Analysing Music Video Genres- Indie Rock- Part 2

The Strokes 

The Strokes are an American rock band formed in 1998 in New York City. The band is associated with the genres indie rock and garage rock. 

An example of one of their songs is Reptilia. The video for it is entirely performance based, a typical association with indie rock bands, however, all of the shots used are close ups. As I found out through earlier research, the stereotypical music video has an average of 60-70% mid shots and close ups, compared to this music video which is entirely made up of close up shots. In doing this, they have managed to create an interesting music video using only one shot type. This could be viewed as a technique that the band chose to employ, in order to stand out and seem different from other bands, which is something which most indie rock bands try to do in their music videos.