shoes in black and
white. In this video, they stick
to the black and white, but
are wearing more casual
clothes. This video is a lot
more recent compared to the
other two and you can see
the band has changed. The
video is very simple with lots
of close ups. This creates
intimacy with the
audience, which is typical of
this genre as most of The
Hives’ fans would want to see
the band live.

7. Special
effects/Editing
• There are no special effects
in this music video. The
editing however is very fast
paced and has a lot of fast
cuts. The video is synced up
to the song and cuts on
certain beats. The lighting in
the video is very simple as
there only seems to be one
light out of view of the
camera. It is seen being
moved around towards the
end as the light in the video
changes

8. Summary
• Like the ‘Hate to say I told you so’ Video, this
video focuses primarily on the band, in
comparison to Main offender, where the video
has a story. This video would be easy to create as
it is very simple yet effective. It makes the
audience feel closer to the band as they are so
close to you on the screen. The video also looks a
lot more modern than previous videos by The
Hives. It has a better quality camera with better
detail, but also the change in outfit could show
that The Hives are going for a new look.